Abdul Rahim Nagori

Prof. Abdul Rahim Nagori (1939-), is a renowned socio-political painter of Pakistan. He has held one-man exhibitions since 1958 and is known for reacting strongly to social and political high-handedness to the common man.

Exhibitions

1986: Anti-dictatorship Exhibition held at Indus Gallery, Karachi. Most powerful exhibition of his career where he exposed 62 different awful national events which shook the conscience of the nation.

1988: Anti-dictatorship Exhibition held at Indus Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan. Painted the evils of society by evolving new alphabet symbols for children, basing them on the events which took place in preceding two years. Bomb blasts, crime, dacoities, guns, heroin, Ojhri, Kalashnikov, rape etc. became new symbols of the alphabet.

1990: "Road to Democracy" exhibition, reviewed by Mark Finemann of Los Angeles Times. "I am you" Anti-violence exhibition, large hoarding for display on road side, sponsored by Duetsche Bank, participated by International Artists.

1990: "Women of Myth and Reality" exhibition at Indus Gallery, Karachi. Repudiated the treatment meted out to the women

1992: Exhibition on minority, held at Chawkhandi Art Gallery, Karachi. A series of 40 paintings was again a process of social and political protest for the mute, bewildered and confused society which finds itself full of tears, shame, anguish and anger.

1994: Exhibition "Black amongst Blacks" held at Lahore Art Gallery.

2004: Exhibition "Return to Sphinx" held at V.M. Art Gallery, Karachi.

Education

1961-65: B.A. (Hon), Fine Arts (Painting), M.A. Fine Arts (Painting), University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.

Served As

1965-66: Lecturer, Dept of Fine Arts, University of the Punjab, Lahore.
1966-67: Head of Fine Arts, Cadet College Kohat, Kohat.
1966-70: Education Officer, Pakistan Air Force.
1970: Founder Head Dept. of Fine Art at University of Sindh, Jamshoro.
1985-1995: Professor, Fine Arts, University of Sindh, Jamshoro.
1983-86: Member BOG, National College of Arts, Lahore.
1984-85: Member NAHE, University Grants Commission, Islamabad.
1984: Chairman, Curriculum Committee, Art Teachers Training Programme, Ministry of Education, Islamabad.
1997-98: Advisor, Federal College of Art and Design, Jamshoro.
1996-1997: Director, Pakistan National Council of the Arts, Ministry of Culture.
1998-: Member BOG, Shaukat Suriya College of Liberal Arts, Hamdard University, Karachi.
1998:Member BOG, Pakistan National Council of the Arts, Ministry of Culture.

External Links & Resources

Official Website of A. R. Nagori
The Art of Protest, Newsline Magazine, June Edition, 2004
Return to the Sphinx, Daily Dawn Newspaper, Gallery, May 04, 2004
Portrait of a Protest, The News International, August 20, 2006
Nagori–Voice of conscience, The News International, September 20, 2007