Alumna Farah Mohammad Featured in Debut Solo Exhibition

Alumna Farah Mohammad '21 is featured in her first solo show at Nyama Fine Art Gallery in New York City. Interference will remain on view until March 15, 2022.

In this exhibition the Pakistani-born, New York based artist shares a series of recently fabricated mixed media installations as well as monotype prints. These pieces explore themes surrounding migration, intersectionality, and resilience. According to the press release, “Interference examines personal and political forces of change and the interconnectedness of urban living.” 

The artist engages space and architecture throughout the show. The pieces reference both her hometown of Karachi, Pakistan and her current base, New York City, in order to investigate “physical boundaries as an allegory to freedom as well as a commentary on urbanization and gentrification.” 

Through art-making, Mohommad is able to navigate multiple scenes or places simultaneously. In installations such as Unfettered  and Chaos and Longing, she melds scenes from both geographic locales in order to blur the boundaries between place and self. Further, “the piercings and metal that affix the work allude to [the] ephemerality of what it means to be ‘home.’"

Farah Mohammad (b. 1993, Karachi, Pakistan) is a printmaker and installation artist based in NYC. Employing various printmaking techniques, Mohammad engages with and processes complex feelings arising from working with underserved communities while negotiating her own presence as a Pakistani immigrant in the United States. Her recent series includes woodcuts, screen prints, monotypes, and etchings of architectural structures that symbolize resilience. 

Mohammad received her BA from Bennington College and MFA from Columbia University. Her exhibition highlights include International Print Center New York (IPCNY), The Jewish Museum, The Wallach Art Gallery, Field Projects (NYC), and Local Project Art Space (LIC, NY). She is the recipient of The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Robert Blackburn Printmaking Award (2021), Lucas T. Carlson Grant at Columbia University (2020), and IPCNY's Coursework Award (2020).