Meher Afroz is an acclaimed painter and printmaker. She graduated in 1971, with honors from the Government College of Arts and Crafts -Lucknow, India, and then moved to Karachi, Pakistan.
Her iconography is derived from comparative religions and cultures where each layer, stroke, mark, and the color is very deliberately applied, holding a value and resolve of its own. This repetitive text transcends into a chant-like state, hinting at the wisdom of the content. Afroz skillfully layers surfaces, seeming simple and minimalistic but resulting in-depth, physically, and conceptually. Later her focus shifted to a critique of society, which gave birth to several series.
