Shah Umair, known as Sikkawala, is a heritage storyteller and passionate numismatist whose practice traverses the layered terrains of history, memory and cultural inheritance. Rooted in the study of rare coins, his work is both scholarly and soulful—each artifact a vessel of time, each story an echo of civilizations that have the past.
His journeys through Old Delhi unfold like living archives – quiet alleyways becoming corridors of empire, coins transforming into voices that speak across centuries. By weaving together numismatics and narrative, Umair blurs the boundaries between the tangible and the intangible, inviting us into an immersive dialogue with history.
As a Season 1 artist with Burgoyne Original Masters, Umair brings a reflective lens to heritage—where scholarship and storytelling converge in experiences that feel at once timeless and immediate, reminding us that the past is never truly gone, only waiting to be heard.
Shah Umair, known as Sikkawala, is a heritage storyteller and passionate numismatist whose practice traverses the layered terrains of history, memory and cultural inheritance. Rooted in the study of rare coins, his work is both scholarly and soulful—each artifact a vessel of time, each story an echo of civilizations that have the past.
His journeys through Old Delhi unfold like living archives – quiet alleyways becoming corridors of empire, coins transforming into voices that speak across centuries. By weaving together numismatics and narrative, Umair blurs the boundaries between the tangible and the intangible, inviting us into an immersive dialogue with history.
As a Season 1 artist with Burgoyne Original Masters, Umair brings a reflective lens to heritage—where scholarship and storytelling converge in experiences that feel at once timeless and immediate, reminding us that the past is never truly gone, only waiting to be heard.
"When you hold a tangible piece of
history, you're not just touching an object,
you're holding every hand that preserved it across centuries."
"When you hold a tangible piece
of history, you're not just
touching an object,
you're holding every hand that
preserved it across centuries."
