Being and Belonging: Contemporary Women Artists from the Islamic World and Beyond is a bold exhibition exploring the defining issues of our time from the perspective of 25 women artists from or connected to the broader Islamic world spanning across West Africa to Southeast Asia or living in diaspora. Deftly interrogating themes of identity, power, sexuality, and home, this exhibition resists simple stereotypes with outstanding artworks from both emerging and well-established artists.
Curated by Dr. Fahmida Suleman and Dr. Silvia Forni, the exhibition remains open to the public until January 7, 2024.
Details of works by Tazeen Qayyum:
1- A Holding Pattern, site-specific, mixed media installation. Originally created in 2013 for the Toronto Pearson International Airport.
2- Sahih Ghalat (Right Wrong), 2019. Archival ink on acid-free paper, 60 x 60 inches. In the permanent collection of the ROM.
Being and Belonging in the News:
Toronto Star: The diverse women of the Islamic world get a show at the ROM
The Globe and Mail - At the ROM, female artists from the Islamic world hunt for metaphors
NUVO - Being and Belonging Opens at the Royal Museum of Ontario
The Karachi Collective - Occupying Space and Filling the Silence
