June 6 – August 1, 2026

Zarina: Directions to My House 

STPI

In Person Viewing:

41 Robertson Quay
Singapore 238236

Online Viewing:

https://www.stpi.com.sg/whats-on/stpi-annual-special-exhibition-zarina-directions-to-my-house

STPI presents Zarina: Directions to My House, a landmark solo exhibition of Zarina (1937–2020, Aligarh, India; London, United Kingdom), one of the most significant printmakers of the late 20th and early 21st centuries and a key figure in minimalist and diasporic practice.

Curated by New York-based Sarah Burney, independent curator and Zarina’s former studio manager, Directions to My House offers a deeply informed perspective on the artist’s life and work. This major exhibition brings together over 50 works from 12 lenders across multiple cities, presenting her practice at a scale not previously seen in Southeast Asia and reflecting her life that was profoundly shaped by numerous continents – having lived across Bangkok, New Delhi, Paris, Bonn, Tokyo, Santa Cruz, and finally New York.

Home was a guiding theme for the artist Zarina (1937–2020). Working in a distinctive, restrained visual language, she drew on floor plans, maps, architectural forms, simple geometric shapes, poetry, and language to explore belonging, displacement, and memory through prints, sculptures, and works on paper.

Zarina’s life was shaped by movement. Born in Aligarh, India, she lived in Bangkok, New Delhi, Paris, Bonn, Tokyo, Santa Cruz, and finally New York. Her cosmopolitanism was part wanderlust and part necessity; she eagerly absorbed new languages and cultural zeitgeists but, as a firsthand witness to Partition, remained acutely attuned to exile, migration, and the violence of political borders.