Born in 1975 in Pakistan, brought up in Lancashire and now living in Shropshire, Halima’s varied, multi-cultural background is tangibly present in her work.
A natural creativity presented itself at an early age and was nurtured to fruition as Halima carved her way through an art-based education: an undergraduate degree in 1997 and an MA in 2002.
The culmination of this process is Halima’s precociously mature work. Fusing her Asian roots with a fascination for African pattern work and her deep passion for architectural geometry, Halima’s work is intense yet playful, structured yet creative; substantial yet dynamic and invariably compelling in its originality.
Work in Public Collections
- Gardiner Museum, Toronto, Canada
- National Museum of Cardiff
- Reading Museum, Reading
- Watts Gallery, Guildford
- V&A, Sculpture Collection, Gallery 21, 2023, London
- V&A, Ceramic Collection, 2008, London
- Craft Council Collection
- Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Ceramics Collection
- Brian Mercer Trust Collection
- Victoria Gallery & Museum, Liverpool
- Fitzwilliam Museum
- Sovereign Asian Arts, Hong Kong
- Manchester City Art Gallery
- The Hepworth Wakefield, wall sculpture (acquired through The Jerwood Foundation), 2022
- The Hepworth Wakefield, 3 prints, 2022
- The Hepworth Wakefield, installation of 2 sculptures, 2008
- Her Highness Sheikha Maryam Bint Mohammed Al Maktoum, Abu Dhabi
- Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
- Antony House, National Trust
- Her Royal Highness Rania Al-Abdullah, Jordan
- Jerwood Foundation, 3 Sculptures
- Leeds Museum & Art Gallery, installation of 3 sculptures
- Walker Art Gallery and Museum, Liverpool
- Touchstone Museum & Gallery
- Higham Hall, Cockermouth, Cumbria, 2 sculptures
- Dundee Museum and Art Gallery
- Harris Museum, Preston
- Shipley Museum and Art Gallery, Gateshead
- Bolton Museum
- Gallery Oldham
- Peter Scott Gallery Trust, Lancaster
- Toe Gallery, Mumbai, India
- Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery, sculpture, 2005
- Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery, Wall sculpture, 2013
- Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery, 5 wallpaper designs, 2019
- Knowsley Museums and Galleries
Public Art Commissions
- ‘Gathering’, 2024 - Wakefield Sculpture Trail at Westgate Train Station (5 hand-carved concrete sculptures)
- ‘Fan Construction’ 2023 - Wakefield Sculpture Trail at the Hepworth Wakefield Gardens (15’ x 2’ cold-cast iron)
- ‘Maiden and Matre’, Oceania Ship, 2023 – (2 hand-carved concrete sculptures)Wall frieze and Bookends for seating area’, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, 2022 – (Granite)
- 'Light Catcher’, 2014 – celebrating 50 years of AONB Forest of Bowland (14'H Oak)
- 4 Viking Cruise liners, 2011-2016– (4 ceramic wall friezes on Viking, Viking Sea, Viking Sky & Viking Sun Ships)
- P&O Cruise liner Britannia, 2010– (4 large bronze sculptures)
- Azura Cruiser P&O, 2009 - (26 free-standing clay sculptures and wall-mounted friezes)
- Flight of the Osprey',2008 – Arnold Lodge, art project with A.I.M. for the new Rutland Ward, Leicester (4'H x 20'W, Fence sculpture and wall-mounted friezes)
- ‘The Flower Dome’, 2007 - Rampton Hospital/Secure Unit, Art Project, Nottingham (4'H x 8'Dia cold-cast bronze)
- ‘6 gateway sculpture’, 2007 - Nature Reserve Sculpture Park, Clitheroe Ribble Valley (2 x 11' x 2'Sq & 4 x 6'H x 2'Sq, brick clay)
- ‘Blossom Way’, 2006 - Blackburn (Northgate) (8'H x 40'W ceramic wall sculpture)
- Designed ‘Paving & Fencing’ for Barbara Castle Way, Blackburn, 2005
- ‘Ceramic Wall Tiles Relief’, 2004 - National Wildflower Centre, Liverpool (4'H x 10'W)
Private Commissions
To date - 2002 - Numerous private commissions for various clients, creating indoor and outdoor sculptures
