Zarina Hashmi née Rasheed (she dropped her surname in later life) was born on 16 July 1937 in Aligarh to Sheikh Abdur Rasheed, a professor of history at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). Zarina Hashmi is India’s most distinguished and admired artist. This site is an online resource for Zarina Hashmi ’s biography, artwork, paintings, articles, awards, videos and books. Zarina Hashmi (née Rashid; 16 July 1937 – 25 April 2020), known professionally as Zarina, was an Indian American artist and printmaker based in New York City. Her work spans drawing, printmaking, and sculpture. Zarina Hashmi (1937-2020) was an Indian-born, American artist. Born in Aligarh, British India, she received a mathematics degree from the Aligarh Muslim University in 1958.
