Mohammad Ali Talpur

Mohammad Ali Talpur
Nationality	Pakistani
Occupation	Visual artist

Mohammad Ali Talpur is a well known contemporary Pakistani artist. He is considered as the only minimalist artist in Pakistan because of his linear drawings.^[1] He is teaching at National College of Arts^[2] and works at his studio in Lahore. His works has been exhibited in national and international art galleries like Art & Public gallery, Geneva, XVA gallery, Dubai, Finsbury Park, England, Shanghai art fair, 2007, Dubai Art Fair, 2008 and Hong Kong art fair, 2008.

Life

Mohammad Ali Talpur was born in 1976 in Hyderabad, Sindh.^[3] He spent his childhood in his home town Hyderabad then he moved to Lahore. He got his BFA degree in 1998 from the National College of Arts, Lahore.^[4] Now he lives and works in Lahore.

Art career

His work passed through various phases to get the unique identity. He is known for his linear drawings, these drawings reflect the magical quality that a viewer can not resist to pass through the inner essence of visual pleasure. He creates drawings like poetry by arranging the cluster of lines on paper and deliberately states "art without content" which interpret the existence of life.

References

1. ^ http://jang.com.pk/thenews/sep2007-weekly/nos-16-09-2007/enc.htm#2
2. ^ http://www.nca.edu.pk/finearts.htm
3. ^ http://universes-in-universe.org/eng/intartdata/artists/asia/pak/talpur_mohammad
4. ^ http://www.greencardamom.net/artists/artists_page.php?id=21

External links

• http://jang.com.pk/thenews/may2009-weekly/nos-10-05-2009/enc.htm#3
• http://www.greencardamom.net/artists/artists_page.php?id=21
• http://jang.com.pk/thenews/feb2010-weekly/nos-07-02-2010/enc.htm#1
• http://www.nuktaartmag.com/Nukta/GeneralContent/View/106
• http://universes-in-universe.org/eng/intartdata/artists/asia/pak/talpur_mohammad
• http://www.vmartgallery.org/collaborative/collaborative_show.php
• http://www.granta.com/Online-Only/High-Noon-IV
• http://www.artpublic.ch/artists/talpur/talpur1.php
• http://www.douglaswhite.co.uk/drawn-from-life-abbott-hall-gallery/
• http://www.delhievents.com/2010/01/devi-art-foundation-presents-reassemble.html
• http://www.ameinfo.com/147446.html

Persondata
Name	Talpur, Mohammad Ali
Alternative names
Short description	Visual artist
Date of birth	1976
Place of birth	Hyderabad, Sindh
Date of death
Place of death