Arshi Irshad Ahmadzai works with a range of mediums, from painting and printmaking to embroidery on textiles. While her artistic practice is primarily concerned with women and the space that they occupy, it is also informed by personal experience. Well-versed in Urdu, Persian and Arabic, language and script find their way into her artworks as well.

Arshi’s new exhibition and debut solo show, which opened at Blueprint 12 in New Delhi, showcases her latest work, Nafas or The Isolation Diaries. We caught up with the artist to talk about Nafas, her use of textiles in her work and her idea of home, while she lives and works between Kabul and New Delhi.