Zahura Sultana Hossain

Formal Education
BA (Hons) Fine Art at Surrey University of Art and Design (2.1)
Foundation Fine Art at Croydon College

Private Collections
Surrey University of Art and Design
Raffle Prize to raise funds for M.S. at the House of Commons, Palace of Westminster, London
SNTTA office, Sharjah, UAE
Bangladesh

Zahura’s paintings unfold themselves in a process, like life, born beautiful and innocent with hopes and dreams, enjoying a sense of security and freedom, but the passage of time brings with it a sense of disillusion, frustration and many a constraint.
She begins by constructing a structure almost perfect only to be mutilated and destroyed later, losing control over the image until nothing is left intact, looking almost like a battlefield. The surface is then once again reconstructed to whatever extent possible. Aesthetic sensibility and harmony helps to create a sense of order. Her original image, its destruction and then its reconstruction all become part of the final work.
“I find the process frustrating and a struggle, but at the same time challenging and deeply satisfying.”