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Aliya Parashar Aliya
Aliya Parashar

RECIPIENT OF

  • Barclay Simpson MFA Award
  • CCA All College Honors Award Honorable Mention

Constricted and boiled, skins are submerged into the waters of the earth. Pressed into the crevices of the vice around it, struggling to breathe, porosity is forced. Open. Breath, suspension, & she becomes undone. Her sacred body proposing to a space; ecstasy for the divine. How much time is spent here? The thick air asks the actions to elegiacally move through it with weight, be wary, do not disrupt. Find the flow, …pause… does one belong? 

The Yantra blooms from its center; the Bindu begins at the point of origin for the divine. It roots itself into its core. Hyper-reflected to make the celestial ruled in billowing gestures and intersecting geometries. Spaces scored to hold the sacred– reverence for beauty. Flowering allusions to summon the empyrean; negotiations abound.

Aliya Parashar is an Indian interdisciplinary artist raised in Muscat, Oman. She holds a Bachelor's of Fine Art from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2019). Her focus began in fibers & material studies and installation; her praxis now veers into a multi-disciplinary research-based approach. Aliya is currently a 2nd year dual-degree MA/MFA candidate at CCA. 

Khilata Hua Yantr | खिलता हुआ यंत्र | Blooming Yantra | Mix media collage 25 x 21 inches
Akaal - Ek | अकाल - एक | Incense soot, sesame oil, tributes, cold press paper, thumb and index prints, and a yantra. 22 x 30 inches
Akaal - Do | अकाल - दो | Incense smoke, heat, creases, paper, tributes, and omnipresence 8.5 x 11 inches
Kroshaee Yantr | क्रोशिए यंत्र | Crochet Yantra | Crochet and knit yarn, focus, and negotiations 49 x 72 inches
Kroshaee Yantr | क्रोशिए यंत्र | Crochet Yantra | Crochet and knit yarn, focus, and negotiations 49 x 72 inches
Khaaka | खाका | Blueprint | Pencil on hot press paper 30 x 22 inches
Yadi ab Nahin, to Kab? Meree Maut ka Intajaar Hai | यदी अब नहिं, काब को? मेरे मौत की इंतेजार है | If not now, when? Waiting for my death to come | Hand gilded gold mirrors, mourning, urli bowls, marigolds, assorted flowers, grieving, silk organza, silk gauze, memory, natural dye, caution, beeswax, hand spun silk yarn, silk chiffon, fray, and water. Approx 150 Sq Ft
Yadi ab Nahin, to Kab? Meree Maut ka Intajaar Hai | यदी अब नहिं, काब को? मेरे मौत की इंतेजार है | If not now, when? Waiting for my death to come | Hand gilded gold mirrors, mourning, urli bowls, marigolds, assorted flowers, grieving, silk organza, silk gauze, memory, natural dye, caution, beeswax, hand spun silk yarn, silk chiffon, fray, and water. Approx 150 Sq Ftgrieving, silk organza, silk gauze, memory, natural dye, caution, beeswax, hand spun silk yarn, silk chiffon, fray, and water. Approx 150 Sq Ft
Sone ka Yantr | सोन का यंत्र | Gilded Yantra | Gilded gold mirror, etching, and the Blooming Yantra 12 x 36 inches
Saans Lene ka Vyaayaam | सास लीने का व्ययाम | Breathing Exercise | Wind, silk yardage, natural pigment (marigolds, safflower, madder, kutch, and kamala), gold gilded mirrors, and light. Approx 130 Sq. Ft