Zarina Hashmi

Zarina Hashmi was born in Aligarh, India. After receiving a degree in mathematics, she studied printmaking techniques in Thailand, apprenticed with Stanley William Hayter at Atelier 17, Paris, and then studied with printmaker Toshi Yoshida in Japan.

Hashmi created drawings, prints, and sculptures that conveyed the ideals of minimalism, the power of geometric forms and abstraction, and the influence of spiritual journeys. Her artwork is deeply inspired by her Muslim background, Islamic religious tradition, her experience as an Indian woman, and Islamic architecture. 

In 2011, Hashmi was one of the first artists to represent India at the Venice Biennale. In 2013, her retrospective exhibition Zarina: Paper Like Skin opened in Los Angeles at the Hammer Museum, then traveled to the Guggenheim Museum, New York City, and the Art Institute of Chicago. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art and Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, and Bibliothèque Nationale de France.

Hashmi taught printmaking workshops at the Woman’s Center for Learning and was a board member of the New York Feminist Art Institute, both in New York City.
—From Brandywine Workshop and Archives records

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Born

1937

India

Died

April 25, 2020

London

Gender

Female

Nationality

Indian

Heritage

South Asian

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