Nafisa Rizvi is a writer, curator and teacher. Having been in the field of advertising for many years as copywriter, she decided to hone in on her passion for art and writing. She published her first novel The Blue Room in 2008 and has been writing on art in various magazines and newspapers for many years. She is married with two children.
Vandana Shukla describes herself as nomadic by nature, scholastic by pursuit ( having earned a Ph.D. ). Living in India, she is an art critic, a poet, vocalist, writer and lecturer in cultural studies for media students. Shukla has worked with mainstream print media in various capacities for over a decade and half. Vandana is also Nigaah’s correspondent in India.
Nigaah’s own Senior Editor Muniza Agha-Fawad interviews renowned artist Jimmy Engineer, and art collector Umar Sayeed. She pays Galleria 919 a visit, and discusses sculptor Munawar Ali Syed’s recent works. All in this issue!
Upon graduating from New York University in 2008, with degrees in Political Science and Middle Eastern Islamic Studies, Hinna joined Parallel MVMT, a company utilizing social media to empower community organizations, as a consultant and project manager. She hopes to leverage her work to empower people in the wider Muslim world through technology. From time to time, she dabbles in writing and art.
Based in Baroda, India, a vibrant city of art institutions, Sandhya Bordewekar writes about Functional Art and its practitioner Sandip Pisalkar’s recent show, in which art that is organically inspired is also technologically advanced. Sandhya is Nigaah’s correspondent in Baroda, India.
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