Nilima Sheikh

Nilima Sheikh
Born18 November 1945 (1945-11-18) (age 78)
Delhi, British India
NationalityIndian
Alma mater
Known forPainting
SpouseGulam Mohammed Sheikh

Nilima Sheikh (born 18 November 1945) is a visual artist based in Baroda, India.

Since the mid-80s, Sheikh has done extensive research about traditional art forms in India, advocated for the sustainability of the practice of traditional painters, and used a wide range of visual and literary sources in her work.[1] Her work focuses on displacement, longing, historical lineage, tradition, communal violence, and the ideas of femininity.[2][3][4] She started exhibiting her work in 1969 and has participated in numerous group exhibitions, most recently documenta 14, Athens and Kassel in 2017. Her first museum exhibition was organized by The Art Institute of Chicago in 2014.[5]

  1. ^ Archive, Asia Art. "Exhibition | Nilima Sheikh". aaa.org.hk. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Nilima Sheikh". Khoj.
  3. ^ "Capturing the nuances of artist Nilima Sheikh's practice". The Arts Trust.
  4. ^ "Nilima Sheikh Chemould Prescott Road / Mumbai". Flash Art. 15 December 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Trouble in Paradise: A Tribute to Kashmir in Chicago | Apollo Magazine". Apollo Magazine. 20 March 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2018.