Seher Shah
Seher Shah’s practice examines various architectural, historical and personal iconographies through their formal and visceral qualities. Working with drawings, sculpture and photographs, her recent work investigates idealized modernist projects ranging from housing projects to utopian city plans by breaking down their essential components. Mobilising the basic elements of architecture such as the wall, grid, and column, her work examines the qualities of Brutalist architecture and the relationships between structure and landscape. Through concepts of construction and structural repetition, her work explores the ambiguity of these objects within their landscapes.
Recent solo and two person exhibitions of Shah’s work include Jhaveri Contemporary, Mumbai, AMOA-Art House, The Jones Center, Austin, Nature Morte, and Green Art Gallery, Dubai. Selected group shows include The Museum of Modern Art, New York, The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at the State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, The Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi, Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow, Athr Gallery, Jeddah, The James Gallery at CUNY Graduate Center, New York, the Abrons Art Center, New York, Rubin Museum of Art, New York, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, New York, Drawing 2011: Biennial, Drawing Room, London, Queens Museum of Art, New York, …
Seher Shah’s practice examines various architectural, historical and personal iconographies through their formal and visceral qualities. Working with drawings, sculpture and photographs, her recent work investigates idealized modernist projects ranging from housing projects to utopian city plans by breaking down their essential components. Mobilising the basic elements of architecture such as the wall, grid, and column, her work examines the qualities of Brutalist architecture and the relationships between structure and landscape. Through concepts of construction and structural repetition, her work explores the ambiguity of these objects within their landscapes.
Recent solo and two person exhibitions of Shah’s work include Jhaveri Contemporary, Mumbai, AMOA-Art House, The Jones Center, Austin, Nature Morte, and Green Art Gallery, Dubai. Selected group shows include The Museum of Modern Art, New York, The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at the State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, The Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi, Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow, Athr Gallery, Jeddah, The James Gallery at CUNY Graduate Center, New York, the Abrons Art Center, New York, Rubin Museum of Art, New York, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, New York, Drawing 2011: Biennial, Drawing Room, London, Queens Museum of Art, New York, Haus der Kulteren der Welt, Berlin, and the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York.
Courtesy of Green Art Gallery
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Temple University-Alter Hall Art Collection, Philadelphia, PA
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
The Museum of Contemporary Art /Hallen fur Neue Kunst, Schauffhausen, Switzerland
Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Foundation (T-B A21), Vienna, Austria
Queens Museum of Art, New York, NY
Art Plural Gallery, Singapore
