Farooque Ali Chandio

Born in 1982 in Dadu (Pakistan)
Lives and works in Gwadar (Pakistan)

Farooque Ali Chandio received his MFA from the Institute of Arts and Design, University of Sindh, Jamshoro in 2007. He is currently a Lecturer in Fine Arts at GDA Public Higher Secondary School in Gwadar.

Chandio writes of his drawing for KB17: “I have used graphite to study the linear intricacy of the traditional straw chaabi used for keeping bread…These baskets convey the importance of nourishment, the primal quest in the circle of life. The tattered edges are symbolic of the natural decay that is an inseparable part of life. Grey areas hug the central disc. These represent shadows – shadows that embody the lingering effects of trauma, stored in memory long after the traumatic event has passed.”