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[]
- ^ a b c d "Bio". Sheherezade Alam. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
- ^ Rediscovering the wheel By Rumana Husain[permanent dead link] Dawn Gallery 4 November 2006. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
- ^ "Chariya Zahoor" By Ardeshir Cowasjee Retrieved 26 October 2010
- ^ Group exhibition opens at Vogue Art Gallery Daily Times 21 November 2009. 26 October 2010.
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- Pakistani ceramists
- Pakistani potters
- 1948 births
- Pakistani artists
- Living people
- Kinnaird College for Women University alumni
- National College of Arts alumni
- Artists from Lahore
- Women potters
- Pakistani women ceramists
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