"Rooted in Topophilia, my practice focuses on the ways we connect to the environments around us. Working across drawing, painting, printmaking and mixed media, I am interested in how architecture, colour, light and material hold memory.
Trained in Indo-Persian miniature painting, I use layered processes, geometry and shifting perspectives to construct compositions that reflect my mind palaces and translate lived spatial experience"
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The Chianciano Biennale 2026, held in Tuscany, Italy, is an international contemporary art exhibition presented across the Chianciano Art Museum and a network of galleries and historic venues throughout the town. Its ninth edition brought together more than 300 artists from around the world, creating a large-scale programme that connected museum spaces with the architecture and cultural setting of medieval Chianciano.
Pakistani artist Emaan Pirzada was selected to participate in the 2026 edition, presenting work from her ongoing practice exploring place, memory and the traces of human presence within domestic and architectural spaces.
