13/08/2026
For our next Tannery Project Display we are welcoming Shumaiya Khan Shumaiya Khan with âThree Wise Womenâ.
Originally three stand alone panels which uncannily came together. Loosely based on the tale of the three wise men, with a reimagining through matriarchal lineage and action. Each panel is bodily height/width, unraveling an illustrated, mythic resemblance of the physical internal body. Growing or giving birth to another body.
Shumaiya Khan, b 1990. My practice explores the connection between all organic beings metaphysical bodies with the physical state. I investigate this via reoccurring instinctual forms within my paintings and sculptures, often received via symbiotic and somatic release. My practice is both research and physical, hands-on process. References can mirror human bodies and flesh, including veins and muscular systems, as well as hidden or concealed elemental surfaces and landscapes found in the inner depths of forests, caves, and quarries. Thereâs a quality of meeting or embodying entities, as works are often bodily shaped and height. Forms and environment which appear grow, erode or age.Â
Tannery Projects is Tannery Artsâ occasional exhibition and events programme run by and for Tannery Artists.
20th August - 19th October
outside Drawing Room
Three Wise Women, 2025. Oil and salt on canvas. Triptych. 175 x170cm / 60x170-55x170-60x170cm.
