PERSONAL INFORMATION:

 

Name:                    Prof. Dr. Mohammad Ali Bhatti

Father's Name:        Mohammad Rahim Bhatti

Date of Birth:          September 28, 1951

Home Address:       H.NO: C/13- 2978 Wadhan-jo-pir, Hyderabad, Sindh.

Phone:                   (Res) 022-2655467
Mobile:                    92-0333-2628580

Email:                     artistmohdali@yahoo.com

Website:                 www.artistmohammadali.com
 

 

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:

 

1998.    Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Arts
            School of Interdisciplinary Arts, Ohio University, United States of America.

1991.    M.F.A (Master of Fine Arts) painting Major, and Printmaking, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania,             United States of America.

1978.    M.A in Fine Arts, University of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
            Major subjects: Painting and History of Arts.

1974.    B.A in Fine Arts, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan
           Major subjects: Painting, History of Western art and Printmaking.

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1978-2011      Prof. and Director, Institute of Art and Design, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan.

2003-05            (Contract)Prof. School of Art, University Sains Malaysia.

2000-01            (Contract) Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture Karachi.

1991-95            (Contract) Teaching Assistant- School of Comparative Arts, Ohio University, Athens, United                              States.

1991-92            (Contract) Assistant Prof. Department of Fine Arts, Ohio University, Athens, United States.                             Teaching responsibilities: Drawing, Painting, and History of Western Art.

1993-95            (Contract) Assistant Professor, School of Fine Art, Southern Campus, Ironton University
                        Ohio, United States. Teaching responsibilities: Drawing, Painting, and Humanities
                        through Fine Arts.

1994-95           (Contract) Served as research coordinator for European Theatre in the modern world. Ohio                             University, Athens, Ohio, USA

1990-91           (Contract) Served as Curator, Fine Art Gallery, Edinboro University of
                       Pennsylvania, USA.
 

ART  EXHIBITIONS:

Solo Shows

 

2010     One Man Show “Sounds of Colors” at Revivers Galleria, Lahore
2009     One Man Show “Realistic Expressions” at Gallery 6, Islamabad
2009     One Man Show “Colors of the Indus” at Chowkandi Art Gallery, Karachi
2008     One Man Show at French Consulate gallery, Karachi
2008     One Man Show at Sidharatha Art Gallery Nepal, “Impressions of Nepal”
2007     One Man Show at University of Sindh, Old Campus, Hyderabad
2007     One Man Show at Majmua Art Gallery Karachi
2005     One Man Show at Dr. Suchart Art Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
2004     One Man Show at Diwan Budaya, Pennang, Malaysia
1996     One Man Show at International Art Gallery, Athens, Ohio, United States
1993     One Man Show at Hamilton Art Gallery, Edinboro University of
            Pennsylvania, United States of America
1991     One Man Show at Love Land Art Gallery, Art Department, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania,
            United States
1990     One Man Show at Erie Museum of Art, Erie Pennsylvania, United States
1990     One Man Show at St. Louis Art Gallery, St. Louis, United States
1987     One Man Show at Sindh Artists Guild, Hyderabad
1983     One Man Show “Unveiling of a creative portrait of Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai,” Institute of Sindhology,                   Jamshoro
1983     One Man Show One man show, Pakistan Council of the Arts, Karachi
1982     One Man Show at American Centre, Hyderabad
1981     One Man Show at Institute of Sindhology, Jamshoro
1978     One Man Show at University of Punjab, Lahore
 

Selected Group Shows

 

2010     Group Exhibition at National gallery, Islamabad
2008     Group Exhibition at Benazir Art Gallery, Institute of Art and Design, University of Sindh
2007     Group Exhibition at Art Department Nepal
2006     Group Exhibition at N & N Gallery, Singapore
2004     Group Exhibition organized by Malaysian Artists Association in Penang
2003     Group Exhibition at Adiwana Art Gallery, University Sains Malaysia
2000     Group Exhibition, organized by Rangoon wala Art Gallery, Hyderabad
1999     Group Exhibition of Pakistani Contemporary Painters in Sharjah
1997     Group Exhibition of American Portrait Painters, Athens Art Gallery, USA
1996     Group Exhibition of Art Teachers Painting Exhibition, Siegfried Art Gallery, Ohio University, United                   States of America
1992     Group Exhibition of Graduate’s show, at Art Gallery, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, won                          President’s award.
1989     Group Exhibition at George Washington University, Washington D.C.USA
1989     Group Exhibition at Museum of Modern Art, New Delhi, India
1989     Group Exhibition at SAARC painters’ workshop at Kufri, India
1988     Group Exhibition at Bi-annual painters exhibition, Lahore
1987     Group Exhibition at Pak-American Centre, Karachi, Pakistan
1987     Group Exhibition at Indus Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
1985     Group Exhibition at Pakistan Council of the Arts, Karachi
1977     Group Exhibition at Punjab Council of the Arts, Lahore
1776     Group Exhibition at Department of Fine Arts, University of Punjab, Lahore
1973     Group Exhibition at Public School, Latifabad, Hyderabad

Painted official and private portraits of numerous prominent personalities of Pakistan, India, Malaysia, United States of America, Singapore, Thailand and Middle East.

 

Some High Profile commissioned portraits.

 

 

2009         Painted portrait of Governor State Bank of Pakistan
2008         Painted portrait of Governor of Sindh
2007         Painted series of life size portraits of Mr. Hameedullah Paracha, Karachi
2004         Painted a life size Portrait of former Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun. Dr. Mahathir Mohd, unveiled by                 Her Highness Queen of Malaysia at USM, Penang

2001-2      Painted a few official portraits for Commandants, Staff College Quetta
2002         Painted a life size portrait of Pres. Gen. Musharraf, GHQ. Rawalpindi
2001         Painted a life size portrait of Pir Pagara, Karachi
1991-4    Several life size portraits of Senators of the United States of America
1992         Several portraits of Presidents of Ohio University, Athens, United States
1983         Painted a creative portrait of Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai,” Institute of Sindhology, Jamshoro
1984         Painted a life size portraits of Mr. Z.A. Bhutto, former Prime Minister of Pakistan
1980         Painted a life portrait of Qaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah for Sindh Assembly, Karachi
 

 

LIST OF RESEARCH ARTICLES (PUBLISHED).

1.     “Christian Narrative and the Art of Giotto di Bondone.” Published in,
         Art and Poetry Today (Quarterly) Vol.XXII, 1 & 2 (January-April) 1997, R.N
         28951/76, New Delhi, India.

2.     “Art of Terracotta in the Ancient Sindh”, published in Sindhological Studies,
         (Summer-Winter,1992), No.23,Vol-17 No’s.1-2, Institute of Sindhology,
         University of Sindh, Jamshoro.

3.     “Elizabethan Theater”, Published in Ariel: A Research Journal of English
         Language and Literature, (1995-96), Vol-XXI, University of Sindh, Jamshoro.

4.     “Influence of Islamic Motifs and Patterns Upon Pakistani Pottery”, Published
         in Grassroots, Vol-No.XXVI (1995), Biannual Research Journal, Pakistan
         Study Centre University of Sindh Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan.

5.     “French Theatre of the Absurd and Dadaism”, Published in The University of
         Sindh Arts Research Journal, Vol-XXXI (1996), Faculty of Arts, University of
         Sindh, Jamshoro. ISSN: 1016-9342.

6.     “ Maghrabi Fun-e-Mussavari Ge Mukhtaser Tarekh” (Sindhi) A Brief History
         of Western Art, Published in the Mehran, quarterly, No-3 (Oct-Dec. 1996),
         Sindhi Adabi Board, Jamshoro

7.     “Morality and Immorality in Eighteenth Century French Art”, published in A
         Research Journal of Education, English Language and Literature, Vol.I,
         (1996), ISSN: 1026-7026, Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur, Sindh,
         Pakistan.

8.     ”Eclecticism in the Italian Baroque Art”, Published in The University of Sindh
         Arts Research Journal, Vol-XXXII (1997) ISSN: 1016-9342, Faculty of Arts,
        University of Sindh, Jamshoro.

9.     Peter Paul Rubens”, (Sindhi) Published in the Mehran, quarterly, No-3(Oct-
        Dec. 996), Sindhi Adabi Board, Jamshoro.

10.     Influence of Science Upon the Visual and Literary Arts in Seventeenth
         Century. Art and Poetry Today (Quarterly) Vol. XXIII 4, October 1998 (India)
         R.N. 28951/76.

11.     “Grandeurs of Hyderabadi Miniature Painting.”, Sindhological Studies,
         (Summer-Winter,1994 issue,), No.23,Vol-20 No's.1, Institute of Sindhology,
         University of Sindh, Jamshoro.

12.     Henrik Ibsen and the Social Awakening. Ariel: A Research Journal of English
         Language and Literature, (1997), Vol-XXII, University of Sindh, Jamshoro.

13.     "Humanism and the Renaissance Art", The University of Sindh Arts Research Journal, Vol-XXXII (1998),           Faculty of Arts, University of Sindh, Jamshoro. ISSN: 1016-9342

14.     "Artistic and Aesthetic Sensibility in the Arts and Crafts of Indus
          Civilization", Annual Journal of Research Ancient Sindh, Vol-04(1997), Shah
          Abdul Latif University, Khairpur, Sindh.

15.     “A Notion of Subjective and Objective in Chinese Art”, Accepted by, Asia
          Pacific, The Research Journal of Far East & South East Asia, Vol.15, (1996).
          University of Sindh, Jamshoro.

16.     “Catharsis as a Source of Pleasure or Delight in the Ancient and Modern
          Philosophy”, Accepted by, Sindh University Research Journal of Social
          Sciences, University of Sindh, Jamshoro.

 

LIST OF RESEARCH ARTICLES IN PROGRESS:

1.     "Origin of Geometric Patterns and Motifs at Makli Grave-yard" (Issa Khan Tirkhan).
2.     "Traditional Wood-Workers of Hyderabad Sindh".
3.     "Art in Pakistan: Its Past-Present and Future".

2008     presented paper at International Conference on Theatre “Desi Theatre” at National College of Arts,                  Rawalpindi.

1994     Represented Pakistan at Southern Campus, Ohio University, Ironton, for a Seminar "The Art of                        Portrait Painting". Organized by Ironton Tribune Commission at Ironton, U.S.A.

1994     Represented Pakistan at the Seminar/workshop "International portrait painting workshop"                                Demonstrated and conducted seminar consecutively for three years
             at Ohio University Institute of Continuous Learning Center.

1993     Participated as a Chief speaker and conductor of the Art workshop "How to paint in Water color" at                  Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

1989     Represented Pakistan at the Art Workshop/conference, organized by the SAARC countries, hosted by              the Government of india, at Shimla at Kufri.

 

REPRESENTATION AT

VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS

SINCE 1981.

 

2010 -         Member, Board of Governor, National College of Arts, Lahore

2009 -         Member, Board of Directors, SITCO (Sindh Indigenous and Traditional Craft Company.

2008 -         Member Board of Governor, Centre of Excellence Art and Design, Mehran University Jamshoro

1981-1988         ex-President. Sindh Artists Guild, Pakistan.

1990-1996         ex-Member, College Artists Association, U.S.A.

1990-1996         ex-Member, Portrait Painters Association, U.S.A

1992-1996         ex-Member, Water color Painters Association, U.S.A.

1989-1996         ex-Member, SAARC Painters Society, India.