SARA RIAZ KHAN
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Sara Riaz Khan is an abstract visual artist, inspired by the natural world, transformation and ideas that connect people.

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Sara Riaz Khan is an abstract visual artist, educator and author inspired by nature, colour and the human condition. She has participated in solo and group exhibitions in Oman, Pakistan and the UK; and is currently based in Muscat. Sara enjoys the challenge of expressing universal and personal ideas and emotions through colour, texture and gesture.
A family crisis in 2007 accelerated Sara's journey to abstraction and since then, she has continued to explore this approach. In her role as an educational consultant, Sara has co-authored three teachers' resources, 'Interdisciplinary Thinking for Schools: Ethical Dilemmas MYP 1, 2 & 3' and MYP 4 & 5', as well as '21 Visual Thinking Tools for the Classroom: Developing Real-World Problem Solvers in Grades 5-10' (2024).

Experience

  • Harbord & Khan Educational Consultants providing curriculum resources and teacher training http://harbordandkhan.com/

    2017 to the present

  • DESIGN TEACHER ABA - an IB World School, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman

    2008 - 2016

  • ARTIST IN RESIDENCE ABA - an IB World School, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman

    2005 - 2007

  • FREELANCE PROJECTS

    1994 - 2003

  • PAKISTANI POSTER ART WORKSHOP FOR THE COMMONWEALTH INSTITUTE, LONDON
    Painting commissioned for book cover of "The Baramasa" Support for Exhibition Pakistan: Another Vision (Asia House) (Arts and the Islamic World Journal)

    2002

  • INDAR PASRICHA FINE ARTS, LONDON

    2000 - 2001

  • DESIGNED LOGO AND MERCHANDISE FOR "HOT SPOT" ICE-CREAM CHAIN

    1998

  • RESEARCH ASSISTANT ISLAMIC ART PROJECT EDUCATION

    1994

  • BUFFALO STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK Master of Science in Multi-Disciplinary Studies

    2007 - 2009

  • HEATHERLY'S SCHOOL OF FINE ART Pre-foundation Course

    1992 - 1993

  • UNIVERSITY OF LONDON School of Oriental and African Studies B.A. in Islamic Art and Architecture

    1992

Exhibitions (Solo)

  • 'Even When I Thought I Knew': Artcade, Islamabad

    2022

  • 'Oman: Under a Peaceful Sky': Art & Soul Gallery, Muscat

    2020

  • 'The Forest as a Dream': Canvas Gallery, Karachi

    2019

  • 'Antidote': RB12 Design Gallery, London

    2019

  • 'Songs of Spring': Chawkandi Art Gallery, Karachi

    2017

  • 'At the Land's End': Rohtas 2 Gallery, Lahore

    2016

  • 'Earth in My Bones': Nomad Gallery, Islamabad

    2015

  • 'There is Beauty Yet': Bait Al Muzna Gallery, Muscat

    2014

  • 'A Moment of Grace': Chawkandi Art Gallery, Karachi

    2010

  • 'Gleamings': VM Art Gallery, Karachi

    2006

Exhibitions (Group)

  • 'The Journey' Two person show, O Art Space, Lahore

    2024

  • 'The Moon is You', included in the Bonhams Modern and Contemporary South Asian Online Art Auction

    2023

  • 'National Art Exhibition', Ahmed Parvez Art Gallery, Karachi

    2023

  • 'Humanism', Asia House, London

    2023

  • 'Community Exhibition', Muscat

    2022

  • 'Omuma' (Motherhood). Fikra, Muscat

    2021

  • Autumn Salon, Matti Sirvio Art Galleria, Oman

    2020

  • Spring Salon, Matti Sirvio Art Galleria, Oman‎, Virtual

    2020

  • ART INFLUX, E-Exhibitions, Virtual

    2020

Work

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The Journey

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Environmental Society of Oman Exhibition

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The Moon is You

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Globe Under My Feet

Artist's statements

Inspired by nature, colour, emotion

Muscat-based Pakistani artist Sara Riaz Khan is a visual artist and an educational consultant. In 2007, a family crisis led to her work becoming fully abstract. She explores ideas about shared humanity, transformation and how the creative process can support during these challenging times. With a long term vision, she is inspired by nature, emotion, colour and sustainability.
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Strokes of Gratitude

Sara Riaz Khan, an abstract artist, author and educator, who has lived, painted and taught in Muscat for many years, presents her solo exhibition, titles 'Gratitude for Oman', a the Art & Soul Gallery at the Water Front mall, at Qurm. The exhibition, will be inaugurated this evening (December 13) and open for public viewing from tomorrow.
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The Forest Stories

KARACHI: There’s an interesting expression in the English language: ‘not see the forest for the trees’. It means getting caught up too much in details that one cannot see the complete picture. An exhibition of Sara Riaz Khan’s paintings under way at the Canvas Art Gallery is named The Forest as a Dream. It turns the whole idea on its head by treating the subject as intangible, if not immaterial, reality … something that life often throws at us in the shape of happiness or sorrow.
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Songs of Spring

When I meet her she tells me about “sleeping colours”: the ones blanketed by other colours. She works intuitively building the layers of her paintings. The works have a primitive, rapid movement, and she revels in her technique - Zehra Hamdani
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P.O. Box 686, Ruwi,
Postal Code 112, Muscat,
Sultanate of Oman

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