ASNA International Clay Triennials
(four iterations)

Founded: 1998

Curators: Niilofur Farrukh, Meher Afroz, and Shehnaz Siddiq

ASNA International Clay Triennials (four iterations)

Founded: 1998

Curators: Niilofur Farrukh, Meher Afroz, and Shehnaz Siddiq

ASNA was founded in 1998 by Niilofur Farrukh along with acclaimed artist Meher Afroz and textile designer Shanaz Siddiq. The mandate of this multi- disciplinary platform is to connect contemporary art practice with traditional crafts through exhibitions, seminars , workshops
and documentation. It has worked with ceramists and kumbhars ( potters), researchers and filmmakers to give visibility to craft wisdom, and build synergies between traditional and contemporary creative practices.
The four iterations of The ASNA International Clay Triennial were pivotal in connecting

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Fourth ASNA

Year: 2013
Location: VM Art Gallery, Karachi
Name of Artist: 47 artists from 16 countries

Names of all artists

Pim Sudhikam

Exhibition

Third ASNA

Year: 2006
Location: Ahmed Pervaiz Gallery, Arts Council of Pakistan, Karachi
Name of Artist: 50 artists from 12 countries

Names of all artists

Dr Ponimin

Exhibition

Second ASNA

Year: 2003
Location: Ahmed Pervaiz Gallery, Arts Council of Pakistan, Karachi
Theme: Open theme plus small retrospective of Pakistan’s pioneer ceramist Mian Salauddin
Name of Artists: Mian Salauddin, Shazia Zuberi, Munawar Ali Syed, Sheherezade Alam, Tariq Javed among others

Exhibition

First ASNA

Year: 2000
Location: Ahmed Pervaiz Gallery, Arts Council of Pakistan, Karachi
Theme: Journeys with clay
Name of Artist: Tariq Javed, Ishrat Suharwardy, Sheherezade Alam, Nabahat Lotia, Sadia Salim and Mian Salauddin

Mian Salahuddin

Fourth ASNA International Clay Triennial

Year: 2013 
Location: VM Art gallery 
Theme: Light and Lightness 
Name of Artist: 47 artists from 16 countries  

(INDIA) Nehal Racch, Mudita Bandari, Ela Mukherjee, Reyaz Badruddin, Kristine Michael, Rahul Kumar, Sandeep Manchekar, Madhvi Subhramanian, Shampa Shah, Nidhi Chopra Sagar, Aniruddh Sagar, Arti Paliwal, Manisha Bhattacharya, (USA) Fulden Sara-Wissinger, Charles E. Wissinger, (CANADA) Sheherezade Alam, (AUSTRALIA) Sarah O Sullivan, Gwyn Pigott, Merran Esson, Alana Wilson, (TURKEY) Sirin Kocak, Sevim Cizer, (IRAN) Abbas Akbari, (NEPAL) Gopal Kalapreme Das Shrestha, (INDONESIA) Natas Setiabudhi, (FRANCE) Elisabeth Le Rétif, (NORWAY) John Skognes, (CYPRUS) Semral Oztan, (BANGLADESH) Ashim Halder Sagor, (THAILAND) Pim Sudhikam, (SWITZERLAND) Claude Presset, Bastien Aubry and Dimitri Broquard, (SAUDIA ARABIA) Nora Almazrooa, (PAKISTAN) Sannia Ali, Munawar Ali Syed, Nabahat Lotia, Raani Azam Durrani, Faraz Mateen, Shazia Zuberi, Faheem Rao, Aliya Yousuf, Tariq Javed, Abeer Asim, Sadia Saleem, Salman Ikram, Ghania Badar, Izbah Mansoor. 

 

Third ASNA International Clay Triennial

Year: 2006 
Location: Ahmed Pervaiz Gallery, Arts Council, Karachi 
Artists: 50 artists from 12 countries 

Sheherezade Alam (CANADA), (FINLAND) Catherina Kajander, (HOLLAND) Ellen Spijkstra, Ri-Jeanne Cuppens, (INDIA) Adil Bomi Writer, Aniruddh Sagar, Badaruddin Reyaz, Kristine Michael, Leena Batra, Madhur Sen, Manisha Bhatachariya, Mudita Bhandari, Nidhi Sagar, Rekha Bajpe Aggarwal, Sonia Dhingra, Sonia Rashid, (INDONESIA) Dr Ponimin, Michael Rice, (LITHUANIA) Ona Grigaite, Rimantas Sakalauskas, (MALAYSIA) Cindy Koh, (PAKISTAN) Abdullah Syed, Amna Mehvish, Arij Karim, Fatima Akbar and Wafa Mir, Fauzia Minallah, Ghania Asad, Kaif Ghaznavi, Maliha Peracha, Munawar Ali Syed, Nabahat Lotia, Raania A K Durrani, Riffat Alvi, Sadia Salim, Salman Ikram, Samia Bukhari, Sannia Kashif Ali, Selwa Habib, Shazia Mirza, Shazia Zuberi, Shazieh Gorji, Tariq Javed, Umer Ahsen, Zainab Cheema, (SPAIN) Iraida Cano, (TURKEY) Lale Andic, Sevim Cizer, (UK) Maham Anjum Cheshti, (USA) Chuck Wissinger, Fulden Sara-Wissinger.