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|Press Headline=Nadia Waheed: "Notes From a Windowless Room" at Raw Paw
|Press Description=Explorations of identity by an artist of color, of colors, of many colors
|Press Pull Quote Long=But, oh my, the paintings. "These paintings are an effort to form a bridge between my Pakistani heritage and my Westernization," says the internationally raised artist who currently lives in Austin and has a studio in the Museum of Human Achievement. Waheed's art attempts to bridge the cultural gap primarily by exploring the brown female nude. "It's taboo imagery," she says, "which I wouldn't have been able to deal with as directly in Pakistan. I also consider the slow degradation of my native language, being away from Karachi, leading to additional explorations of assimilation, Americanization, and Westernization. I strive to make a comprehensive image that melds connection with the self with racial and cultural identity, using the figure as a vehicle, rounded off with a meandering through any subconscious imagery that surfaces while making the work."

|Press Author=Wayne Alan Brenner
|Press Type=Review
|Press Date=2019-02-21
|Press URL=https://www.austinchronicle.com/arts/2019-02-22/nadia-waheed-notes-from-a-windowless-room/
|Press Publication=Austin Chronicle
|Event name=See Me Where I Am
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