Profile

Education

1992  M.Ed University of Wales UK
1981  B.S  California State University Fresno, USA

Solo Exhibitions

2008 Rohtas II, Lahore
2006 Canvas Gallery, Karachi
2005 Khaas Gallery, Islamabad
2004 Zenaini Gallery, Karachi
2003 Croweaters Gallery, Lahore
2002 Chawkandi Gallery, Karachi
2000 Gallery Pangloss, Pisa, Italy
1999 The Art Gallery, Islamabad
1998 Indus Gallery, Karachi
1997 Chawkandi Gallery, Karachi
1995 Indus Gallery, Karachi
1993 Indus Gallery Karachi

Selected Group Shows (Pakistan)

2007 National Art Exhibition,National Art Gallery,Islamabad
2000 Canvas Gallery
1999 The Millenium Show, Arts Council of Pakistan
1999 Urban Voices, Sheraton Art Festival
1996 Artists from Karachi, Hunerkada, Islamabad
1995 National Art Exhibition, Alhamra Arts Centre, Lahore
1995 PNCA Show, Islamabad
1994 Zahoor-ul-Akhlaq Gallery, Lahore
1990 Shakir Ali Museum, Lahore

Selected Group Shows (International)

2007 Indus Strokes, Mumbai, India
2001 The Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton, Canada
2001 Lakeshore Arts, Toronto, Canada
1997 Asian Art Biennale, Dhaka, Bangladesh
1991 6th Asian Watercolour Exhibition, Nagoya, Japan

Curatorial Work

2000 KaraArt 2000, Contemporary Art, Alliance Francaise, Karachi
1994 Artists from Karachi, National College of Art, Lahore
1990 Visual Arts Karachi, Shakir Ali Museum, Lahore

Arts Residency

2006 Vasl 2nd International Artists Workshop, Gadani, Pakistan

Bibliography and Select References

Ali, Salwat, Jouneys of the Spirit: Pakistan Art in the New Millenium (2008) FOMMA, A Perspective of Contemporary Paintings, Prints and Sculptures in Pakistan, (2006) VM Art Gallery, Karachi.
Ali, S. Amjad, Painters of Pakistan (1995) National Book Foundation, Karachi
Mulji, H and Mundrawala, A., Pakistan: 50 Years -An Art Retrospective (1998), CD-Rom, ABN Amro Bank, Karachi
Akhtar, Aasim, "Fragmentary Scenes", The News, Karachi July 24, 2005
Husain, Marjorie, "Face to Face", Gallery, Dawn, April 10, 2004
Khan, Ayesha, "Enigmatic Figures", The Star Karachi April 24, 2004
Naqvi, Dr.Akbar, "The Art of Escaping", The Herald, Karachi, May 1997
Ali, Amra, "Nostalgia and Alienation", The Star, Karachi, Dec 8, 1993
Anant, Victor, "Facing up to Faruqi", The News, Karachi, Dec 8, 1993
Farrukh, Niilofur, "City Lights", Newsline Karachi, December 1993

Writings

Poems have been published in Poetry from Pakistan: An Anthology, Oxford University Press (1997), Dragonfly in the Sun: An Anthology of Pakistani Literature, Oxford University Press (1997), Karachi and in The Poetry of Men's Lives, The Univ. of Georgia Press, USA (2004).  Poems have also appeared in Verse, Orbis, The Rialto (UK), Rattle (USA) and in Cyphers (Ire.). 

Contact

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Email: mfaruqi@yahoo.com
Phone: +92-300-8233729