Salon St Denis

Recap of "Connect-Ing Walls" Reception. Thank you to everyone who came--the night was a great success! To see the current exhibition please email [email protected]

Connecting-Ing Walls Series by Nadiya Jinnah

Opening Reception September 8th, 6-8pm Salon St. Denis 80 East 11th Street, Suite 224 New York, NY 10003 ... RSVP [email protected]

Cosmic Series by Nadiya Jinnah

Salon St Denis is pleased to announce the paintings of Nadiya Jinnah. Nadiya Jinnah is a quad-continent Muslim of Indian heritage, born in East Africa. The artist was educated in England and consequently followed her dream and moved to New York where she experiences the great melting pot of people from many cultures and religions. Unlike those early years, the artist finds that in today’s climate What makes us unique and special has become means of separation and fear. It’...s similar to plate tectonics, to use a geological term and it acts as a signal analogous to those kinetic energies. George Kubler reasons in The Shape of Time /Remarks on the History of Things that the rest of time emerges only in signals relayed to us by innumerable stages and by unexpected bearers these signals are like kinetic energy stored until the moments of notice when the mass descends along some portion of its path to the center of its gravitational system. We all have different stories to tell suggests Jinnah, yet we experience the same bundles of painful emotions and aspire similar goals to find peace, harmony, love, and abundance. These precious life experiences make us who we are, but unknowingly we create superficial walls of insecurity, hoping they will keep us safe. As Nadiya Jinnah tells her story, she found a way to connect the two disciplines of her education- painting, and sculpture: "I start with carving the clay then transfer the image to flexible acrylic. This process allows me to experience each piece in its Negative and Positive form. Within this process, I see my Dual Nature and find answers to clear my internal walls to be ONE with everyone and enjoy all that life has to offer physically and Spiritually." Nadiya Jinnah’s painting invites us to experience the dust and ash of that cosmic storm which we call the present and which perpetually rages throughout creation. Her surfaces conjure the cosmic perforations of light and dark Connect-Ing both through the infinitesimal variations of surface play. She asks us to bring our stories that created walls of varied sizes, shapes, colors, and textures. Let us aim to connect them. Holding this attention and intention will help dissolve, disperse and clear these barriers just as the fog lifts to the TRUTH. ‘We are in everyone and everyone is in us’. There is no separation. We are all part of this beautiful tapestry of life connected in spirit as ONE. See more