Bina Shah

Bina Shah is a British artist, born (1960) in Kenya, based in London. She studied Illustration at Harrow School of Art. She is a multidisciplinary visual artist, and her focus is on contemporary abstract art. 

Bina’s is a multidisciplinary abstract artist. Her practice is site-responsive and deep rooted in both urban and rural environments echoing her emotional response to a place or situation. Her childhood memories of growing up in Kenya has evoked a passion of being connected with the land. Her central focus is on the human impact on a place and the traces left behind. Her process evolves organically as she experiments with mixed media and various techniques that lead to unexpected discoveries. Where possible she collects and uses natural earth pigments to capture the colours of the land to give a sense of place. She makes her own bamboo mark making tools and inks from Ayurvedic herbs. Although her work is predominantly monochromatic, she often adds wire, machine stitch to introduce line, texture and colour.

She exhibits regularly in London and Internationally and has received numerous awards: 
Marcus Campbell Art Books prize – RE Small & Might
AP Fitzpatrick East London Printmaking - Highly Commended Prize  
London Centre of Book Arts [LCBA] at East London Printmakers - Festival of Prints
Excellence in Printmaking Prize ELP at Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair
Shortlisted for Boodle Hatfield Printmaking Prize
New Entrants Prize - Broadway Arts Festival
Woolwich Contemporary Print Prize 2019 at National Original Print Exhibition, London 

In 2023, her print was presented in a Box Set Edition by East London Printmakers as part of Victoria & Albert Museum’s Archive. Her work is in private collections around the world.

e.binashah.art@gmail.com
https://www.binashah.co.uk
@bina5hah

Gallery (from left)

Sclata 19
Monotype with natural earth pigments on fluted washi paper
72 x 40cm

Dark Fields III
Monoprint, carborundum collagraph, dry point, chine-collé
70 x 50cm

Winter Trails III
Oil, cold wax, mixed, earth pigments
24 x 20cm

Tuar Trails II
Photoetching, monotype, chine-collé, machine stitch
35 x 25cm

Botallack VII
Earth pigments, natural inks, print collage, wire
14 x 8cm

Winter Storm on Bracken Fields XII
Tempera, glair, mixed media
40 x 35cm

Silver Birch I
Slab Built
50 x 30cm

Raku II
Raku Fired
35 x 25cm