Heraa Khan lives and works in Lahore, Pakistan. She received her BFA in 2012 from the National College of Arts, Lahore. She has studied the techniques of the traditional Persian and Mughal miniature painting, which requires discipline, attention to detail and a careful layering of colour. Her work is a tale of absurd, frivolous indulgences as well as limitations and loneliness. It is an attempt to personalise and transform the traditional art form into a contemporary one.
Khan has shown her work in several group shows across the country, with a solo show in 2012 titled, Together Alone. She has assisted the renowned miniature painter Aisha Khalid in her solo show at the Corvi Mora gallery London, the Sharjah Biennale 2011, Whitworth Art Gallery Manchester, a solo show at Isabelle Gallery Dubai, Art Basel Hong Kong, and the Moscow Biennale, Moscow.
Khan’s work is also part of ‘The Written Diaries’, a film based project in UK.