Ali Abbas
September 22nd, 2007
“It seems only a while ago when I took a few simple steps in this fascinating direction. I had little idea that these steps were going to become giant strides just over a couple of years…
Nomadic life and its distinguishing characteristics have always stimulated my work as an artist. By ‘distinguishing’ I mean all the attraction and aesthetic beauty that lies in their simple lifestyle—the lifestyle that every painting and drawing in this exhibition depicts vividly.
Look hard! You’ll find a world of beauty from the silence of simple ‘rilly’ to the roars of the ‘dhool’.”
~ Ali Abbas
Education
- 1993 Master of Fine Arts (painting), University of Sindh, Jamshoro
- 1990 BFA. University of Sindh Jamshoro
- 1988 A.T.C (Art Teachers Course), Govt. Elementary College of Education, Hyderabad
- 1981 Certificate of Intermediate Grade Drawing, Hyderabad
Teaching Experience
- Currently working as Assistant Professor, Department of Fine Arts CEDA, Mehran University Jamshoro
- 1990 Established and Teaching Fine Arts, The Cultural centre of Iran, Hyderabad
- 1995-96 Lecturer, General Institute of Arts and Craft (CIAC), Arts Council, Karachi
Solo Exhibitions
- 2007 Nomad of Thar Chawkandi Art, Karachi
- 2005 Gardbaad (Dusty Wind), Chawkandi Art, Karachi
- 2002 Sindh Gypsies, Alliance Francies, Karachi
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2006 ‘Mehran Colours’ Mehran Arts Council Hyderabad
- 2006 Group Show, Hamail Art Gallery Lahore
- 2005 Four water colorists show, Native Art Gallery Lahore
- 2005 Ist Rengoonwala Visual Arts Award Exhibition, V.M. Art Gallery, Karachi
- 2005 Hyderabad Colours Mehran Art Council, Hyderabad
- 2004 Conservatory Juried Art Show, Conservatory Arts Council, Clifton, Texas, USA
- 2003 Three Men Show, Hamail Art Gallery, Lahore
- 2003 Summer Art Show, Nomad Art Gallery, Islamabad