EXHIBITIONS
2017 "Painting Remains" Canvas Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan | Solo
2017 “New Pain – tings” Rohtas II, Lahore, Pakistan | Solo
2017 “What I think about,” at Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, USA | Invitational
2016 "1st Annual Asian Contemporary Art Show" Mid-Hudson Heritage Center, Poughkeepsie, NY | Invitational
Curated by Xuewu Zhang and Hayoon Jay Lee
2014-15 “Dinner” Beauty & Truth, Richmond, VA | Two Person Show with Samina Iqbal | Invitational
Curated By Owen Duffy
2014-15 “Origins” Taseer Gallery, Lahore and Khas Galllery Islamabad, Art Chowk Karachi| Invitational
Travelling show | Curated by Laila Rehman and Afshar Malik
2014 “Sydney-Lahore: Prints Exhibition” Saeed Akhtar Studio, Curated by Imran Ahmad and
Invitational | curated by Imran Ahmad & Usman Saeed
2014 “First Pakistan Print Biennial” VM Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan | Invitational | Curated by
Romila Kareem & Riffat Alvi
2014 “Seen from Here, There and Nowhere” Rohtas 2, Lahore, Pakistan | Solo
2013 “Do it Yourself” Canvas Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan | Curated By Rashid Rana
2013 “Cinephiliac: Art Transcending Technology & Motion” Twelve Gates Arts, Philadelphia,
USA | Curated by Atif Sheikh | Catalog
2012 “Celebrating Art: 30 Years of Rohtas” National Art Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan | Catalog
2012 “Erasing Borders: Exhibition of Contemporary Indian Art of the Diaspora” Crossing
Art Gallery Queens, New York Digital Image | Juried | Traveling
2011-12 “Home Spun” Devi Foundation, Delhi, India | Curated by Girish Shahane
2011 “Mixed Up Views” Art Sawa, Dubai, UAE | Solo
2010 “Resemble Reassemble” Devi Foundation, Delhi, India (Curated by Rashid Rana)
2009-10 “Hanging Fire” Contemporary Art from Pakistan, Asia Society Museum, New York | Curated by Salima Hashmi
2008 "Contemporary Artists of Eight SAARC Countries" Tridevi Marg, Thamel,
Kathmandu, Nepal
2008 Art Paris-Abu Dhabi Art Sawa, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2008 “Desperately Seeking Paradise” Art Dubai | Curated by Salima Hashmi
2007 “Never Promised You a Rose Garden” Contemporary Pakistani Art
Palais Palffy, Josefsplatz, Vienna, Austria | Curated by Brigette Naubatcher
2007 “Sites of Substance” Sculpture, Inaugural Show: National Art Gallery, Islamabad,
Pakistan | Curated by Salima Hashmi
2007 “Love” Painting, Inaugural Show: National Art Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan | Curated by
Quddus Mirza
2007 “Art Unites” Represented Pakistan in first SAARC Artists’ show at Afghan National Art
Gallery, Kabul, Afghanistan
2007 “Art Unites” SAARC Artists’ show at Lalit Kala Academy, New Dehli, India
2006 “Contemporary Printmakers from Pakistan” “Festival of Muslim Cultures: UK 2006”
Oriel Ceri Richards Gallery, Swansea, UK | Curated By Sarah Hopkins
2006 "Recent Paintings" Rohtas II, Lahore, Pakistan | Solo
2005 “Bridging Borders” Museum Gallery, Mumbai, India | Invitational
2005 “Contemporary Art from Pakistan” National Gallery of Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Invitational
2004-05 “Beyond Borders” Contemporary Art from Pakistan, National Gallery of Modern Art,
Kala Ghoda, Mumbai, India | Invitational
2004 "Masala: Diversity and Democracy in South Asian Art" William Benton Museum of Art
University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut | Invitational | Curated by Kathryn Myers, Siona Benjamin and Annu
Palakunnathu Matthews
2003 “The Takhti” 50 artists were invited from Canada, United States, Europe and Asia to
exhibit at The Art Gallery of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
2003 “From Above & Below the Horizon” Larson Gallery, St. Paul Campus, University of Minnesota, USA | Solo
2002 “Painting Over the lines: Five Contemporary Artist from Pakistan” York Quay Gallery
Harbourfront, Toronto, Canada
2002 “Painting Over the lines: Five Contemporary Artist from Pakistan”
Indo Center of Art and Culture, Chelsea, NY (Curated by Karen L. Miller)
2002 “Mixed Media Paintings” Winona Art Center, MN, USA | Solo
2001 MFA Degree Show, Katherine Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, MN, USA
2000 “Pakistan: Another Vision” Fifty Years of Painting and Sculpture from Pakistan organized
by Asia House, Arts and the Islamic World and School of Oriental and African Studies, London
Brunei Gallery, London; Huddersfield Art Gallery, London; Oldam Art Gallery, London;
Victoria art Gallery/Hobath Gallery Bath, London | Curated by Timothy Wilcox
2000 “Remembering Zahoor” Zahoor ul Akhlaq Gallery, National College of Arts, Lahore
1998 “Abstract Narration” - Exhibition of Painting, Chawkandi Art, Karachi, Pakistan | Solo
1997 “Printmakers from Pakistan (1947 - 1997)” Cartwright Hall, Lister Park, Bradford, UK |
Curated by Nazish Ata-Ullah
1997 “Patterning in Layers”- Exhibition of Australian and Pakistani artists, National College of Art Gallery
Lahore, Pakistan
1997 "Roots of Culture"- Exhibition of Painting by International Workshop
(Participant Artists from Australia, Egypt, France, Italy, Pakistan, Nigeria and SouthAfrica)
National Art Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan
1997 “Abstract Narration”- Exhibition of Painting Rohtas Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan | Solo
1996 Group Show of Contemporary Artists of Lahore, Alliance Francaise, Lahore, Pakistan
1996 “Exhibition of Drawing” National College of Arts - Faculty Show, National College of Arts Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
1996 “National Exhibition” Pakistan National Council of Arts (PNCA) Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan
1995 “Scope VI” - National College of Arts - Faculty Show, National College of Arts Gallery,
Lahore, Pakistan
1995 “Out of Pakistan” – Contemporary Art from Pakistan, AAMARP Gallery, Northeastern
University, Jamaica Plain, MA | Curated by Walter Crump and Khalid Kodi
1994 Group Show, Rohtas Gallery Islamabad, Pakistan
1994 Exhibition of Painting, Rohtas Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan | Solo
1994 “Etched Images” - Three Printmakers’ show (Anwar Saeed, Afshar Malik, Ali Raza),
National College Arts Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
1994 “Scope VI” - National College of Arts Gallery- Faculty Show, National College Arts Gallery,
Lahore, Pakistan
1994 “Exhibition of Sculpture” National College Arts Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
1993 Exhibition of Painting - Pakistan National Council of Arts, Marriotts, Karachi, Pakistan
1993 "Exhibition of Tempera Paintings"- Group show of workshop Participant with Bill Drew,
Professor - Rhode Island School of Art and Design, National College of Arts Gallery,
Lahore, Pakistan
1992 Exhibition of Painting by Punjab Artists Association, Alhamra Arts Council, Lahore, Pakistan
1992 “Exhibition of Contemporary Art” Hunar Kada, Islamabad, Pakistan
1992 “Three Person Show” (Rashid Rana, Faizan Khan & Ali Raza) Rohtas Gallery
Islamabad, Pakistan Curator: Prof. Salima Hashmi
1992 “Group Show”- Young Artists from NCA, Nairang Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
1991 Exhibition of Painting, Sculpture & Prints by Punjab Artist Association
Alhamra Arts Council, Lahore, Pakistan
1990 "Exhibition of Printmaking" The Art Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan
2017 “New Pain – tings” Rohtas II, Lahore, Pakistan | Solo
2017 “What I think about,” at Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, USA | Invitational
2016 "1st Annual Asian Contemporary Art Show" Mid-Hudson Heritage Center, Poughkeepsie, NY | Invitational
Curated by Xuewu Zhang and Hayoon Jay Lee
2014-15 “Dinner” Beauty & Truth, Richmond, VA | Two Person Show with Samina Iqbal | Invitational
Curated By Owen Duffy
2014-15 “Origins” Taseer Gallery, Lahore and Khas Galllery Islamabad, Art Chowk Karachi| Invitational
Travelling show | Curated by Laila Rehman and Afshar Malik
2014 “Sydney-Lahore: Prints Exhibition” Saeed Akhtar Studio, Curated by Imran Ahmad and
Invitational | curated by Imran Ahmad & Usman Saeed
2014 “First Pakistan Print Biennial” VM Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan | Invitational | Curated by
Romila Kareem & Riffat Alvi
2014 “Seen from Here, There and Nowhere” Rohtas 2, Lahore, Pakistan | Solo
2013 “Do it Yourself” Canvas Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan | Curated By Rashid Rana
2013 “Cinephiliac: Art Transcending Technology & Motion” Twelve Gates Arts, Philadelphia,
USA | Curated by Atif Sheikh | Catalog
2012 “Celebrating Art: 30 Years of Rohtas” National Art Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan | Catalog
2012 “Erasing Borders: Exhibition of Contemporary Indian Art of the Diaspora” Crossing
Art Gallery Queens, New York Digital Image | Juried | Traveling
2011-12 “Home Spun” Devi Foundation, Delhi, India | Curated by Girish Shahane
2011 “Mixed Up Views” Art Sawa, Dubai, UAE | Solo
2010 “Resemble Reassemble” Devi Foundation, Delhi, India (Curated by Rashid Rana)
2009-10 “Hanging Fire” Contemporary Art from Pakistan, Asia Society Museum, New York | Curated by Salima Hashmi
2008 "Contemporary Artists of Eight SAARC Countries" Tridevi Marg, Thamel,
Kathmandu, Nepal
2008 Art Paris-Abu Dhabi Art Sawa, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2008 “Desperately Seeking Paradise” Art Dubai | Curated by Salima Hashmi
2007 “Never Promised You a Rose Garden” Contemporary Pakistani Art
Palais Palffy, Josefsplatz, Vienna, Austria | Curated by Brigette Naubatcher
2007 “Sites of Substance” Sculpture, Inaugural Show: National Art Gallery, Islamabad,
Pakistan | Curated by Salima Hashmi
2007 “Love” Painting, Inaugural Show: National Art Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan | Curated by
Quddus Mirza
2007 “Art Unites” Represented Pakistan in first SAARC Artists’ show at Afghan National Art
Gallery, Kabul, Afghanistan
2007 “Art Unites” SAARC Artists’ show at Lalit Kala Academy, New Dehli, India
2006 “Contemporary Printmakers from Pakistan” “Festival of Muslim Cultures: UK 2006”
Oriel Ceri Richards Gallery, Swansea, UK | Curated By Sarah Hopkins
2006 "Recent Paintings" Rohtas II, Lahore, Pakistan | Solo
2005 “Bridging Borders” Museum Gallery, Mumbai, India | Invitational
2005 “Contemporary Art from Pakistan” National Gallery of Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Invitational
2004-05 “Beyond Borders” Contemporary Art from Pakistan, National Gallery of Modern Art,
Kala Ghoda, Mumbai, India | Invitational
2004 "Masala: Diversity and Democracy in South Asian Art" William Benton Museum of Art
University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut | Invitational | Curated by Kathryn Myers, Siona Benjamin and Annu
Palakunnathu Matthews
2003 “The Takhti” 50 artists were invited from Canada, United States, Europe and Asia to
exhibit at The Art Gallery of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
2003 “From Above & Below the Horizon” Larson Gallery, St. Paul Campus, University of Minnesota, USA | Solo
2002 “Painting Over the lines: Five Contemporary Artist from Pakistan” York Quay Gallery
Harbourfront, Toronto, Canada
2002 “Painting Over the lines: Five Contemporary Artist from Pakistan”
Indo Center of Art and Culture, Chelsea, NY (Curated by Karen L. Miller)
2002 “Mixed Media Paintings” Winona Art Center, MN, USA | Solo
2001 MFA Degree Show, Katherine Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, MN, USA
2000 “Pakistan: Another Vision” Fifty Years of Painting and Sculpture from Pakistan organized
by Asia House, Arts and the Islamic World and School of Oriental and African Studies, London
Brunei Gallery, London; Huddersfield Art Gallery, London; Oldam Art Gallery, London;
Victoria art Gallery/Hobath Gallery Bath, London | Curated by Timothy Wilcox
2000 “Remembering Zahoor” Zahoor ul Akhlaq Gallery, National College of Arts, Lahore
1998 “Abstract Narration” - Exhibition of Painting, Chawkandi Art, Karachi, Pakistan | Solo
1997 “Printmakers from Pakistan (1947 - 1997)” Cartwright Hall, Lister Park, Bradford, UK |
Curated by Nazish Ata-Ullah
1997 “Patterning in Layers”- Exhibition of Australian and Pakistani artists, National College of Art Gallery
Lahore, Pakistan
1997 "Roots of Culture"- Exhibition of Painting by International Workshop
(Participant Artists from Australia, Egypt, France, Italy, Pakistan, Nigeria and SouthAfrica)
National Art Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan
1997 “Abstract Narration”- Exhibition of Painting Rohtas Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan | Solo
1996 Group Show of Contemporary Artists of Lahore, Alliance Francaise, Lahore, Pakistan
1996 “Exhibition of Drawing” National College of Arts - Faculty Show, National College of Arts Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
1996 “National Exhibition” Pakistan National Council of Arts (PNCA) Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan
1995 “Scope VI” - National College of Arts - Faculty Show, National College of Arts Gallery,
Lahore, Pakistan
1995 “Out of Pakistan” – Contemporary Art from Pakistan, AAMARP Gallery, Northeastern
University, Jamaica Plain, MA | Curated by Walter Crump and Khalid Kodi
1994 Group Show, Rohtas Gallery Islamabad, Pakistan
1994 Exhibition of Painting, Rohtas Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan | Solo
1994 “Etched Images” - Three Printmakers’ show (Anwar Saeed, Afshar Malik, Ali Raza),
National College Arts Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
1994 “Scope VI” - National College of Arts Gallery- Faculty Show, National College Arts Gallery,
Lahore, Pakistan
1994 “Exhibition of Sculpture” National College Arts Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
1993 Exhibition of Painting - Pakistan National Council of Arts, Marriotts, Karachi, Pakistan
1993 "Exhibition of Tempera Paintings"- Group show of workshop Participant with Bill Drew,
Professor - Rhode Island School of Art and Design, National College of Arts Gallery,
Lahore, Pakistan
1992 Exhibition of Painting by Punjab Artists Association, Alhamra Arts Council, Lahore, Pakistan
1992 “Exhibition of Contemporary Art” Hunar Kada, Islamabad, Pakistan
1992 “Three Person Show” (Rashid Rana, Faizan Khan & Ali Raza) Rohtas Gallery
Islamabad, Pakistan Curator: Prof. Salima Hashmi
1992 “Group Show”- Young Artists from NCA, Nairang Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
1991 Exhibition of Painting, Sculpture & Prints by Punjab Artist Association
Alhamra Arts Council, Lahore, Pakistan
1990 "Exhibition of Printmaking" The Art Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan