When you step into the Seattle Asian Art Museum’s new exhibit… you feel small.

You’re surrounded by light, blocks of color reaching across the floor, creeping up the walls. The art takes up space, immersing you in light and shadow, as though you’ve entered another world. Steel cubes carved with meticulous designs hang from the ceiling. Papercraft covered in embroidery line the walls. What looks like a giant doily hangs from strings by the entrance. 

 All lit to project intricate patterns across the space.

This is "Geometry of Light," an exhibit the museum opened in late August. The artist behind it is Anila Quayyum Agha, the first Pakistani American to ever have a solo exhibit at the Seattle Art Museum.

She talked to Soundside about her art, what it's like to be the first Pakistani American to have an exhibit at the museum and what she hopes people take away from "Geometry of Light." 

Guest

• Anila Quayyum Agha, the artist behind "Geometry of Light." 

Related links: 

• Anila Quayyum Agha: Geometry of Light | Seattle Art Museum
• Anila Quayyum Agha Uses Patterns to Break Patterns - The New York Times
• About — Anila Quayyum Agha 

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