“Sana Saeed is a Lahore-based practicing artist and educator who graduated in Visual Arts from the National College of Arts (NCA) in 2017, majoring in Painting and she later completed her Master’s degree in Visual
Arts from National College of Arts in 2021. Her practice also includes researching on 1947 Partition through the lens of visual artists and filmmaking.
Saeed began exhibiting her work during her Bachelor’s program and has participated in over twenty-five group exhibitions and three solo shows.
Her bachelor’s thesis was awarded Distinction and the Principal’s Honors Award and her Master’s thesis allowed her to dwell deep into the intricate history of Partition 1947 while examining her own family
archives of that time. Saeed received the Excellence Award at the Alhamrah Young Artists Exhibition 2017 and she also arranges interactive art workshops within the country.
She has exhibited widely in Pakistan and internationally, and currently teaches drawing and research methodology at National College of Arts Lahore.”

“My creative language is fueled by painting women from my own surroundings, within domestic interiors and lush foliage.
Rooted in feminist ideologies, my work visually examines how women shape, and are shaped by the spaces they inhabit. Draped and layered surfaces allow intimacy and memory to settle into my paintings.
Working patiently in layers, I draw on womanhood and personal history to honor everyday resilience.
These figures are not anonymous muses but lived relationships of mine, strengthened within environments that are personal and homely to me. My oils celebrate women who quietly shaped me into who I am.”