BIO

Solo Shows

2015 Shrishti Art Gallery, Hyderabad, India

2011 Kalamkaar, Toronto, Canada

2000 Zenaini Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan (A ‘Retrospective Exhibition ’ of selected series of work from 1965–2000)

1999 24 Westridge Road, Edmonton, Canada

1996 Art Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan

1996 V.M. Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan

1994 Arts Council of Pakistan, Karachi, Pakistan (A ‘Retrospective Exhibition’ of paintings from 1961-1994)

1984 Exhibition of Designed Jewelry, Hotel Intercontinental, Karachi, Pakistan,

(‘Neo-Classics’ under the aegis of Gemstone Corporation of Pakistan Ltd.)

1974 Pakistan Arts Council, Quetta, Pakistan

1965 Pakistan Arts Council, Lahore, Pakistan

1965 Arts Council of Pakistan, Karachi, Pakistan

1964 Taj Art Gallery, Mumbai, India

1964 Max Mueller Bhavan, Hyderabad, India

1963 All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society, New Delhi, India (Paintings & Ceramics)

1962 Cama Hotel, Ahmedabad, India

1961 Bhulabhai Institute, Mumbai, India

1961 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, India

1961 Ajanta Pavilion, Hyderabad, India

1960 Circolo Canova, Via Canova 23, Rome, Italy

Group Shows

2017 Chawkandi Art, Karachi, Pakistan.

2014 International Print Biennial, Karachi, Pakistan

2004 & 2007 The Learning Club & Fine Art Gallery, Mississauga, Canada

2003 & 2004 Delta Meadowvale Art Exhibition, Mississauga, Canada

2002 Novotel Hotel, Mississauga, Canada (‘Artfully Yours’, juried show)

2003 Chawkandi Art, Karachi, Pakistan (‘Senior Artists of Pakistan’)

2004 V.M. Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan (‘Let Peace Prevail’)

2000 The Brunei Gallery, Huddersfield Art Gallery, Oldham Art Gallery, Victoria Art Gallery and Hot Bath Art

Gallery, England, UK (‘Pakistan: Another Vision – Fifty Years of Painting & Sculpture from Pakistan’)

1999 Arts Council of Pakistan, Karachi, Pakistan (‘Millennium Show’)

1997 Chawkandi Art, Karachi, Pakistan

1994-1996 Cartwright Hall, Bradford and other venues, UK (‘An Intelligent Rebellion’ – Women Artists of Pakistan)

1996 Paa Ya Paa Art Galllery, Nairobi, Kenya

1995 UNESCO Hall, Paris, France (‘An Intelligent Rebellion’ – Women Artists of Pakistan)

1992 Chawkandi Art, Karachi, Pakistan

1985 Chawkandi Art, Karachi, Pakistan

1973 Indus Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan (Summer Exhibition)

1967 Commonwealth Art Exhibition, London, UK (Represented Pakistan)

1966 Karachi Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan

1965 Art Council of Pakistan, Karachi, Pakistan (Annual Exhibition by Karachi Artists)

1964 The Museum, Ahmedabad, India

1963 Aligarh University, Aligarh, India (Exhibition of Contemporary Indian Art)

1963 All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society, New Delhi, India (All India Portrait Exhibition)

1962 Astro Chemical Laboratories, Mumbai, India (Exhibition by Contemporary Artists)

1961 All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society, New Delhi, India (Andhra Artists)

1960 L’Incontro, Rome, Italy

1960 Numero, Rome, Italy

1960 Palazza delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy (Ceramics)

1959 I.S.M.E.O., Rome, Italy (Foreign Artists on Scholarship)

1959 Galleria Giardino, Lugano, Switzerland (Indian Contemporary Artists)

1959 Galleria San Fedele, Milan, Italy (Indian Contemporary Artists)

1959 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, India (Hyderabad Artists)

Commission Work

1971-1982 Staff College & Infantry School, Quetta, Pakistan (Portraits and Paintings)

1971-1982 Army Officers Mess, Okara, Pakistan (Portraits and Paintings)

1969-1970 Pakistan Military Academy, Kakul, Pakistan (Portraits)

Education

1987 Gemological Institute of America, California, USA, Jewelry Window Display Course

1959 Studio of Professor La Regina, Rome, Italy, Worked under the aegis of the renowned Italian abstract artist La Regina

1958-1960 Italian Government Scholarship for Art Academia di Belle Arti, Rome, Italy, Sketching and Etching

1958-1960 Centro C.A.L.A.L., Rome, Italy, Ceramics

1958-1960 Government College of Fine Arts, Hyderabad, India, Advance Diploma in Portrait Painting

1958-1960 Government College of Fine Arts, Hyderabad, India, Diploma in Painting

Professional Experience

2000 Indus Valley School of Art & Architecture, Karachi Pakistan, Conducted Summer Workshop on Jewelry Designing

1993-1994 Indus Valley School of Art & Architecture, Karachi, Pakistan, Taught Art to final year students

1983-1990 Gemstone Corporation of Pakistan Ltd., Karachi, Pakistan, Jewelry Designer & Sales Officer

1978-1979 Charismads, Karachi, Pakistan, Art Consultant

1962-1963 Lalit Kala Akademi, National Academy of Arts, New Delhi, India, Technical Assistant

Other

Participated in competitive exhibitions including the All India National Exhibition of Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi; All India Fine Arts Exhibition, Hyderabad; and the National Exhibition of Pakistan, Karachi. Received awards.

Served on the Academic Committee of the Indus Valley School of Art & Architecture

Articles and press reviews, including television interviews regarding work have appeared in leading local and foreign press and television over the years.

Paintings belong to public and private collections in United Kingdom, Canada, India, Indonesia, Japan, United States, Europe and Pakistan.

Public collections include the National Art Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan and Chandigarh Museum of Art, Chandigarh, India.