PORTFOLIO

Name: ABID HASAN

DOB: 28-09-1970

Graduate in fine arts from Karachi school of arts in 1996.

Studio: R-1312, 15-A4, Buffer Zone, North Nazimabad, and Karachi-Pakistan

Cell: +92 300 9227941

Email: an0aartist@gmail.com

THESIS:

1996 Thesis Display in Karachi School of Art

ONE MAN SHOWS:

2011 solo show Pulse of the verses a tribute to Faiz VM gallery Karachi. November.

2011 solo show Noor-e-seher gallery6 Islamabad. May

2010 solo show gallery 6 Islamabad. March

2010 Solo Show Art Chowk Karachi. January.

2009 Solo show gallery 6 Islamabad. January.

1999 Solo Show Art Gallery Islamabad. April.

1998 Solo Show Indus Art Gallery Karachi. July

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS:

 2013:Group show at Gallery6. 16^th March, Islamabad.

2013: An Art Affair P.L. Deshpande Maharashtra Kala Academy at Prabhadevi,

            

Mumbai, 6^th February.

2012: Sketch book Karachi school of art 11^th Dec Karachi

2012: faculty show Karachi school of Arts 26^th April

         

2012: 66 statements at gallery6 31^st March Islamabad.

2011: A Tribute to Usman Ghouri Karachi.

2011: Karachi school of art 2^nd faculty show 16^th March Karachi.

2011: art bazaar at gallery6 13^th March Islamabad.

2010: artistic way to bid farewell to 2010 at gallery6 Islamabad.

2010: remembering the Indus water and life at twelve gate gallery new York .August

2010: South Asian American art festival Santa Monica studio CA

2010: Spring art fair gallery6 Islamabad.

2010: faculty show Karachi school of Arts Karachi.

2009: group show ‘Welcome 2010’ kicks off in style at gallery6 Islamabad.

2009: Group Show Gallery 6 Islamabad.

2009: KSA gallery Cream of the crop. February

2009: Group Show for Machar Colony CFC Chawkandi Gallery Karachi.

2009: Group Show in Vogue Lahore.

2008: Group Show Gallery 6 Dhanak Islamabad. March

2002: Two Man show Zenani Gallery Karachi. April

2002: Group Show VM Art Gallery Roll Call Karachi. July

2002: Group Show Tribute to Ali Imam Indus Gallery Karachi. October

1993: Three Man Show Art Collector Karachi.

1996: Group Show Pakistan National Council of Art National Exhibition of Visual Arts. April

1997: Group Show Kunj Gallery Karachi.

       

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

-Celebrating equality by Muniza Agha Fawad Nigaah magazine vol .1 nineteen 2012

 Tribute to FAIZ through art by Saima Salman Dawn gallery 11 December 2011 

-Pulse of the verses by Peerzada Salman Dawn Metropolitan 20 November 2011

-Artistic way to bid farewell to 2010 by Sana Jamal Pakistan observer 31st December

-The day the sky became my ground by Asim Akhtar, ADA (architecture design art),12th issue 2010

-Order out of chaos by Anwer Mooraj Dawn gallery 17th January 2010

-A discourse with Hues Nigaah magazine 4th issue

-A Discourse with Hues by Arjumand Faisel

-Abid displays tantalizing clues on silver and gold by Arjumand Faisal the news international

17^th January 2009       

    

-Chromatic escapes by Asim Akhter, The News International 1st March 2009

-Different strokes and art attack by Laila Rizvi, Dawn gallery Saturday 11th May 2002

-Gold on walls (review by Marjorie Hussain, Dawn Gallery 15th July 1998)

-“Abid is gifted with inquisitive mind and painterly sensibilities which nature bestows on few painters”  ALI IMAM (daily news, July 23, 1998)

-“Strokes of Splendors: A colorful example of ABID HASAN’s artistic genius” S.AMJAD ALI (Dawn Sunday august 2, 1998)

PROJECTS:

-ARZ MAUOOD the Promised Land (Art Installation) Durriya Qazi & David Ales worth Assisted by Abid

                 

-MASQAT NATIONAL DAY 8 Mural Size: 20’x50’ each

-A project of truck art with moving gallery in it nationwide with Durriya Qazi.

-Faux finishes and sculptures at Arizona grills at Zamzama.

-Mural at the main entrance of PSO house Karachi.

-Faux finishes and murals in Abu Dhabi at Sam Abbas showroom.

-Faux finishes and sculptures at Snow biz at Zamzama.

-10 Murals in lacucina restaurant at Zamzama

-Faux finishes in Cafe Flo at French cultural center Karachi.

-Faux finishes murals and paintings in Bread people at khyaban-e- Shahbaz Karachi

-Faux finishes in Clippers at Zamzama.

-Faux finishes and murals in hundreds of houses in different cities of Pakistan.

Workshop:

                 

-Visual texture workshop at Karachi school of arts conducted by Abid hasan in 2008

                      

-Drawing workshop at Indus valley school of art conducted by Michael Eason artist from Australia

-Senior professor at Karachi school of arts from 2008 till 2012.