Working across multiple mediums, she first puts paint to canvas ― sometimes in bold bands of colours, at other times as minimalist architectural features. She then slashes the canvas into strips of varying sizes, occasionally using a blade, at other times a scissor for better control and precision. Vertical strips are then hung off a strip of wood and suspended from the ceiling or laid flat on the floor, and then the interlacing begins. She weaves one over the other, in any direction, the patterns taking shape as the form of the work emerges in front of her. Straight lines giving ways to meandering curves, creating hollow spaces within spheres, an open door, a closed window, a spiral staircase leading to a landing, the end of a canvas strip floating in mid-air. As her work evolves, it articulates a sense of abstraction, the shapes and patterns emerging randomly creating a sense of order within the measured disarray.

Written by Monisha Ahmed, Canticle, 2016