Afza Tamkanat

Born in 1990, Hyderabad, Afza Tamkanat art engages with an array of socio-political issues. Daughter of one of Hyderabad's better-known artists, Fawad Tamkanat, Afza picked up the brush at a very young age. As she watched her dad paint, Afza says she would also pick up crayons and sketches and paint on the walls and on bed sheets. Her art can be perceived as bold, like her incredibly independent mind. In her own words, “I don’t hate you, but I respect me. Your comments, your opinions do not define me. I do not care what you think about me, because I don’t think about you at all. I cannot improve my work when I am surrounded with negative energy that only tries to bring me down… I let my work speak for itself.”

2011 BFA (Painting), Jawaharlal Nehru Fine Arts and Architecture University, Hyderabad

2014 MFA (Painting), S N School, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad

2016 ‘World Art Dubai 2016’ - Dubai World Trade Center.


2015 ‘Being in Her Shoes – Celebrating Women’s Creativity’, Kalakriti Art Gallery, Hyderabad

2014 ‘Art, Aesthetics and Utility’, Gallery Space, Hyderabad

2014 Shrishti Mela, Affordable and Utilitarian Art Fair, Shrishti Art Gallery, Hyderabad

2014 Aid for Hud Hud Victims, Gallery Muse, Marriott, Hyderabad

2014 Art for Cause, Aid of Hud Hud Victims, Gallery Space, Hyderabad

2014 Art at Telangana, Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad

2014 ‘Expression of colors’, Gallery Space, Hyderabad

2014 Monsoon Shades, Gallery Space, Hyderabad

2014 ‘How strong the breeze, how precious the flight’, Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad

2014 ‘Flight: Up, up and away’, Hyderabad Central University, Hyderabad

2014 ‘Collectors choice’, Tamkanat Art Gallery, Hyderabad

2014 ‘Shades of Women’, Radisson Blu and Gallery Space, Hyderabad

2014 Contemporaries of Hyderabad, Tamkanat Art Gallery, Hyderabad

2013 75 years of Deccan Chronicle, Kalakriti Art Gallery, Hyderabad

2013 Absolut Jambore, Daira Centre for Arts & Culture, Hyderabad

2013 ‘Flower Power’, Daira Centre for Arts & Culture, Hyderabad

2013 ‘Love Bytes’, Daira Centre for Arts & Culture, Hyderabad

2013 La Biennale Di Venezia, 55th International Art Exhibition, Venice

2012 Art Jambore, Daira Centre for Arts & Culture, Hyderabad

Permanent Collection

Imago Mundi Museum, Luciano Benetton Collection, Italy.

Private Collection, United States of America

Art@Telengana, India.