The allure of abstractness of style and
distinction along with the aesthetic quality of redefinition, play on a dance of bold artistic expressions of Anisah Ahmed in her exploration with redefining approaches on various forms, expressing her romance with art, fashion and architecture and her aim for exhaling refreshments against the trends.
Her debut
exhibition of her works of art and photography coming up on the 14th
of August 2015 at the Thought Pyramid Arts Centre, Abuja, will also host the
launching of Nene Magazine with a following all day exhibition on the 15th
of August, 2015.
Anisah Ohunene Ahmed is
a Fashion Design student at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK.
She started Art & Design four years ago, during her A levels
course as a subject at Abbey College, Manchester with no experience or
knowledge of art. She had to learn the basics. Anisah has from then grown to
appreciate art, not just as a subject but have also applied
it in different fields of studies including Architecture and fashion.
“It was at
the Architectural Association School Of
Architecture, London I nurtured my creativity and hence
decided to study fashion design instead of architecture, luckily the
portfolio created during this academic year was diverse enough
to get me into other schools, so
I went ahead to study Fashion Design.
While I was making all these decisions,
the only thing that remained constant
was my interest in art & design;
painting, drawing, sketching, taking photographs,
exploring etc. and different aspects of it,” she said.
“My art works
consists of mixed media created for different
projects (both personal and academic) at
different times. The recent pieces are made
using knit yarns, embroidery threads (a
medium revisited from my A level years), watercolors,
acrylic, oil and spray paint, inks,
fine liners, recycled glass etc.”
Anisah’s
application of the expressionists’ style of art especially with her work;
“Manchester Town Hall” is done with the hope to challenge the seeming trends of
styles of art in the society and to encourage further explorative and
redefining forms of art including the stylistic approach of art with Cubism and
redefining fashion design statements.
She said, “Another way I want
to promote creativity in Nigeria is target the youth through NËNË magazine;
which would serve as a platform to showcase talented &
hardworking Nigerians and urge youths to be creative in whatever field they
venture. I believe having a creative mind set together with resilience
of Nigerian people will be a good starting point for the “Change”
we so desperately seek in other for us to
thrive as a Country. The message is “By 9ja, for 9ja.”
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