Name                                        Abdul Jabbar Gull

Date of Birth                              October 06, 1969

Place of Birth                             Mirpurkhas (Sindh)

Home Address                           K-65, Defence View, Phase II Karachi

                                                  Phone Residence 92-21-5383042

                                                  Mobile 0300-2049070

Office Address                           Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture

                                                  ST-33, Block-2, Scheme-5, Clifton, Karachi

                                                  Ph: 5861039-40, 5838018-19. Fax: 5861048

Email                                         ajgull@hotmail.com

                                                 abduljabbargull@yahoo.com  

Educational Qualification

1993 to1996                Bachelor degree of Fine Arts in Sculpture from National College of Arts Lahore Pakistan..                                               

1990 to1992                Studied Design including Ceramics, Photography and Print making at National College of Arts.

Exhibitions

April2006                    Solo show of sculpture and Paintings at Nomad Gallery Islamabad

July 2005                     Solo show of Sculpture at Canvas Gallery Karachi, Pakistan

February 2005             Solo show of sculpture and Paintings at Nomad Gallery Islamabad

January 2005               Solo show of Paintings and Sculptures at Ejaz Galleries, Lahore

August 2004                Solo show of Paintings and Sculptures at Canvas Gallery, Karachi

April 2003                   Solo show of Sculpture at Canvas Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan

May 2000                    Solo show of Sculpture at Canvas Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan

Group Exhibitions

December 2005           VASL residency show at VM Gallery Karachi.

August 2005                 Show of Pakistani art at Malaysia.

February 2005             “Beyond Borders” Show at NGMA Bombay India

June 2002                    Group show at Fordsburg’s Artists Studios, Johannesburg SA.

March 2002                 “Urran” Group exhibition at Amin Guljee Gallery Karachi.

March 2001                 Takhti exhibition at Gallery Sadequain Karachi.

November 2000           “The experimental space” group show of Sculpture and Paintings at Karachi Arts Council.

November 1996             Group show of Sculpture at Lahore Art Gallery Lahore, Pakistan

April 1996                    Group show of Sculpture at French Center Islamabad, Pakistan

May 1994                     Group show of Sculpture at Xinhua Art Gallery Lahore, Pakistan

Participation

1990 to 1996               All Punjab Artist association exhibitions and Young artist Exhibitions held at Al-Hamra Art Gallery Lahore Pakistan

Awards

2003                            “National Excellence Award” for sculpture by Pakistan National Council of Arts.  

2001                            Selected for Fords burg’s Residency Program at Johannesburg SA.

1996                            Punjab Artist Association Award for Sculpture

1996                            Awarded by the Faculty of NCA for stage Designing.

Teaching Experience

2002                            Conducted workshop at Funda Community College, Johannesburg

     South Africa.

1996 to1997                Teaching Sculpture at Lahore Art Gallery.

1998 to Date                Teaching Sculpture at Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, Karachi

         Conducting Sculpture workshops at Indus Valley School of Art &

                                     Architecture

Commission Projects

“COINS MURAL” A large 18 ft x 24 ft mural for The State Bank of Pakistan

Several projects of Sculptures and Paintings done for commercial and private sector

Work Experience

Participated in a workshop by American painter BILL DREW on Renaissance painting technique

Participated in a sculpture workshop at French Center Islamabad in collaboration with Egyptian Embassy against terrorism

Painted portraits for Government and private sector

Modeled portrait of late justice DURAB PATEL for Human rights Head Office

Attended a workshop of pottery by local potters of Pakistan at CIAC Karachi

Worked as a freelance stage designer for several commercial shows and Annual function of National College of Arts

 Biography

Interview telecast by INDUS TV, SUN TV and TV ONE and HUM TV in 2005.

Work reviewed by Marjorie Husain & Salwat Ali in Dawn Gallery December 2005.  Reviews by Quddus Mirzza & Mohsin Jaffery in the News

Review by Nilofar Farrrukh in News Line Magazine August 2005.

Review by Asim Butt & Nilofar Bakhtiyar in Friday Times.

Review by Shamim Akhtar in MAG 2005.

Interview telecast by PTV World on February 2005.

Interview telecast by “Style Dunya” Channel on January 2005.

Review by Bibi Gul in Gallery magazine of DAWN in January 2005.

Review by Amna shoukat in “ABC” Magazine of Nation News paper.

“Speechless art” Review in The NEWS by Quddus Mirza 2005.

“New Dimensions” by Shamim Akhter in Daily times

“Celebrating Ordinary souls” by Marjorie Hussain in Gallery magazine of DAWN in Aug 2004

“Artist most extra ordinare” Review in Mr. Magazine V-3 by Nafisa Rizvi.

“Searching for truth” Review in Gallery Magazine by Marjorie Hussain March 2003

“The Other Plane” Review by Nillofur Furrukh in News line May 2003

“The Other Plane” Review by Nillofur Furrukh in News line May 2003

“Together in Prayer” Review in Friday times by Muna siddiqui

Review in “Herald” May 2003

“Aura of spirituality” interview by Amra Ali in Gallery magazine of DAWN in Feb 2002.

“African Experience” by Marjorie Hussain in Gallery magazine of DAWN in Aug 2002.

Interview telecast by ARY Channel in December 2001.

“In Harmony with Nature” Review of the exhibition by Niilofer Farrukh in REVIEW magazine of June 2000

Interview telecast by Pakistan Television in June 2000.

“In the studio with Abdul Jabbar Gull” An Article in SHE Magazine of June 2000 by Marjorie Hussain

“Sculpted Realities” by Shamim Akhter in MAG magazine of May 2000

“Chiseled Camaraderie” review by Nyla Daud in Nation news paper Dec 1996.