Waseem Ahmed
Waseem Ahmed
Born 1976 in Hyderabad, Pakistan
Collections
Museum für Asiatische Kunst, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
British Museum London
Virginia Whiles Collections, UK
Anupam Podar Collections, India
Salima Hashmi, Pakistan
Naazish Ataullah Collection, Pakistan
Sajida Vandal Collection, Pakistan
Publications
Virginia Whiles, Art and Polemic in Pakistan: Cultural Politics and Tradition in Contemporary in Miniature Painting, International Library of Cultural studies, Tauris Academic Studies, 2010
Ali Salwat, Journeys of the Spirit: Pakistan Art in the New Millennium, Fomma (Foundation of Museum of Modern art) in association with Pakistan National Council of the Arts, Pakistan, 2008
Athar Tahir, Pakistan Colors, Oxford Univerity Press, 2001
David Rukhsana, Contemporary Miniature Painting in Lahore 1980-2007, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore
Numerous in various national and international magazines and newspapers
Exhibition Catalogues
Waseem Ahmed 'Silver Bullet' - Laurent Delaye Gallery in association with Clemy Sheffield - London (UK) - 2010
Waseem Ahmed 'Labyrinth' - Ejaz Gallery - Lahore (Pakistan) - 2008
Waseem Ahmed 'Waseem Ahmed' - Anant Art Gallery - New Delhi (India) - 2008
Wassem Ahmed 'Scripting a new world' - Anant Art Gallery - New Delhi (India) - 2008
Waseem Ahmed 'Burqa Series 2006' - Clifton Art Gallery - Karachi (Pakistan) - 2006
EDUCATION
2000
Bachelor in Fine Arts, Department of Miniature Painting, National College of Arts, Lahore
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2011 - Folding Unfolding, Canvas Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
2011 - Tactics of Invisibility, Khaas Art Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan
2010 - Silver Bullet, Laurent Delaye gallery, London, England
2010 - Waseem Ahmed: Witness and Voyeur’, Clifton Art Gallery, Karachi Pakistan
2009
A Virtuous Perversion (miniature paintings), Chawkandi Art Gallery, Karachi
2008 Ejaz Art Gallery (miniature paintings), Lahore
Anant Art Gallery (miniature paintings), New Delhi
2007 Clifton Art Gallery (miniature paintings), Karachi
2006 Burqa Series: Scripting a New World, Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
2002 Exotic Bodies: Eastern Representation of the West, (with Saira Wasim), Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston, England
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006
Exhibition curated by Commonwealth Society, Australia
2005
Exhibition of miniatures, Mumbai, India
Diverses Voices, (exhibition of Miniatures)
Oman Ritu, Mausam, Season, Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi
2004
Contemporary Miniature Paintings from Pakistan, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan
Art from Pakistan, Parliament House, London
Pause for a Cause, Academy of Fine Arts and Literature, Delhi
Senior Painters of Pakistan, Clifton Art Gallery, Karachi,
Side B: New Art from Lahore, Nairang ArtGallery, Lahore
Exhibition of Miniatures, Gallery NCA, Lahore
Nomad Gallery, Islamabad
2003
Exhibitions in France and Nepal
2002
Exhibitions of miniatures, Canvas Art Gallery, Karachi
Chawkandi Art Gallery, Karachi
2001
Exhibitions of miniatures at Rishiki Art Gallery, Mumbai; Canvas Art Gallery, Karachi; Rohtas Art Gallery, Islamabad; Ejas Art Gallery, Lahore; I.I.C Art Gallery, Delhi, and Athens, Greece
2000
Revival of Traditional Miniature Painting, Gallery NCA, Lahore
1999
Exhibition of miniatures, Ejaz Art Gallery, Lahore
1997
Sindh Education Trust
1996
Hyderabad Arts Council
1993
Hyderabad Arts Council
