Salma Arastu

Salma Arastu  (an haife ta a shekarar 1950) mawaƙiya ce wacce aikinta ya samo asali ne daga asalin al'adunta da gogewarta. An haife ta a Rajasthan, Indiya ga 'yar kabilar Sindhi, an rene ta a Hindu sannan daga baya ta musulunta ta koma Amurka a shekarar 1986.  Ta zauna kuma ta yi aiki a Bethlehem, Pennsylvania daga 1987 zuwa 2006, kafin ta koma Oakland, California .  Tana ƙirƙirar zane-zane, sassaka, waƙoƙi   da kuma rubutun hannu, sannan tana samar da katunan gaisuwa ga al'ummar Musulmin Amurka. 

Arastu ta nuna zane-zanenta a duk duniya.  Ayyukanta suna cikin tarin dindindin na Gidan Tarihi na Fasahar Addini na Zamani, St. Louis, Missouri,  Gidan Tarihi na Tunawa da 9/11, New York, NY,   kuma ta sami tallafi da yawa don aikinta.   Arastu ta sami digiri na biyu a fannin Fasahar Zane-zane daga Jami'ar Maharaja Sayajirao ta Baroda .  

 Aiki 
Zane-zanen Arastu sun samu tasiri daga zane-zane, sassaka, da rubuce-rubuce na al'adun Indiya da kuma ruhin Musulunci.  Winston, Kimberly (11 February 2020). "With canvas and Quran, one artist aims to make Islamic calligraphy a universal language". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 24 July 2023. Ta bayyana cewa abubuwan da ta fuskanta a al'adu daban-daban na duniya sun kara mata kwarin gwiwa a salon zane-zanenta. A lokacin da take zaune da aiki a Iran da Kuwait, ta fuskanci fasahar Musulunci da kuma rubutun Larabci. 

Ayyukan Arastu sun haɗa da jigogi kamar bege, da kuma neman haɗin kai tsakanin ɗan adam, ƙasa, da rai. Moore, Haddad, Smith (2006) p. 139 Ta yi iƙirarin cewa aikinta yana ɗauke da "sanin muhalli", wanda aka misalta a cikin jerin shirye-shiryenta na "Mycelial Flow" da "Tiny Creatures: Our Invisible Sustainers." A cikin waɗannan jerin, ta bincika haɗin gwiwa tsakanin halittu, tana jawo hankali ga rawar da ƙwayoyin cuta ke takawa a matsayin masu lalata . Stories, Local (24 April 2023). "Meet Salma Arastu - Voyage LA Magazine | LA City Guide". voyagela.com. Archived from the original on 24 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.

Arastu ta sami tallafi daga Asusun Tallafawa Masu Fasaha na East Bay Community Foundation (2020, 2014, 2012), Oakland, CA da kuma tallafin masu fasaha na Birnin Berkeley, a cikin 2015 da 2016 Berkeley, CA.

An rubuta ayyukanta a cikin mujallar Islamic Horizons  Tikkun,  India-West  Performance Art Journal  da sauran wallafe-wallafe.

 Nunin Nunin 
An nuna ayyukan Arastu a cikin nunin rukuni da na mutum ɗaya da dama, ciki har da:

 2015: Gidan Tarihi na Fasahar Addini na Zamani . Jami'ar St. Louis, St. Louis, MO "Artists Exhibited at MOCRA". Museum of Religious Art. Retrieved 4 March 2025.   
 Satumba 2006: Artjaz Gallery a Philadelphia, PA "Bio: Salma Arastu". Archived from the original on 31 December 2006. Retrieved 23 April 2007. 
 Satumba 2005: Hope Horn Gallery Jami'ar Scranton, Scranton PA  
 Fabrairu 2005: Gidan Tarihi na Fasaha na Jami'ar Radford, Jami'ar Radford, Radford, VA
 Cibiyar Al'adun Baƙar fata ta 2003, Kwalejin Lafayette, da Easton, PA 
 1998 De Art Magick, Easton, Pennsylvania 

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