NARGIS NAQVI

My earliest memory of me paintings is of me as a four year old, using a red crayon on my neighbor's bedroom wall and creating a large mural, much to my Parent's embarrassment! My Father then decided to indulge my passion and I delved into oil paints on large canvases. Growing up in Saudi Arabia in the 80s, the choices were limited but with a Pakistani ethnicity, a love for Saudi Arabia - my forever home - and educated in the U.S., I was inspired by the ethnic life of Pakistani villages and Saudi desert women along with the mix of the Western world.

After moving to Canada in 1999, and being a visible minority raising children, it is important to have my voice heard and understood so that I can be true to myself and be accepted for what I am while representing other minorities that live here. I have exhibited dozens of group exhibitions in Toronto and one solo exhibit in Oakville. One of my paintings was chosen to be wrapped around a traffic box in Milton ON.