I grew up in a small Pakistani town as part of an insular sect. My language, movements, dress, thoughts, and even my name were things I had no control over. At 16, I was engaged to a man who was a decade older than me. Breaking away from that existence left me free, but on the outside of the tightly knit community circle I grew up with.

"Coming Full Circle" explores my fractured relationships with my family, religion, country, and even myself. The circle I left behind, now shows up as a repeated motif in my art. The series of 1 of 1 unique pieces, explores themes of love, longing and loss that come from "unbelonging" to the kinds of restrictive cliques, cults, clubs, sects or groups that can both encircle and imprison a person.