Pakistani-American artist Nadia Waheed (b.1992, Saudi Arabia), creates allegorical paintings that explore the connection between spirit and the corporeal form, the cyclical nature of life, and redemption. Drawing from lived experience, science, philosophy, and the archives of art history, in recent years her work has included esoteric imagery from ancient traditions around the world.
Selected recent exhibitions include Where the Real Lies, Ogunquit Museum of American Art, Maine (2025); Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Ames Yavuz, (2025); Maternity Leave, Green Family Foundation, Dallas (2023); among others.