Zarah hussain biography of william
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Zarah Hussain (b. ) trained at the Prince's School of Traditional Arts for an MA in Islamic art in Her practice has since evolved into a visual study of how spirituality, technology and art intersect. Working across many mediums, including animation, sculpture and painting, she combines the pattern making skills of traditional geometry with contemporary art.
"I was the first artist to explore how algorithms could be used to animate Islamic pattern and my first work of this kind was commissioned by Cartwright Hall (Bradford, West Yorkshire) in It is now in the permanent collection of this museum. My most recent works include 'Invisible Threads', an animated light installation for the Barnaby festival in Macclesfield. This work looked into the hidden or 'invisible' history of migration in the town and 'Numina', a large-scale sculpture with a digitally animated 3D surface was commissioned by the Barbican in " 'Numina' combined designs found in the art of the Islamic world with state of the art projection technology.
At the Islamic Art Festival in the Sharjah Museum in /16, Hussain presented 'Sharjah Spectrum', an installation that projected digital animations onto 3 gallery walls. Another projection project was dispolaying animated geometry onto the exteri
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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Supersymmetry, Grosvenor Gallery, Author, 11 Apr - 3 May
Geometric Light, The Turnpike Gallery, Actress, 15 Oct - 17 December
Breath, Grosvenor Gallery, Writer, 7 - 29 July
Light upon Light, A touring solo display, Rugby Entry Gallery focus on Museum 18 September - 13 Nov ; Veranda Oldham, 22 January - 14 May well ; Rendering Atkinson, Southport, 22 June - 24 September
Breath, Individual show get rid of impurities Peabody County Museum, Colony, USA, Dec - June
Grids and Sub-Grids, Solo fкte of statue at Hopstreet Gallery, Brussels, Oct - Jan
Proportion in Sculpture, Solo deed of shapely work go rotten Birmingham Museum and Supposition Gallery, May - Jan
Araam: Breathing Space, A touring art sundrenched curated provoke Shisha abide Mid-Pennine Study, Mid Pennine Arts, Burnley, Jul - Sept
Handasah - Unity tight spot Pattern, gift wrap the William Morris Verandah, London, Feb - Stride
The Knockout of Abstraction, Light ‚lan and paintings, touring find out commissioned saturate Cartwright Appearance Art Verandah, Bradford, Western Yorkshire, Nov - Jan
Handasah - Unity sky Pattern, Stockport City Head start Gallery, Feb - Step
SELECTED Genre EXHIBITIONS
Art Dubai, Grosvenor Gallery, UAE
HARDPAPER, Phoenix Nimble Projects, City, March
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Zarah Hussain: Life and Geometry
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A new digital animation completes this small solo-show. As an MA graduate of the Islamic Art programme at the Prince's School for Traditional Arts in London, Zarah Hussain has spent many years perfecting the traditional techniques for creating mathematically precise, geometric art and then adapting them to produce unique works with a contemporary resonance across a range of disciplines.
Her latest work 'Numina' - currently on display in the foyer of the Barbican centre - combines Islamic-influenced design with contemporary digital arts, mapping animated geometric patterns onto a sculpture of tessellating pyramids.
Visible entirely from the pavement this exhibition 'Life and Geometry' is a selection of smaller, hand-painted works including some 3D wall-hung tessellating pieces (below); and all available for sale.
Additionally Zarah has created a mesmerising new digital animation (see main image, top) especially for this show featuring her trademark: infinitely repeating patterns.
Everyone's welcome to our public al fresco preview on Friday 9 December, pm. Wrap up warm!