Saberah Malik
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| name = Saberah Malik
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| education = Pratt Institute
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Saberah Malik is a textile artist and sculptor living in Warwick, Rhode Island.
==Early life and education==Malik grew up in Pakistan. Malik came to the United States in 1975.<ref name=":0" /> She is the granddaughter of Abdul Majeed Khwaja and the niece of Jamal Khwaja.
==Work==Malik's work has been featured in galleries and exhibitions in Rhode Island and internationally, including installations at the TF Green Airport Gallery in Warwick, Rhode Island,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ri.gov/|title=State Arts Council Announces 2016 Artists for T.F. Green and Block Island Airport Galleries|date=November 18, 2015|website=www.ri.gov|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-28}}</ref> Hera Gallery in Wakefield, Rhode Island, <ref>{{Cite journal|last=|first=|date=2018|title=Class Notes|url=https://issuu.com/prattinstitute/docs/prattfolio_fallwinter2018|journal=Prattfolio|volume=|pages=44|via=Issuu.com}}</ref>the Three Rivers Art Festival in Pittsburgh|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.pghcitypaper.com/Blogh/archives/2015/06/11/arts-fests-juried-visual-art-show|title=Arts Fest’s Juried Visual-Art Show|last=O'Driscoll|first=Bill|website=Pittsburgh City Paper|language=en|access-date=2019-09-17}}</ref> and the Islamic Art Revival Series in Irving, Texas.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theartguide.com/exhibitions/the-3rd-annual-juried-international-exhibition-of-contemporary-islamic-art|title=The 3rd Annual Juried International Exhibition of Contemporary Islamic Art|website=The Art Guide|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-17}}</ref> She has also been on the teaching faculty of the textile department at the Penland School of Crafts.<ref>{{cite-news|title=HAYWOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROFESSIONAL CRAFTS VISITING ARTIST SERIES WELCOMES SABERAH MALIK AUG. 28|newspaper=US Fed News|date=22 August 2017|url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/16671CF836D798B8|url-access=subscription|access-date=28 October 2019}}</ref>
==Technique==Much of Malik's work stems from her training in shibori dyeing techniques. In addition to dyeing textiles, Malik molds textiles onto natural and man-made forms to create sculptures.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://networksrhodeisland.org/saberah-malik/|title=Saberah Malik|date=2014-10-25|website=NetWorks Rhode Island|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-17}}</ref> She also creates what she calls "written paintings," two dimensional painted sculptures inspired by Islamic calligraphy. <ref>{{cite-news|last=VAN SICLEN|title=ART SCENE - By dyeing, she ties local scenes into Asian roots|newspaper=Providence Journal|date=6 April 2006|page=L-18|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/152428232B5454B8|access-date=21 October 2019|first=Bill}}</ref> Her calligraphy appears in Daniyal Mueenuddin's short story collection In Other Rooms, Other Wonders.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/227016346|title=In other rooms, other wonders|last=Mueenuddin, Daniyal.|date=2009|publisher=W. Norton & Co|isbn=9780393068009|edition=1st ed|location=New York|oclc=227016346}}</ref>
Bibliography
Works featuring art by Malik
Dimensional Cloth:Sculpture by Contemporary Textile Artists by Andra Stanton (2018) ISBN 978-0764355363 <br>
Pattern Base by Kristi O'Meara (2015) ISBN 978-0500291795
External links
[https://networksrhodeisland.org/saberah-malik/ Documentary on Malik] (2013), Networks Rhode Island