Sana Obaid | Fallen, 2024
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Media Dimensions: 53.5 x 54.5 x 0 cm
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Edition of 4 (with unique variations)
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Sana Obaid, a Pakistani artist and mother based in the UK, channels the deep sorrow and emotional weight of witnessing children suffer in conflict into her art. The relentless stream of heart-wrenching images on social media—of orphaned children and grieving mothers—has profoundly impacted both her life and creative practice. In response, she transforms this grief into her work, capturing the irreplaceable loss and vulnerability of children caught in violence. Sana uses etching and piercing techniques—each stroke of the needle on paper and acid-etched plate is a visceral act, mirroring the pain she feels when witnessing a child's cry for a mother lost to war or a mother mourning her children. The needle piercing the paper symbolizes the sharp pain these images inflict on her soul, while the acid etching parallels how these haunting scenes are burned into her memory, searing her consciousness. For Sana, art has become both a ritual of mourning and a plea for peace. Her prints serve as powerful expressions of grief, love, and empathy, transforming her personal sorrow into a universal reflection on the human cost of war, and a hopeful call for healing amidst devastation. Her work has been exhibited extensively, both nationally and internationally. She has held solo exhibitions at Open Source Gallery in New York (2017), and at Rohtas and Chawkandi Galleries in Pakistan (2013 and 2011, respectively). Her works have been selected for prominent UK exhibitions, including the VAS Centenary Exhibition at Dalkeith Palace, Edinburgh (2024), the Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair in London (2024), the RWA Annual Exhibition in Bristol (2024), and the 198th RSA Annual Exhibition in Edinburgh (2024). She has received several accolades, including the Gilbert Bayes Sculptors Award (2023), Scotland's Saltire Scholarship (2022), and UNESCO's Madanjeet Singh Scholarship (2013). She was also shortlisted for the British Council Fellowship and Bloomberg New Contemporaries (2023). In 2022, Sana was chosen for the East-West Fellowship and offered a graduate assistant position at the University of Hawaii. Instead, she opted to pursue her studies at The Glasgow School of Art. Recently, she participated in the Micro Residency: Artist 2 Artist, hosted by Tara M. Dakini in West Kilbride. She is also slated to attend the Visual Art Scotland-Sweeney Bothy Residency and Cove Park’s Smith Artist Residency in the UK in the coming months.
Etching
Media Dimensions: 53.5 x 54.5 x 0 cm
Image Dimensions:
Edition of 4 (with unique variations)
Unspecified
Sana Obaid, a Pakistani artist and mother based in the UK, channels the deep sorrow and emotional weight of witnessing children suffer in conflict into her art. The relentless stream of heart-wrenching images on social media—of orphaned children and grieving mothers—has profoundly impacted both her life and creative practice. In response, she transforms this grief into her work, capturing the irreplaceable loss and vulnerability of children caught in violence. Sana uses etching and piercing techniques—each stroke of the needle on paper and acid-etched plate is a visceral act, mirroring the pain she feels when witnessing a child's cry for a mother lost to war or a mother mourning her children. The needle piercing the paper symbolizes the sharp pain these images inflict on her soul, while the acid etching parallels how these haunting scenes are burned into her memory, searing her consciousness. For Sana, art has become both a ritual of mourning and a plea for peace. Her prints serve as powerful expressions of grief, love, and empathy, transforming her personal sorrow into a universal reflection on the human cost of war, and a hopeful call for healing amidst devastation. Her work has been exhibited extensively, both nationally and internationally. She has held solo exhibitions at Open Source Gallery in New York (2017), and at Rohtas and Chawkandi Galleries in Pakistan (2013 and 2011, respectively). Her works have been selected for prominent UK exhibitions, including the VAS Centenary Exhibition at Dalkeith Palace, Edinburgh (2024), the Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair in London (2024), the RWA Annual Exhibition in Bristol (2024), and the 198th RSA Annual Exhibition in Edinburgh (2024). She has received several accolades, including the Gilbert Bayes Sculptors Award (2023), Scotland's Saltire Scholarship (2022), and UNESCO's Madanjeet Singh Scholarship (2013). She was also shortlisted for the British Council Fellowship and Bloomberg New Contemporaries (2023). In 2022, Sana was chosen for the East-West Fellowship and offered a graduate assistant position at the University of Hawaii. Instead, she opted to pursue her studies at The Glasgow School of Art. Recently, she participated in the Micro Residency: Artist 2 Artist, hosted by Tara M. Dakini in West Kilbride. She is also slated to attend the Visual Art Scotland-Sweeney Bothy Residency and Cove Park’s Smith Artist Residency in the UK in the coming months.
Etching
Media Dimensions: 53.5 x 54.5 x 0 cm
Image Dimensions:
Edition of 4 (with unique variations)
Unspecified
Sana Obaid, a Pakistani artist and mother based in the UK, channels the deep sorrow and emotional weight of witnessing children suffer in conflict into her art. The relentless stream of heart-wrenching images on social media—of orphaned children and grieving mothers—has profoundly impacted both her life and creative practice. In response, she transforms this grief into her work, capturing the irreplaceable loss and vulnerability of children caught in violence. Sana uses etching and piercing techniques—each stroke of the needle on paper and acid-etched plate is a visceral act, mirroring the pain she feels when witnessing a child's cry for a mother lost to war or a mother mourning her children. The needle piercing the paper symbolizes the sharp pain these images inflict on her soul, while the acid etching parallels how these haunting scenes are burned into her memory, searing her consciousness. For Sana, art has become both a ritual of mourning and a plea for peace. Her prints serve as powerful expressions of grief, love, and empathy, transforming her personal sorrow into a universal reflection on the human cost of war, and a hopeful call for healing amidst devastation. Her work has been exhibited extensively, both nationally and internationally. She has held solo exhibitions at Open Source Gallery in New York (2017), and at Rohtas and Chawkandi Galleries in Pakistan (2013 and 2011, respectively). Her works have been selected for prominent UK exhibitions, including the VAS Centenary Exhibition at Dalkeith Palace, Edinburgh (2024), the Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair in London (2024), the RWA Annual Exhibition in Bristol (2024), and the 198th RSA Annual Exhibition in Edinburgh (2024). She has received several accolades, including the Gilbert Bayes Sculptors Award (2023), Scotland's Saltire Scholarship (2022), and UNESCO's Madanjeet Singh Scholarship (2013). She was also shortlisted for the British Council Fellowship and Bloomberg New Contemporaries (2023). In 2022, Sana was chosen for the East-West Fellowship and offered a graduate assistant position at the University of Hawaii. Instead, she opted to pursue her studies at The Glasgow School of Art. Recently, she participated in the Micro Residency: Artist 2 Artist, hosted by Tara M. Dakini in West Kilbride. She is also slated to attend the Visual Art Scotland-Sweeney Bothy Residency and Cove Park’s Smith Artist Residency in the UK in the coming months.
