Shakila is returning to painting after a hiatus of many decades. She explains this as ‘painting returning after having left’. She is developing a series of sketches ‘Dark Skies’ on poverty and homelessness. Proceeds of any sales will go to a chosen charity. Her second project, much larger in scale is a series of oil and mixed media paintings on the life of her mother, Akhtar Sultana.

2022 MOTHERS

In development, a series of oil and mixed media work

2022 DARK SKIES – Sketches

In development, a series of oil pastel and mixed media sketches that are an observation on austerity

1986 to 2018 SOUTHALL BLACK SISTERS BANNERS

Shakila Taranum Maan created a series of banners of the years always with a zero budget as the  organisation had no funds in the early days for arts activities or materials. Banners include:

• 1983 Southall Black Sisters Women’s Centre Established
• 1986 Women March Against Male Violence
• 1989 Women Against Fundamentalism Protest at Parliament Square
• 1990-1993 Campaign to Free Kiranjit Ahluwalia
• 2008 SBS Wins Battle for Funding Against Ealing Council
• 2018 SBS Anti-Trump Banner