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Saira Wasim is a noted contemporary artist from Lahore, Pakistan. She currently lives in United States. Wasim uses the miniature style of painting, pioneered by the Persians but extensively used in South Asia, to make primarily political and cultural art. Wasim's art has been showcased in a number of premiere museums including the Whitney Museum of American Art, Brooklyn Museum of Art, and Asian Art Museum. == Biography == Ms. Wasim was born in Lahore, Pakistan. She belongs to the Ahmadiyya Community. Ms. Wasim has recently noted that persecution as an Ahmadiyya, was key in shaping her artistic perspectives. She has so far hesitated to address the topic in her art. Ms. Wasim went to National College of Arts (in Lahore), from where she graduated with a Bachelors in Fine Arts with focus in miniature painting in 1999.Dawn art critic Ali Adil Khan describes her as part of "magnificent seven" along with Muhammed Imran Qureshi, Tazeen Qayyum, Aisha Khalid, Talha Rathore, Nusra Latif Qureshi, and Reeta Saeed- who brought back miniatures 〔http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-sundaymagazine/miniatures-get-a-neo-tag/article662045.ece〕 Ms. Wasim has held positions as a Visiting Artist at numerous important places including * 2003 Whitney Museum of American Art, New York * 2003 University of Maryland, College Park * 2004 Smith College, Massachusetts * 2005 Oklahoma State University 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Saira Wasim」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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