Sheherezade Alam

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Sheherezade Alam (1948,[1] Lahore[1]) is an internationally renowned Pakistani ceramist.[2]

Education and family[]

Alam was born to Mahmoud Alam, a Pakistani former tennis player and his wife, Surayya[3] in Lahore. She has two brothers, Asad and Shaban. Brought up in Lahore, she completed her FA from Kinnaird College, Lahore.[1] She then went on to obtain her Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Design with a distinction in ceramics from National College of Arts, Lahore.[1] While there, she studied under the country's first ceramist, Salahuddin Mian.

Marriage[]

In 1971, she married Zahoor ul Akhlaq (1941–1999), a painter, and the couple had two daughters, Jahanara, (1974–1999), Nurjahan (b. 1979).

Career[]

Shows[]

Group[]

  • 1980: Sultan Art Gallery, Kuwait
  • 1983: Group Show, British Council, Islamabad
  • 1983: Group Show, Rohtas Gallery, Islamabad
  • 1988: Joint exhibition, Yale University, New Haven, USA
  • 1995 to 1999: Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition (yearly)
  • 2009: Group Show, Vogue Art Gallery, Islamabad.[4]

Solo[]

  • 1990: Chawkandi Arts, Karachi
  • 1993: Ish Gallery, Ankara, Turkey
  • 1994: Bismillah, Arcadia Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • 1996: Clay Continuum, , Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • 2004: Offering Bowls, Arcadia Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • 2005: Laali, Ceramic Installation, Private Residence, Lahore
  • 2006: Laali, The garden of Imran Mir, Karachi

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Bio". Sheherezade Alam. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
  2. ^ Rediscovering the wheel By Rumana Husain[permanent dead link] Dawn Gallery 4 November 2006. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
  3. ^ "Chariya Zahoor" By Ardeshir Cowasjee Retrieved 26 October 2010
  4. ^ Group exhibition opens at Vogue Art Gallery Daily Times 21 November 2009. 26 October 2010.


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