Born in 1984, Sanaa Umar is a Lahore based visual artist. She has a degree in MPhil, with major in Studio Practice from Punjab University College of Art and Design in 2020. Her work is based on narrating a balance between negative and positive space around a female figure. Her work centers around her personal experiences. Through her work she has tried to express the connection between the surroundings and human expressions. She has participated in various group shows.
My art work is a combination of two themes, a human figure and its surroundings. This combination prevails the connection in a colorful way in my paintings. I have used domestic objects and its relationship to a female image as both of them are our personal environment’s common denominators. Every Woman image contains a significance and personality that contains a story of its own. However, the character can evolve out of the artwork, relies exclusively on the image maker and its own approach and perspective. Woman image in my paintings is the center of focus while the objects around her are the common domestic stuff and home interior which helps in filling the negative space around the female figure to create a balance.