Bina Shah

the traces they leave behind or may at times echo memories of a place evoking an emotional response, and the resulting image is often ambiguous, challenging perception of the viewer to find their own definition and narrative. Her work evolves as a result of experimenting with different materials and techniques, using cold wax painting techniques, printmaking, ceramics and often mixing materials and methods which become a dominant driver in her work. She selects surfaces that allow her to use a more diverse range of materials, tools and techniques to create textures and reveal undertones. Her works evolves as a result of experimenting with different materials and techniques, which leads to unexpected discoveries and an uncertain resonance to explore and develop further. Through a process of continual layering, building, etching, abrasion and deconstruction, incorporating indigenous materials, a surface is established and the resulting image is often ambiguous, challenging perception of the viewer to find their own definition and narrative or may at times echo memories of a place evoking an emotional response, conveying a sense of contemplative abstract familiarity.