Misplaced Pages

Sheherezade Alam

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Pakistani-Canadian ceramist (1948–2022)

Sheherezade Alam (19 June 1948 – 19 May 2022) was a Pakistani-Canadian ceramist.

Early life and education

Alam was born in 1948 in Lahore, Pakistan to Mahmoud Alam, a Pakistani former tennis player and his wife, Surayya, in Lahore. She had two brothers, Asad and Shaban. Brought up in Lahore, she completed her FA from its Kinnaird College. She went on to obtain her Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Design with a distinction in ceramics from Lahore's National College of Arts (NCA), where she studied under the country's first ceramist, Salahuddin Mian. She later became an artist-in-residence at Yale University. She taught at the NCA, as well as at Bilkent University (Ankara, Turkey).

Personal life

In 1971, she married Zahoor ul Akhlaq (1941–1999), a painter, and the couple had two daughters, Jahanara (1974–1999) and Nurjahan (b. 1979). Zahoor and Jahanara were murdered in their home in Lahore in 1999 by a visiting acquaintance, Shahzad Butt, a roti merchant of the city. The killer could give no reason for having turned his gun on them.

Career

Shows

Group

  • 1980: Sultan Art Gallery, Kuwait
  • 1983: Group Show, British Council, Islamabad
  • 1983: Group Show, Rohtas Gallery, Islamabad
  • 1988: Joint exhibition, Yale University, New Haven, USA
  • 1995 to 1999: Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition (yearly)
  • 2009: Group Show, Vogue Art Gallery, Islamabad.

Solo

  • 1990: Chawkandi Arts, Karachi
  • 1993: Ish Gallery, Ankara, Turkey
  • 1994: Bismillah, Arcadia Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • 1996: Clay Continuum, Gardiner Art Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • 2004: Offering Bowls, Arcadia Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • 2005: Laali, Ceramic Installation, Private Residence, Lahore
  • 2006: Laali, The garden of Imran Mir, Karachi

References

  1. "Pakistani-Canadian ceramicist channelled joy and grief into her work". The Globe and Mail. 8 June 2022.
  2. Shuaib, Haroon. "Sheherezade Alam: A Soulful Life of a Kooza-Gar (Vessel-maker)".
  3. Acclaimed ceramist Sheherezade Alam passes away, tribune.com.pk. Accessed 28 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Bio". Sheherezade Alam. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
  5. Circumstances of murders of Zahoor ul Akhlaq and his daughter, Jahanara, dawn.com. Accessed 28 July 2022.
  6. Group exhibition opens at Vogue Art Gallery Daily Times 21 November 2009. 26 October 2010.
Categories: