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Fauzia Minallah
( Pakistan )

Engraving; Mixed Media


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Fauzia Minallah

Fauzia Aziz Minallah is an Islamabad based artist, author, photographer, designer and a political cartoonist. She is also the founder of Funkor Childart Centre Islamabad.



Education and Training
May 1991, M.Sc. Communication Design.

Pratt Institute, New York



Art Residency:
2008 Atelier Fourwinds, Aurielle, Provence France.

Exhibitions
2008 Group show 'No Honor in Killing , Making Visible Buried Truth' in 6 cities of Pakistan

Solo exhibition 'Meditative Strokes' Alliance Francaise , Islamabad

2007 Audio-Visual Presentation ‘Glimpses into Islamabad’s Soul’, and book launch at the National Art Gallery Islamabad.

2006 Solo exhibition at V.M Art Gallery in Karachi.

Group show ASNA International Clay Triennial. Also, read a paper on the ‘Lost Clay Traditions of Saidpur” at the seminar.

2005 Participated in ‘Indus Inspirations’, an art auction at Lords Cricket Club, London.

The proceeds from the auction will be used in the reconstruction of schools in earthquake-affected areas of AJK and N.W.F.P.

Donated paintings for ARTAID held in Convention Centre Islamabad, organized by Pakistan Television Corporation and Hunerkada,as fundraising for the Earthquake Relief Fund.

Solo at Alliance Francaise , Islamabad.

2004 Group exhibition ‘Terrorism cannot be exterminated by War’ at the 14th Afro- Asian, Latin American Exchange Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan, Museum, Japan

2003 Solo at Nomad Art Gallery .Islamabad, Pakistan.

Solo at Zenaini Art Gallery .Karachi, Pakistan.

2002 Group exhibition at the 13th Afro-Asian, Latin American Exchange

Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan, Museum, Japan

Group exhibition at Liaquat Memorial Hall Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

2001 Group exhibition at American Centre Islamabad, Pakistan.
2000 Solo at Alliance Francaise, Islamabad, Pakistan.

1997 Exhibition of 'slate engraving'.V.M Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan.

Exhibition of 'slate engraving'at Alliance Francaise.Lahore, Pakistan.

Group exhibition at American Centre Islamabad, Pakistan.

1995 Studied Communication Design at Pratt Institute, New York

Group exhibition at Puck Building, Pratt Manhattan.

1985 Solo at Alliance Francaise with exhibition of 'slate engraving'.Islamabad.

Group exhibition at American Centre Islamabad, Pakistan.

1988-1990 Studied Communication Design at Pratt Institute, New York

Group exhibition at Puck Building, Pratt Manhattan.

1985 Group exhibition Pakistan National Council of the Arts, Islamabad
1983 Group exhibition, Abasin Arts Council, Peshawar
1981 Solo exhibition, National Council of the Arts, Islamabad
1980 Solo exhibition, Abasin Arts Council, Peshawar

Papers:
'Connecting Children with Multicultural Roots of Islamabad', Asian Regional Cooperation Conference Heritage Management, Conservation, Education and Tourism organised bythe Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage in Delhi, 2008

'Raising Awareness about the Natural and Cultural Heritge of Islamabad' , National Training Session on the Role of Civil Society Institutions and the Media in Raising Awareness about the Cultural Specifities and Cultural diversity, Lahore, 2008.

'Natural and Cultural Heritage of Islamabad' International Conference on Buddhism of Pakistan a source of regional Cooperation, Taxila Istitute of Asian Civilisations and Ministry of Culture, 2007

‘Lost Clay Traditions of Saidpur” seminar ASNA International Clay Triennial. Karachi 2007

Awards and other information:
Winner of All Pakistan Newspaper Society Award 1985 – 86 for best editorial cartoonist. She is first award winning female political cartoonist of Pakistan.

Winner of National Book Foundation Award 2003 for promotion of children’s literature.

The team of "Sadako's Prayer Project' written and Illustrated by Fauzia Minallah was the winner of Hiroshima Citizen's Award.

Revived a dying craft ‘Chitarkari’ or slate engraving, found in the cemeteries of Gangar mountain range, Hazara, N.W.F.P.

To promote Children’s art founded Funkor Child Art Centre in Islamabad, the only centre specifically dedicated to the promotion of children’s art in Pakistan.


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