Mother Gallery

Art is powerful, not just for its beauty or the talent needed for its creation, but because it can cause emotion,
make political statements, or challenge preconceived ideas

Art is powerful, not just for its beauty or the talent needed for its creation, but because it can cause emotion, make political statements,
or challenge preconceived ideas. Of course not all works of art are intended to be so thought-provoking.

Rizwan Ali Umrani has mostly done in Abstraction Impression and expressionism.
Mr. umrani's paintings are full of vibrant, warm colors and musically rich expression.
He said that “I had started Paintings in 1960, but in 1979 the death of my mother I had became serious in art”. More then 3000 paintings in various medium, sizes; But mostly in miniature scale. No formal education in art; self taught artist that is really exceptional.
He had spent 35 years in Education and widely traveled around the country inspired every walk of life with intellectual approach and socialist nature; fought against injustice/ discrimination throughout his life.
He gives so much importance to social problems, social behavior, political injustice and the real feelings of people by the stokes of his brush and the voice of colors. His artistic experiments influenced many Avant-grade developments in youngsters.

Contact
Art Gallery/Studio: Mother Gallery Larkana, Sindh, Pakistan
Mobile: +92-3003415646
Email:
Website:photos/rizwan38
profile/RizwanAliUmrani
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Education
rizwan/
1960-1962 Bachelor of Arts (B.A), Sindh University Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan
Exhibitions Solo
1994 Pakistan National Council of the Arts Islamabad (PNCA) Inaugurated by Prime Minister of Pakistan
1996 Pakistan National Council of the Arts Islamabad (PNCA)
1996 NCA Gallery Lahore
1996 Art council Gallery Karachi,
1999 Mother Gallery Larkana, Sindh, Pakistan
2001 Sheraton Hotel Chicago USA
2001 Cultural center Washington D.C USA
2010 Benazir Gallery Sindh University Jamshoro Sindh Pakistan.
2010 Mother Gallery Larkana Sindh Pakistan.
Group
1962 Group Show at Government Degree College Larkana
1964 Group Show at Government Degree College Larkana
1982 Group Show at Government training college Hyderabad
2003 Group Show at Art Council Gallery Karachi Pakistan

Collections
Mother Gallery Larkana, National council of the arts Islamabad, Sindhlogy art and culture museum.
Private collections in Washington DC USA, Chicago USA, Hyderabad Sindh, Karachi, Pakistan
Publications
April 1994 art reviews, in Daily Dawn English newspaper, The Nation daily English newspaper, Daily Jang Urdu Newspaper,. Daily Nawa-i- waqt Rawalpindi Urdu newspaper, The Muslim Daily English newspaper, Daily khabrain Urdu newspaper, The frontier Post Daily English newspaper, Daily news English Newspaper, Daily Pakistan Urdu newspaper, Pakistan observer English newspaper, Pakistan times, The news
international,
June1996 titled Exhibition at gallery NCA, Daily news
June 1996 article titled “Strokes of the Knife” by Bilal Masood, daily Jung Lahore. June 1996 press clipping, the nation CITY,
July 1996 Daily English newspaper news clipping frontier post, Daily Star English newspaper, March 1998, news clips in Daily kawish Hyderabad,
September 1999 news clip, Daily sham Hyderabad,
December 1998 daily kawish,
December 1999 news clippings in Daily kawish Hyderabad , Daily Sach Karachi, daily Duaa Hyderabad, Daily Hilal
Pakistan, Daily Sindh Hyderabad, daily koshish, Daily tamer-e- Sindh news clip, daily sham Hyderabad, Daily sham Hyderabad,
Rabail weekly magazine Article on mother gallery,
September 2001 Art Review Magazine World Sindhi Institute Washington DC by Aysha Maqbool,
July 2008 BBC article titled “canvas per 27 December ka Manzar” by Nisar khokar

Books Titles Published
1978 Published “Nayon naypo” Literary Magazine
1980 Published “Chiter Lekha” Novel 1981 Published “Salab Ja Tukra” Poetry collection
1982 Published “Nerole Jo Kunn” Novel 1983 Published “Adab” Literary Magazine
1985 Published “Dehan dethe ja sapna” Poetry collection 1987 Published “Tu bin kahra chawra” Poetry collection
1988 Published “Nayan jo safar” Poetry collection
1997 Published “Mehran” Literary Magazine
2003 Published “ Sij ba Pasa” Novel 2005 Published “Mosam jo sath ” Short stories


Television/ Radio TV show, TV program interviewed
,
1992 “Sindh Rang” on PTV Pakistan television 25 minutes life sketch interviewed with Shabnam Gul
1994 “Hamari sath” PTV program consist of my interview, painting exhibition and reviews of the artist and spectators 1994 Participated
in Live program “savery savery” with Talat Hussain on Pakistan television Islamabad. .
2008 “Report time” on Sindh TV Karachi Life sketch/ Interview program
1999 Pakistan radio Larkana broadcasted exhibition reviews/ interview
2010 “ Jehra Gul Gulaib Ja” life sketch/ intervie

Awards:

1962 Government degree college convocation ceremony had awarded “Life Time Achievement Award”
2000 Historical society of Larkana had awarded “Life Time Achievement Award” For contribution in Fine Art

2005 was awarded with “Life Time Achievement Award” in Fine Art organized by Mohabat Ali Buro.
(Literary and socialist organization)

2010 Life Achievement Award n Fine Art Contribution Organized by Sindh Taraki Pasand Party.
(Socialist, intellectual political party of Sindh)

I can be content to paint only for myself. Painting is a meditation for me. But loneness is pretty dominant in my painting, because I felt deep sorrow when my mother left me; that lead me for painting, love, love for my mother is the main source of inspiration. I approach each painting with no expectation or formula.
I don't set out to produce art about any subject; but my paintings reflect Love, Behavior, Sorrow, Moods, Loneliness self expression and experience; none of it was intentional - it all developed and evolved over time. People always ask for my artist statement so I needed to do one but I've never liked to explain a certain piece of work - if you've made a picture and that's how you wanted it to be - hopefully it can speak for itself and whatever it says to the viewer - it's the right message because there isn't a wrong and a right message. Each person takes something a little different from the same picture and I'm happy with that.

Influences
My influences are as I see, feel and experience, but I've always loved particularly work by Paul Klee, Vincent van Gogh.
Culture that inspired me most is the Indus valley civilization (Mohan -Jo- Daro)

good art is understandable, although it may make you think in ways you never expected to.

Art that tells a story, or evokes a specific emotion - This is art that begins to affect you. It might cause you to understand,
empathize or feel what's being depicted.

Paintings become my passion later years at the age of 40 when my mother left me ,her death changed me completely I was deep sorrow and pain of her separation , cannot imagine to live without her I love her much, I started paintings to overcome my sadness.
when ever I participated in big event I felt its all worthless without her and fell alone and sad.