Fatima Haider was born in 1984 in Pakistan. In 2007, Haider graduated from Beaconhouse National University in Lahore, and in 2010 she earned a M.F.A. in painting at the Art Institute of Chicago. She currently works in both Lahore and New York. In 2010 and 2011, she was awarded fellowships from the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, and received the Eliza Prize Grant from the museum in 2012. Using paper, ink, graphite, and related materials, Haider employs various techniques of rubbing, cutting, and collage. In Untitled (Congeal 3), the artist aligned geometric diagrams densely along a horizontal plane. Through the long repetitive labor, the work seems to travel far from the artist’s subjective emotion. The equilibrium between the artist’s horizontal physical act against gravity is materialized in the work, creating the sense of horizontality and verticality, and expressing stable beauty and power. She is currently teaching at NCA as well as in the US.
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