Free admission

As part of the MIDIS PARTAGE lecture series, you are cordially invited by the Fashion, Jewelry and Accessory Design Department of HEAD – Genève to attend the lecture by Sara Shakeel, which will take place on Monday, November 16, 2026, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Sara Shakeel is a London-based artist of Pakistani heritage whose work turns crystal, glitter and light into a language of value, memory and repair. Self-taught, she began by making digital collages on her phone. Her body-positive #glitterstretchmarks series reframed the marks bodies are taught to hide as something worth adorning. Her material language traces back to her grandmother’s crystal collection. Today her studio works across digital and physical media, from a Met Gala commission to architectural installations produced with artisan partners in Pakistan. The Jewel System, built from 3.9 million vintage glass crystals by 80 artisans, drew more than 78,000 visitors at ArtisTree, Hong Kong, during Art Basel Hong Kong 2025. Other works include The Great Supper at NOW Gallery, London, and an installation for the Ministry of Culture in Riyadh. She calls her process, which moves between AI-assisted imagining and making by hand, “prompt to reality”.