SEHAR PEERZADA

Ms. Peerzada creates “Urban Masala”, wearable art clothing, home goods, and dolls. Born in Washington DC, Ms. Peerzada works from her home studios in Baltimore, MD and Lahore, Pakistan. An alumnus of Howard University and the Rhode Island School of Design, Ms, Peerzada studied Eastern design concepts and cuts, along with the ancient art of hand block printing in Pakistan. She collaborates with Pakistani artisans to create her signature block designs which are incorporated in her own hybrid clothing and fabric. Ms. Peerzada was recently a presenter in the American Folklife Society Conference in Baltimore (2019) and was selected to participate as a designer with The Baltimore Natural Dye Initiative and Maryland Institute College of Art presenting in 2020. Ms. Peerzada is a member of the African American Craft Initiative.

Ms. Peerzada’s clothing line has been carried in stores such as Nordstrom, Densua’s African Treasures, in Macy’s, Toast and Strawberries, Zawadi in D.C., The Reginald Lewis Museum, Maja, and Sankofa in Baltimore, and many other venues. As a costumer Ms. Peerzada worked with Rafi Peer Theater Workshop, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Sweet Honey In The Rock, The In Series Opera, The New York Fringe, The San Francisco Bay Area Theater Company, and others.

Ms. Peerzada has been featured in several newspapers and magazines including The Washington Post, the Washington Times, The Afro American News, The Virginia Pilot, Pakistani Glamour, Dubai Times, Black Elegance, Upscale, Ebony, the book Threads of Time: The Fabric of History, and more.