Sheherbano Husain is an Islamabad-based artist and occasional art writer/curator from Karachi, with a penchant for depicting the metaphysical and the otherworldly through a visceral lens.
Sheherbano completed her BFA in painting and printmaking from Indus Valley School of Art, Karachi, Pakistan. She has participated in art residencies and held several exhibitions of her work at home and abroad and was nominated for the Asian Sovereign Art Prize, Hong Kong, in 2011. She has also taught at the Indus Valley School of Art, Karachi and at the Visual Studies department at the University of Karachi, Pakistan.
After a hiatus of nearly 5 years, Sheherbano re-emerged with her art practice. She was longlisted for the Hollybush Painting Prize in 2022, longlisted for the Visual Art Open Prize (2022,2023, 2024), longlisted for the Visual Artist Association Prize (2023,2024), and shortlisted for the Visual Artist Association Scholarship Prize, 2023. She is a selected artist on the Artsinsquare Canada Website and was also selected for Boomer Gallery London’s, Critic’s Spotlight 2023.
