Amin Gulgee

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Amin Gulgee (born 1966) is a Pakistani artist and sculptor.

He is the son of the famous Pakistani artist Ismail Gulgee. He was actively discouraged from pursuing fine art by his father, and he earned a degrees in Economics and Art History from Yale University. Nonetheless, Gulgee ended up as an artist, creating works as an expression of spirituality. Gulgee works primarily with metal, creating sculptures and jewelry. His work has been inspired by Hindu and Buddhist mythology as well as Arabic calligraphy.

Sculptor Amin Gulgee is an innovator of tradition. His medium is metal, his inspiration the varied and rich spiritual history of his native Pakistan. In the more than ten years that the artist has been exhibiting, his work has followed many different directions, from the purely abstract to work that is inspired from Hindu mythology, Buddhist civilization and Islamic calligraphy. Although diverse, these directions influence and nourish one another for they all attempt to depict the spirituality of man.

"I work in order to understand myself. It is a highly personal journey in which I try to discover a balance with my inner self, my culture and my God. "

Education B.A. in Economics and Art History, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA, 1987,

Recipient of Cogar B. Goodyear Fine Arts Award for Thesis on Moghul Gardens

[Please note: some sources spell the name "Guljee".]