Sadiq (b.1950) attended the Delhi School of Fine Art in 1975, and the Slade School of Fine Art from 1982. He was appointed to a two year residency at The Delfina Studios Trust in 1990.

Sadiq has exhibited in group shows at Beaux Arts, Bath in 1991, the IKON Gallery, Birmingham in 1992 and the Hampshire Sculpture Trust Summer Show in 1996. His solo shows have included at the New Art Centre in 1989 and 1999, as well as Gillian Jason Gallery, London in 1991. His work is held at the National Gallery of Modern Arts in New Delhi, and he has commissions across the UK and in Europe.

Cosmic Elephant invokes a playful innocence with its form of a baby elephant, yet its adornment with half-moons indicates an ageless sublimity. Cast in bronze, the 'skin' is coated in a green patina, whereas the half-moons are a polished, yellow bronze. Like veins full of golden ichor, these cosmic symbols break the surface of the otherwise monochromatic skin; Sadiq presents an affinity with divinity in all living things. As art critic Giles Auty wrote, ‘An elephant decorated with moons is one of the artist’s wonderful emblems for the oneness of the universe … The serenity and kindness which informs his work distinguishes it immediately.’

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