Artist Profile
Shakila
Shakila Sheikh is a self-taught collage artist from Kolkata whose paper compositions portray everyday scenes and lived experience with a quiet, tactile intensity.
Visual approach
Torn coloured paper, used without drawing or mechanical cutting, becomes the medium for depicting scenes of daily life with layered texture and restraint.
Awards & Honours
No specific award was verified in the sources consulted.
Biography
Shakila Sheikh is a self-taught collage artist from Kolkata. She works with torn coloured paper, without drawing or mechanical cutting, to depict everyday scenes and lived experience.
She met the artist Baldev Raj Panesar, whom she called Baba. The New Indian Express describes her work as having been shown at the National Exhibition of Lalit Kala Akademi and in galleries in India, Paris, New York, Hanover, and Singapore.
The available sources present her as an artist whose paper-based practice is shaped by close observation, memory, and sustained attention to the ordinary.
Practice
Collage with torn coloured paper
Self-taught artist from Kolkata
Focus
Everyday scenes and lived experience
Exhibitions & Residencies
The sources consulted reference exhibitions including the National Exhibition of Lalit Kala Akademi, and galleries in India, Paris, New York, Hanover, and Singapore. No additional dates or exhibition names are added here beyond what was verified.
Selected Works
Collection links will be added when verified.