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Pakistani-American artist Anila Quayyum Agha creates immersive large-scale light installations, which she laser-cuts into elaborate patterns..
Anila Quayyum Agha is interpreting her perception of space in her own way following her personal experiences.
Anila Quayyum Agha
Pakistani–American cross-disciplinary artist
Anila Quayyum Agha (born 1965, in Lahore, Pakistan) is a Pakistani–American cross-disciplinary artist. Agha explores social and gender roles, global politics, cultural multiplicity, and mass media within drawing, painting, and large-scale installations.[1] In 2014, Agha's piece Intersections won the international art competition, Artprize, twice over with the Public Vote Grand Prize and the Juried Grand Prize in a tie with Sonya Clark, the first time in Artprize's history.[2][3]
Education
Agha studied at National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan, where she studied Textile Design, receiving her Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1989.[4] She continued her studies in the United States at the University of North Texas, earning a Master of Fine Arts in Fiber Arts in 2004.
Career
Agha's experiences living within the boundaries of different faiths and cultures such as Islam and