Look Up, 2021
vinyl cut out, 20*40 inch
Look Up (2021) is a printed poster in the artistic tradition of public space interventions. The work reflects on the power of religion in overcoming the hardship of life while growing up in Pakistan. The drawing practice comes from henna painting and as such it aspires to connect the public to their higher spiritual source. The artistic intervention by the young Muslim artist into the American public space seeks to reflect on the power of spirituality, asking us to look up and seek the powers through the natural and personal.
Sister’s story
Sumaya Sakhi is of Afghan descent and was born in 2003 in Peshawar, Pakistan where she lived for 14 years before moving in June 2018 to Dallas, Texas. Sumaya attended elementary and middle schools in Peshawar and enrolled in Lake Highlands Highschool in Dallas. Growing up with a single parent mother, the immigration to America allowed the family to stay together. Sumaya has been a member of Junior World Affairs Council for the last three years, learning and understanding the politics of human rights and social work. She is “interested in talking about the things that nobody is interested to talk about”.
