Akbar Hafeez is a self taught artist who paints freely, unshackled by any rules and thus being able to create bold and dramatic compositions that continue to hold & mesmerize the viewers attention. T
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Akbar Hafeez is a self taught artist who paints freely, unshackled by any rules and thus being able to create bold and dramatic compositions that continue to hold & mesmerize the viewers attention. This multifaceted artist who is an Interior / Furniture / Event Designer loves to express himself passionately on the canvas with his bold and inhibited use of color and free flowing organic compositions. Akbar’s paintings are a surreal depiction of women suspended in a timeless reality set in the Garden Of Eden juxtaposed with heavenly fruit birds and ofcourse the moon which is a mystical symbol representing the tides of life. The Garden of Eden Series has evolved over the years and is the fundamental and often universal idea explored in most of his paintings. This words that describe Akbar’s work in its entirety are alluring and most importantly temptation something that we all face everyday in our lives. Akbar has been painting for almost two decades and has had many successful shows both Solo and Group in Karachi Islamabad and Lahore. He has successfully established a niche for himself in the hearts of art lovers at home and abroad. As Akbar puts it very poignantly “ My work is a study of me sometimes a fight many times a romance with myself and the temptations I fight with or entice others into my world . This is how this whole universe came into being. For me being creative is everything without it there is nothing “
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BUQualification: 2007 BFA – Honor National College of Arts (NCA) Lahore, Pakistan.
Solo Shows: 2012 to 2013 Love or Devotion? Curated by Sarah Bakhtiyar, Commune Art Gallery, Karachi 2012 Dot
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BUQualification: 2007 BFA – Honor National College of Arts (NCA) Lahore, Pakistan.
Solo Shows: 2012 to 2013 Love or Devotion? Curated by Sarah Bakhtiyar, Commune Art Gallery, Karachi 2012 Dot to Dot, Curated by Shiblee Munir, LCWU, Lahore 2011 to 2012 Angles or Demons? Curated by Aasi Akhtar at KHAAS Art Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan 2008 Honor in Thesis Projected (Region and Religion) National College of Arts Lahore, Pakistan Residencies: 2004 to 2012 Jammal Shah (Hunarkada) Islamabad 2003 to 2007 Ustad Khursheed Gohar Kalam (Studio) Lahore 2003 R.
M Naeem (Studio) Lahore 2003 to 2004 Muhammad Hanif Ramay (Studio) Lahore 1999 to 2003 Jamil Naqsh (Museum), Karachi 1999 to 2003 Chitra Pritam (Studio) Karachi Group Shows: 2013 November, Common Dimensions at Artscene galleries Karachi,Pakistan 2013 November, Here and now at Mussawir art gallery Dubai,UAE 2013 July-August, Travelling Show “Lets Vote for Pakistan” Pak-USA 2013 April Beyond Society collaboration with NCA, Huner-kada, USA’s Embassy and Phillips art collection at NCA Gallery Rawalpindi/Islamabad 2012 Art within and beyond Pakistan, Losangeles, USA 2012 Art Fair Istanbul Contemporary, Turkey 2012 October Scope “The Mughal of Modern Times”, Basel, Switzerland 2012 Faceoff, Nishtar Hall, Peshawar, Pakistan 2011 Group Show, Toronto Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada 2011 7th Annual Young Artists Exhibition, Al-hamra Art Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan 2011 “We Stand United” Vogue Art Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan 2010 Group Show, The Drawing Room Art Gallery, Pakistan 2010 Slick Art Fair, Paris, France 2010 New-s Item, Lahore Art Council at Al-hamra Art Gallery, Pakistan 2010 24th Annual Exhibition, Al-hamra Art Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan 2010 Vision in miniature: Modern Manuscript Paintings at Twelve Gates Gallery Philadelphia, USA 2009 Appropriate the traditions, Pakistan Conciliate, New York, USA 2009 Symposium: Future of the Past, National Art Gallery Islamabad, Pakistan 2009 Talwar Art Gallery New York, USA 2009 “Miniature Show” Permanent Art Gallery, Al-hamra Culture Complex, Pakistan 2009 Travelling Exhibition Punjab, India 2009 “Refreshed”, Al-hamra Young Artist Exhibition.
Lahore, Pakistan 2008 Contemporary Miniature, Art Scene, Karachi, Pakistan 2008 Sacred Marks, Sacred Space, Bradford, UK 2008 4 sides Nairang Art Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan 2008 Khaas Gallery, Islamabad 2008 Al-hamra Art Gallery 2008 LUMS Art Gallery, Lahore
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