Mumtaz Hussain

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Mumtaz Hussain (born 1954) is a Pakistani-American artist, filmmaker, graphic designer who was born in Jhang, Pakistan.[1]

History and education

In 1981, Hussain was admitted into the National College of Arts (NCA) in Lahore. NCA has produced many now famous contemporary Pakistani artists. During his time there, Hussain won the National Poster Competition, a coveted and highly selective award. Upon graduation, he was commissioned to construct a seventy-foot mural in Lahore's town center; he was also commissioned to decorate the Sheikh Zaid bin Sultan Palace, an architectural landmark in Karachi, under his instructors' supervision.[2]

Hussain left Pakistan for London in 1981 to study European art forms. In 1988, he moved to New York to pursue graphic design at the School of Visual Art where his teachers included Milton Glaser, a graphic designer and illustrator.[citation needed] Hussain also studied figure drawing and painting at the Art Students League of New York.[citation needed]

Also a graphic designer, Hussain has served as Art Director for Simon & Schuster. He has also worked as a graphic designer or art director on accounts including Calvin Klein and Ralph Lauren. Hussain regularly donates artworks for auction at the Layton Rahmatulla Benevolent Trust (LRBT) in New York, and his works are shown at Erasing Borders: Exhibition of Contemporary Indian Art of the Diaspora, curated by the Indo-American Arts Council.

Film

As a filmmaker, Hussain has participated in a number of films as director, writer, producer of both animations and short films. Titles to date include the feature length Art=(Love)2, for which he also produced the paintings used as a key narrative device in the film (2011), and shorts Butterfly Screams (2007), Push Button For (2006), Yeh Mera Pakistan Hai (This is My Pakistan) for Pakistani TV Channel GEO (2005), Inside You (2004).[3]

His film Soul of Civilization has been shown at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City as part of its 2003 exhibit The Art of the First Cities.[4]

His art and films have been shown at numerous museums, universities, art galleries, and many international film Festivals, including the 6th Karachi International Film Festival (KaraFilm).[5]

He directed 13 episodes of Parker Waichman Alonso LLP's television show, "Ask a Lawyer", on WWOR-TV (Channel 9) in New York City.[citation needed]

Filmography

Director

  • 2012: Art=(Love)²
  • 2007: Butterfly Screams
  • 2006: Push Button For
  • 2005: Yeh Mera Pakistan Hai (This is My Pakistan)
  • 2004: Inside You
  • 2003: Soul Civilization

Awards & Honorable Mentions

  • 2012 Gold Winner - Prestige Award (Art=(Love)²)
  • 2012 Official Selection - Vegas Cine Fest (Art=(Love)²)
  • 2012 Platinum Reel Award - Nevada Film Festival (Art=(Love)²)

Exhibitions

  • 1983 YMCA (Jesus: the great show), Lahore, Pakistan
  • 1984 National College of Arts Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
  • 1985 Alhambra Art Centre, Lahore, Pakistan
  • 1985 National Poet Alama Iqbal show, National College of Arts Gallery, Lahore Pakistan
  • 1988 Media of Art Center London England
  • 1988 La Bell Art gallery Paris France
  • 1989 Art Student League of New York
  • 1989 School of Visual Arts New York
  • 1995 Simon & Schuster Art gallery Parsippany New York
  • 1996 LRBT Art show and Art Auction, Long Island City New York
  • 1997 Pak American Art Exhibition, Hilton Hotel, New Jersey
  • 1998 Pak American Art Exhibition Hilton Hotel, New Jersey
  • 1999 LRBT Art show and Art Auction Roosevelt Hotel, New York
  • 2000 LRBT Art show and Art Auction Roosevelt Hotel, New York
  • 2001 Ramnarine Art Gallery. Long Island City, New York
  • 2001 New York Independent Art Fair The Plaza Hotel New York
  • 2001 New York Independent Art Fair The Crown Plaza Hotel New York
  • 2002 Tabak Museum, Vienna, Austria
  • 2002 United Nations New York
  • 2003 Art and Modernity Wisconsin State University Madison
  • 2004 Art, Religion and Culture, Saint John the Divine 87 Street Church New York
  • 2004 DIL Art Show, Cipriani New York
  • 2004 Passport to Contemporary Indian Art Gallery, New York
  • 2005 LRBT Art Show, New York
  • 2005 Muslim Art Michigan State University Ann Arbor
  • 2005 DIL Art Show, Cipriani New York
  • 2006 Without Borders, The Gallery New York
  • 2006 Film and Art, RIVAA Gallery New York
  • 2006 Indus Valley Civilization, Hilton Hotel, New York
  • 2007 Art and History, The WAH Center Williamsburg New York
  • 2007 Modern Mystics, Alwan Gallery, New York
  • 2008 Art show, One Police Plaza, City Hall, New York
  • 2008 AIR Gallery 511 West 25th Street, New York, NY
  • 2008 Queens Museum of Art Flushing Meadows, Corona Park, New York
  • 2008 Hammond Museum, North Salem, NY
  • 2008 Manhattanville College Art Gallery, Purchase, Westchester, NY
  • 2008 The Guild Gallery, New York
  • 2008 Tabla Rasa Gallery, 224 48th Street, Brooklyn, New York
  • 2009 Dowd Gallery, State University of New York College at Cortland, Cortland, NY
  • 2009 The Gallery at Penn College Pennsylvania College of Technology One College Avenue Williamsport, PA
  • 2009 Queens Museum of Art, New York City Building Flushing Meadows Corona Park Queens, NY
  • 2009 Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, Project Space, New York
  • 2010 The Guild Gallery, 45 West 21st Street, New York
  • 2011 Queens Museum of Art, Flushing Meadows Corona Park Queens, New York
  • 2011 Charles B. Wang Center, Stony Brook University, New York
  • 2011 Aicon Gallery, 35 Great Jones Street, New York
  • 2011 Jorgensen Center for Performing Arts, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut

Books

GOOL AINAK KA PECHAY (Behind the Round Glasses) (written in Urdu) 160 pages Pub: Sang-e-Meel Publications, 2010

References

  1. ↑ "The Kind Executioner: Of Bhutto’s final moments". Express Tribune. 9 October 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2013. 
  2. ↑ Indo-American Arts Council: Mumtaz Hussain (participating artist) biography
  3. ↑ IMDB: Mumtaz Hussain
  4. ↑ Metropolitan Museum of Art: "Art of the First Cities"
  5. ↑ 6th Karachi International Film Festival (2006)

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