From Artist Trust: February 19, 2019 – Humaira Abid and Lucia Neare are the recipients of the 2019 Arts Innovator Award. Funded by The Dale and Leslie Chihuly Foundation, the Arts Innovator Award (AIA) comprises two unrestricted awards of $25,000 that recognize Washington State artists of all disciplines who demonstrate innovation in their practice. This year’s Arts Innovator Award recipients…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATES: February 1 – March 31, 2018 Openings: First Thursday, Feb 1, 5-8pm and First Thursday, March 1, 5-8pm Artist Talk: Saturday, March 3, 1-3pm LOCATION: ArtXchange Gallery, 512 First Ave S, Seattle, WA 98104 HOURS: Tuesday – Saturday, 11 AM – 5:30 PM, First Thursdays until 8 PM PHONE: 206-839-0377 WEB…
Seattle Channel’s Art Zone with Nancy Guppy takes an inside look at the studio and process of Humaira Abid.
New Bellevue Arts Museum Exhibition Shows the Plight of Refugees By Brian Miller | From the Print Edition, Sept 2017 Image Credit: Hayley Young Refugees are the manifest theme of Searching for Home, giving the show a somber, topical punch. (The United Nations Refugee Agency estimates that there are now more than 65 million displaced persons…
Abid’s ‘Searching for Home’ reveals the plight of refugee women and children Exhibition review of Humaira Abid’s Searching for Home (Bellevue Arts Museum) by Susan Kunimatsu for the International Examiner. The purpose of art is to communicate: to share the beauty of an object or place, to convey a feeling, to rally around a cause,…
Mahogany Message: Humaira Abid’s ‘Searching For Home’ captures the worldwide refugee crisis through elaborate woodcarvings Lisa Edge for Real Change News covers Humaira Abid‘s solo exhibition at Bellevue Arts Museum In the exhibition, the ordinary is beautifully exalted, further emphasizing that what unites us is far greater than what makes us dissimilar. If we were…
THE DEFIANT COMPASSION OF HUMAIRA ABID by T.s. Flock The case of Humaira Abid is one of true defiance rooted in compassion. Abid defied expectations when she became an artist in Pakistan. She defied norms within that realm when she chose wood as her primary medium. She defies cultural taboos when she uses her sculptures…
Humaira Abid is known for her bold, symbolically rich and precisely realized wood sculptures and miniature paintings. Her work demonstrates a fearless approach to tackling cultural norms, gender roles and relationships, often with an ironic edge. Personal life becomes a metaphor for current events and everyday objects resonate with meanings of love, loss and resistance….
Anatomy of a Sculpture: A Migrant Story, Carved in Wood by Amber Cortes
Seattle artist Humaira Abid examines a crisis through a feminist lens by Brangien Davis for Crosscut Searching for Home, the new solo show by local sculptor Humaira Abid, is confined to one room at Bellevue Arts Museum. But her striking imagery slips across traditional borders and takes up residence in the mind. A native of Pakistan…
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