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Shahzia Sikander (born 1969, in Lahore, Pakistan) is a Pakistani-American contemporary artist. Sikander currently resides in New York City although her artistic practice continues to move easily between the borders and boundaries, out of which shifting identities and transnational artists are created. She works in various art mediums including; drawing, painting, printmaking, animation, large-scale installation, performance and video, and more.
Sikander has held solo exhibitions throughout the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Ireland, Australia and Hong Kong. She has had solo exhibitions at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (1999–2000) and at the Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago (1998). Her work has been shown in group exhibitions at the Whitney Museum (1999–2000 and 1999), at the Third Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Brisbane, Australia (1999), and at the Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany (1999).
“Initially I explored the tension between illustration and fine art when I first encountered miniature painting in my late teens. Championing the formal aspects of the Indo-Persian miniature-painting genre has often been at the core of my practice.”
As an undergraduate student in Lahore, Shahzia Sikander studied the techniques of Persian and Mughal miniature painting, often integrating traditional forms of Mughal (Islamic) and Rajput (Hindu) styles and culture. The traditional form of miniature painting requires equal measures of discipline, gesture and expression in order to execute a careful layering of color and detail. Compositionally, miniature paintings exhibit an extensive display of colorful imagery including, human forms, animals, patterns, shapes, dots and connecting lines. Miniature paintings often engage in contextual complexities such as, religious narrative, scenes of battles and court life. Sikander has integrated the techniques and forms of traditional miniature painting, relying on the layering of images and metaphor to drive her work. Her forms and figures exhibit a quality of continual morphing as transparent imagery is layered, providing a complexity with endless shifts in perception. Sikander’s complex compositions “dismantle hierarchical assumptions and subverts the very notion of a singular, fixed identity of figures and forms.” The increasing approach of continual morphing explains Sikander’s relationship to an ever-changing world where opposing societies coalescently interact.
The Scroll, 1992, is a semi-autobiographical manuscript painting in which Sikander has included formal elements of manuscript painting and simultaneous views of multiple events. The Scroll portrays the intricacies of domestic Pakistani life including rituals that explore cultural and geographic traditions. Many hues, patterns and incidents appear in The Scroll, identifying Sikander’s attention to small detail, muted colour palette and understanding of architectural elements juxtaposed with the intimacies of domestic culture. The use of perspective is increasingly noticeable, exhibiting a linear movement of composition. Common concerns of economics, imperialism, colonialism, sexualism and identity are also apparent in Sikander's early paintings.
Sikander’s attention to detail and formalism assist in the contextualization of her miniature paintings, stemming from an interest in labor, process and memory. Earlier paintings also include elements of Gopi, or the cowherd female devotees and lovers of the deity Krishna in Hindu mythology, while figures of men are depicted as “turbaned warriors.” The Gopi is portrayed in Sikander’s early miniature paintings to "locate visual and symbolic forms within miniature painting that have the potential to generate multiple meanings." Shahzia Sikander’s most significant use of Gopi can be seen in a series of drawings and digital animation from 2003, titled Spinn. In the animation the characters multiply and their hair separates from their bodies, creating an abstracted form of hair silhouettes. Sikander explores the relationship between the present and the past, including the richness of multicultural identities. Integrated with both personal and social histories, her work invites multiple meanings, operating in a state of constant flux and transition.
Digital animation
“Drawing is a fundamental element of my process, a basic tool for exploration. I construct most of my work, including patterns of thinking, via drawing. Ideas housed on paper are often put into motion in the video animations, creating a form of disruption as a means to engage. I also stayed true to layering, a concept running throughout my practice. For the making of video animations, I went back to the fundamental use of ink drawings, crafting form out of color and gouache, scanning and threading them via movement. The breakdown of form also gives a stationary drawing the illusion of transformation, which as a topic has given me a lot of space to experiment and imagine throughout my work.” - Shahzia Sikander
Similarly to her miniature paintings, Sikander relies on the process of layering to create digital animation. Formal elements of technique, layering and movement of the digital animations help to unhinge the “absolute of contrasts such as Western/non-Western, past/present, miniature/scale.” Sikander explains her appreciation for the process of layering in digital animation, allowing the narrative to remain suspended and open for reinterpretation. Sikander is very patient with her work, some taking months, even years to finish. Sikander states; “The purpose is to point out, and not necessarily define. I find this attitude a useful way to navigate the complex and often deeply rooted cultural and sociopolitical stances that envelop us twenty-four hours and day, seven days a week.”
Performance art and installations
"I think context, location matters a lot. Because location obviously in my situation, it's the space in which the work is going to be exhibited. And since some of the work I do is created onsite, it requires a different type of space, versus the smaller drawings or more subject-oriented work. So that the context becomes important." -Shahzia Sikander
As a female Muslim artist, Shahzia Sikander often had to endure stereotyping among her community. The veil (a scarf often worn by Muslim women) covers the hair and neck and is symbolic of both religion and womanhood. Sikander's miniature paintings often refer to the veil, exploring her own religious history and cultural identity. In a performance piece, Sikander wore an elaborate lace veil for several weeks while documenting the reaction of her peers. Sikander explains that the veil gave her an ultimate sense of security, stating that, "It was wonderful to not have people see my facial or body language, and at the same time be in control and know that they did not know I was acting, and checking their reaction."
Imagines and histories of the traditional Muslim veil occur throughout Sikander's compositions. Her larger works are reminiscent of a centuries-old Indian practice in which women regularly paint figures all over the walls and floors of their houses, using "whole body" gestural movements. Sikander uses large drawings as the basis for her large-scale installations, often requiring months to complete. "Nemesis" a site-specific installation at the Tang Museum, features a jewel-like paintings as small as six by eight inches and two animations.
Solo exhibitions
1993- Pakistan Embassy, Washington, D.C., USA
1996- Art Celebration 96: Shahzia Sikander, Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA
2007- Shahzia Sikander, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
2008- ‘Intimate Ambivalence,’ IKON Gallery, Birmingham, UK
2008- Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK
2009- ‘Stalemate.’ Sikkema Jenkins & Co. New York, New York, USA
2009- Shahzia Sikander Selects: Works from the Permanent Collection,’ Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. New York, New York, USA (Curator)
2009- Shahzia Sikander ‘I am also not my own enemy’, Pilar Corrias Gallery, London, UK
2011- Shahzia Sikander ‘The Exploding Company Man and Other Abstractions’, Curated by Hou Hanru, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California, USA
2014- Shahzia Sikander ‘Parallax’, Bildmuseet Umea, Umea, Sweden
2016- Shahzia Sikander: Ecstasy As Sublime, Heart As Vector, MAxxi Museum, Rome, Italy
Group exhibitions
1994- A Selection of Contemporary Paintings from Pakistan, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California
1996- Core Fellows Exhibition 1996, Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arta, Houston, Texas, USA
1996- Houston Area Exhibition, Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, Texas, USA
1996- An Intelligent Rebellion, Women Artists of Pakistan, Cartwright Hall, Lister Park, Bradford, England; Rotherham Art Gallery, Rotherham, England
1997- Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York, USA
1997- Biennial International for Sculpture and Drawing, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
1997- Out of India: Contemporary Art of the South Asian Diaspora, Queens Museum of Art, Flushing, Queens, New York, USA
1997- Three Great Walls, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California, USA
1997- Selections Spring ‘97, The Drawing Center, New York, New York, USA
1997- Project Painting, Lehman Maupin Gallery, New York, New York, USA
1998- Hedge: Between Time and Intent. Thomas Healy, New York, New York, USA
1998- On the Wall, Forum for Contemporary Art, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
1998- On Liberating Tradition: Byron Kim, Yinka Shonibare and Shahzia Sikander, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-On-Hudson, New York, USA
1998- Global Vision: New Art from the 90s, Part II, Deste Foundation, Center for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
1998- Pop Surrealism, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut, USA
1998- I Love New York, Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany
1998- Cinco continentes y una ciudad: Salón internacional de pintura, Museo de la Ciudad de México, Mexico City, Mexico
2007- ‘In Wonderland,’ Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
2007- Don’t Look: Contemporary Drawings from an Alumna’s Collection (Martina Yamin, class of 1958) Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA
2007- ‘Shahzia Sikander, Kara Walker,’ Fundacion ICO, Madrid, Spain
2007- ‘Take 2: Women Revisiting Art History,’ SFMoMA, Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, California, USA
2007- Global Feminisms, Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Contemporary Art at The Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn; Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA
2007- ‘Cosmologies,’ James Cohen Gallery, New York, New York, USA
2007- ‘Not For Sale,’ PS1, Long Island City, New York, USA
2008- ‘ev+a 2007 ‘Delicatessen,’ University Galleries, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, USA
2008- ‘The Big Bang.’ Museo Carlo Bilotti, Rome, Italy
2008- Order. Desire. Light. : An Exhibition of Contemporary Drawings,’ Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
2009- Compass in Hand: Selections from the Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York, USA
2009- A Decade of Contemporary American Printmaking: 1999-2009, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
2009-‘It’s fine as long as you draw but don’t film’, Pilar Corrias Gallery, London, UK
2009- Significant and Insignificant Events, Istanbul Modern, Istanbul, Turkey
2009- Moving Perspectives: Shahzia Sikander and Sun Xun, Sackler Gallery, The Smithsonian, Washington D.C., USA
2009- The 4th Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale, Fukuoka, Japan
2009- Something About Mary, Gallery Met, New York, New York, USA
2009- Taswir: Pictorial Mappings of Islan of Modernity, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany
2010- Transformation, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
2010- By Day, By Night, or some (special) things a museum can do: An Exhibition in two time zones, Rockbund Museum, Shanghai, China
2011- Sift, Rift, Drip, Shift, Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York City|New York, New York, USA
Awards and fellowships
1992- Distinction Award, Thesis Project, National College of Arts, Lahore
1992- Haji Sharif Award, (excellence in Miniature Painting) National College of Arts, Lahore
1993- Shakir Ali Award/Kipling award, (highest merit award) National College of Arts Lahore
1993-95- Graduate Fellowship Award, Rhode Island School of Design
1995-97- Core Fellowship, Glassel School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
1997- The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award
1998-99- The Joan Mitchell Award
1999- South Asian Women's Creative Collective Achievement Award
2003- Commendation Award, Mayor's Office, City of New York
2005- Jennifer Howard Coleman Distinguished Lectureship and Residency
2005- Tamgha-e-imtiaz, National Medal of Honor, Government of Pakistan
2006-11- John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship
2006- Young Global leader, World Economic Forum
2007 - 2008- Artist-in-residence, Daad program (Berliner Kunstlerprogramm, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst)
2008- Performing and Visual Arts Achiever of the Year award presented by the South Asian Excellence Awards, 2008
2009- The Inaugural Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Creative Arts Fellowship
2012- Medal of Art, US State Department
Literature
1994- Sirhandi, Marcella, A Selection of Contemporary Paintings from Pakistan. (Exhibition Catalogue) Pasadena, California: Pacific Asia Museum, 1994
1994- Hashmi, Salima and Niva Poovaya-Smith, An Intelligent Rebellion: Women Artists of Pakistan. (Exhibition Catalogue) Bradford, England: City of Bradford Metropolitan Council, 1994
1996- Pagel, David. Core Fellows Exhibition 1996, (Exhibition Catalogue) Houston, Texas: Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, 1996
1997- Phillips, Lisa and Louise Neri, 1997 Biennial. (Exhibition Catalogue) New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1997
1997- Colpit, Frances, Core Fellows Exhibition 1997, (Exhibition Catalogue) Houston, Texas: Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, 1997
1997- Farver, Jane. Out of India: Contemporary Art of the South Asian Diaspora. (Exhibition Catalogue) New York: Queens Museum of Art, 1997
1998- Watkin, Mel, On the Wall: Selections from The Drawing Center. (Exhibition Catalogue) St. Louis: Forum for Contemporary Art, 1998
1998- Self, Dana. “Shahzia Sikander: Drawings and Miniatures” (Exhibition Brochure) Kansas City, Missouri: Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, 1998
1998- Farver, Jane. "Inside and out of India: Contemporary art of the South Asian Diaspora" 1998. Published by the Queens Museum, NY
1999- Yeon Kim, Yu, "Fragmented Stories", Five Continents and One City-International Salon of Painting, (Exhibition Catalogue) Mexico City, Mexico, 1999
1999- Phillips, Lisa. The American Century: Art and Culture, 1950-2000. (Exhibition Catalogue) New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1999
1999- Farris Phoebe, "Women Artists of Color", A Bio-Critical Sourcebook to 20th Century Artists in the Americas, Greenwood Press, 1999. ISBN 0-313-30374-6
1999- Devji, Faisal. “Translated Pleasures.” Shahzia Sikander (Exhibition Catalogue) 1999 The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, ISBN 0-941548-42-2
1999- Carlozzi, Annette DiMeo. Negotiating Small Truths. (Exhibition Catalogue) Austin, Texas: Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas, 1999
1999- Bhabha, Homi. “Chillava Klatch: Shahzia Sikander interviewed by Homi Bhabha.” (Exhibition Catalogue) c. 1999 The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, ISBN 0-941548-42-2
1999- Gregos, Katerina. Global Vision: New Art from the 90s, Part II. (Exhibition Catalogue) Athens: Deste Foundation, Center for Contemporary Art, 1999
1999- Friis-Hansen, Dana. Beyond the Future: the Third Asia-Pacific Triennial. (Exhibition Catalogue) Brisbane, Australia: Queensland Art Gallery, 1999
1999- Fletcher, Valerie. (Exhibition Brochure) Shahzia Sikander. Washington DC: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 1999
2000- Fletcher, Valerie- Art worlds in dialogue, Museum Ludwig, Koln, Dumont Publishers, 2000, ISBN 3-7701-5046-5
2000- Boris, Staci. Drawing on the Figure: Works on paper of the 1990s from the Manilow Collection. (Exhibition Catalogue) Chicago: Museum of Contemporary Art, 2000
2000- Krug, Margaret. “An Artist’s Handbook: Materials and Techniques,” c. Laurence King Publishing 2007. ISBN 1-85669-523-9
2000- Singer, Debra. Shahzia Sikander: Acts of Balance. (Exhibition Brochure) New York: Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris, 2000
2001- Sollins, Susan, et al. Art: 21, Art in the 21st Century. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2001. Essay by Lynn M. Herbert. ISBN 0810913976
2001- Nemiroff, Diana. "After Arcadia", (Exhibition Catalogue) Elusive Paradise, The Millennium Prize, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 2001, ISBN 0-88884-720-3
2001- Reckit, Helena and Phelan, Peggy "Art and Feminism", Phaidon Press, c 2001 ISBN 0714835293
2001- Marino, Melanie, (Essay for Exhibition Brochure) Shahzia Sikander 01.1, ArtPace, San Antonio, TX, Mar 15 – May 13, 2001
2001- Marcoci, Roxana, (Interview with SS), Threads of Vision: Toward a New Feminine Poetics. Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, 2001, ISBN 1-880353-19-9
2001- Daftari, Fereshteh, "ARS 01", Exhibition Catalogue, Museum of Contemporary Art, Kiasma, Helsinki, 2001
2001- Chambers, Kristin, "Loose Threads", Threads of Vision: Toward a New Feminine Poetics. Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, 2001, ISBN 1-880353-19-9
2001- Desai, Vishakha N. (Interview) “Conversations with Traditions: Nilima Sheikh and Shahzia Sikander,” (Exhibition Catalogue) 2001, ISBN 0-87848-090-0
2001- Goankar, Dilip Parameshwar, (editor) "Alternative Modernities", Duke University Press, Durham and London, 2001, ISBN 0-8223-2714-7
2001- Herbert, Lynn, (Essay) section on spirituality, "Sikander, Turrell, Hamilton, Feodorov", Art: 21, Art in the 21st Century, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 2001
2002- Hoptman, Laura. Drawing Now: Eight Propositions. (Exhibition Catalogue) New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2002
2002- Hashmi, Salima, Unveiling the Visible, Lives and Works of Women Artists of Pakistan, Published by Actionaid, Pakistan, 2002, ISBN 969-35-1361-4
2002- Falguieres, Patricia, 134 Views of the World, Urgent Painting, (Exhibition Catalogue) ARC, Musee d'art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 2002
2002- Contemporary Art Commissions at the Asia Society and Museum, Introduction by Vishaka Desai, Published by the Asia Society, 2002, ISBN 0-87848-091-9
2002- Brown, Kathan. "Shahzia Sikander: No Parking Anytime", (Exhibition Brochure) Crown Point Press, SanFrancisco, Spring 2002
2002- Antelo-Suarez, Sandra, et al. Urgent Painting. Paris: ARC, Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, 2002. (Exhibition Catalogue)
2003- Kim, Elaine H., Margo Machida and Sharon Mizoto. Fresh Talk/Daring Gazes. Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 2003
2003- Cameron, Dan. Poetic Justice. (Exhibition Catalogue) Istanbul: Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts, 2003
2003- Augaitis, Daina. "For the Record. Drawing Contemporary Life" Published by Vancouver Art Gallery. 2003. ISBN 1-895442-45-1
2003- Kim, Elaine H., Margo Machida and Sharon Mizoto. Fresh Talk/Daring Gazes. Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 2003
2003- Heller, Nancy, G. “Women Artists” New York: Abbeville Press, 2003
2003- Platform Year Report 2003, "Packaged Paradise" Shahzia Sikander, Biennial Exhibition, Sept 20- Nov 16, 2003. Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center. Istanbul, Turkey
2004- Weiss, Rachel, (Essay) 'From Place to Place', "As Long As it Lasts" Published by the Renaissance Society, 2004, ASIN B001377K84
2004- Wye, Deborah "Artists and Prints in Context", Artists and Prints, Masterworks from The Museum of Modern Art, Published by MOMA, C-2004, ISBN 0-87070-125-8
2004- Szeemann, Harald, "The Joy Of My Dreams" (Exhibition Catalogue) First International Biennial of Contemporary Art, Seville, Spain, Oct 3-Dec5, 2004, ISBN 84-609-2370-3
2004- O’Brian, David and Prochaska, David. “Beyond East and West: Seven Transnational Artists” (Exhibition Catalogue) Champaign, Illinois: Krannert Museum of Art, 2004
2004- Naef, Silvia, "L'Islam en Debats,” c. Teraedre, Paris, France, ISBN 2-91286820-3 c. 2004
2004- H.H. Arnason, "History of Modern Art, 5th Edition" c. 2004 Prentice Hall, INC. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey ISBN 0-13-184069-X, pp 750–1
2004- Hertz, Betti-Sue, "Shahzia Sikander: Flip Flop", (Exhibition Brochure) Contemporary Links 2, San Diego Museum of Art, March 27- June 27, 2004
2004- Hecker, Judith, Shahzia Sikander, Artists and Prints, Masterworks from The Museum of Modern Art, Published by MOMA, C-2004, ISBN 0-87070-125-8
2005- Linton, Meg. “Stockpiling and Dissemination,” Dissonance to Detour (Exhibition Catalogue) c. 2005 Ben Maltz Gallery at Otis College of Art & Design. ISBN 0-930209-10-9 pp. 5–8
2005- Marquardt, Janet, and Stephen Eskilson. Frames of Reference: Art History and the World. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2005
2005- Dexter, Emma. “Vitamin D: New Perspectives in Drawing” c. Phaidon Press 2005, ISBN 0714845450
2006- Blum, Kelly, and Annette DiMeo Carlozzi, ed. “Blanton Museum of Art: American Art Since 1900,” (Exhibition Catalogue) The University of Texas at Austin, 2006
2007- Reilly, Maura and Nochlin, Linda, “Global Feminisms,” c. Merrell Publishers Ltd. 2007 in association with the Brooklyn Museum (Exhibition Catalogue) ISBN 978-1-8589-4390-9
2007- Paparoni, Demetrio and Mercurio, Gianni. “Timer 01/Intimacy,” Triennale Bosvisa, Milan, Italy. (Exhibition Catalogue). C. Fondazione La Triennale di Milano 2007, Skia Editore, Milano 2007
2007- MoMA Highlight since 1980, Museum of Modern Art, New York, D.A.P. 2007, ISBN 978-0-87070-713-1
2007- Modern & Contemporary Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2007, ISBN 978-0-917046-80-3
2007- Kissane Sean, (Essay), ‘Shahzia Sikander, Irish Museum of Modern Art’, 28 March-7 May 2007, c. Charta press, ISBN 8881586428 pp. 27–32
2007- “Don’t Look: Contemporary Drawings from an Alumna’s Collection (Martina Yamin, class of 1958)” (Exhibition Catalogue) 2007 Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley MA
2007- Bishop, Janet. “Take 2: Women Revisiting Art History,” (Exhibition Catalogue) c. 2007 Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA
2007- Bhabha, K. Homi, (Exhibition Catalogue Essay) ‘Beginning Again’, ‘Shahzia Sikander, Irish Museum of Modern Art’, 28 March-7 May 2007, c. Charta Press, ISBN 8881586428 pp. 35–41
2007- Badia, Montse, “Fantasmagoria,” Fundacion ICO, Madrid c. 2007 (Exhibition Catalogue) ISBN 9788493468460
2007- Anderson, Kurt. (Interview) “Spectrum: The Lockwood Thompson Dialogues at the Cleveland Public Library,” c.2007 Cleveland Public Library, Cleveland OH ISBN 0-9778917-1-2
2007- Yanez, Isabel, “Fantasmagoria,” Fundacion ICO, Madrid c. 2007 (Exhibition Catalogue) ISBN 9788493468460
2008- Weinberg, Adam. Momin, Shamim M. ‘Whitney Museum of American Art at Altria: 25 Years’ c. Whitney Museum of American Art 2008 ISBN 978-0-300-13933-4
2008- Sarah Kent, “Demons, Yarns & Tales.” The Dairy, London, UK: Nov. 10-22, 2008; The Loft, Miami, FL: Dec. 3-6, 2008. (Exhibition Catalogue)
2008- Juncosa, Enrique. ‘Order. Desire. Light. : An Exhibition of Contemporary Drawings,’ c. IMMA Dublin 2008 ISBN 9781-903811-90-0 (Exhibition Catalogue)
2008- Guglielmino, Giorgio. How to Look at Contemporary Art (…and like it) 66works from 1970 to 2008.” Umberto Allemandi & Co Publishing, 2008, ISBN 978-88-422-1644-5
2008- CORE: Artists and Critics in Residence, c. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 2008 ISBN 978-0-89090-162-5 p. 112
2009- Stiles, Kristine, and Selz, Peter. (Editors) Theories and Documents of Contemporary Art, University of California Press, 2009. ISBN 9780520202535
2009- Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Shahzia Sikander Selects: Works from the Permanent Collection. Brochure. New York: 2009