Noman Siddiqui

Born in 1980 in Karachi (Pakistan)
Lives and works in Karachi (Pakistan)

Noman Siddiqui graduated from the Central Institute of Art and Craft, Karachi in 2005. He is a multidisciplinary artist whose work has been exhibited in various group shows, including “Microcosm” at Gandhara-Art Space, Karachi; “Movement” at ArtChowk, Karachi; “Attaining Heights” at VM Art Gallery, Karachi; “Usman aur Mein” at KOEL Gallery, Karachi; “Memoirs of the Future” at Alhamra Art Gallery, Lahore; “Pursukoon Karachi” at Arts Council Karachi; “Mad in Karachi 3D II” at ArtChowk, Karachi; and “Aghaz-e-safer” at Frere Hall, Karachi. He also curated the show “Unwriting Thoughts” at IVS Gallery, Karachi, in 2016, and attended the Fourth Sanat Residency Program, Karachi in 2017.

For KB17 Noman Siddiqui has created an installation comprised of flowers and fiberglass bullets. He writes: “Keeping in mind this city and events, I have created an installation that consists of two mounds: one of flowers and the other of bullets. These objects are opposite in nature and yet linked when seen with the eyes of a witness. The flowers shall wilt and die like the flowers left on graves by loved ones, while the bullets shall remain untarnished, much like the permanent feeling of absence caused by death.”