Bio
She is an alumna of the National College of Arts, Lahore (2011) and was a participant in the 2015 Pilotenkueche artist residency (Leipzig, Germany). Rustomji has exhibited her work internationally, including at the recent Colomboscope festival (Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2024). Her work has been published in ‘Lines in the Sand; Contemporary Art from Pakistan’, (Imago Mundi, Luciano Benetton Collection, 2017) and ‘Between Quarantine and Quest’, (Vasl Artists Association, 2022). She is an MA candidate at the National College of Arts, Lahore and is a faculty member at the Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, Karachi.
Artist Statement | Legacies of Crossings
Anushka Rustomji is a visual artist whose practice examines themes of cultural and historical erasure, duality, and transcendence. Her works are influenced by the visual representations of mythologies and cross-cultural sacred practices and traditions of the Global South.
