Welcome to Pakistan Rising’s Charity Auction of Pakistani Art!
This is a wonderful occasion for us to show you what exciting and innovative art Pakistan has to offer from some of our most talented artists. We hope that you will enjoy viewing the pieces on offer for auction, and more importantly, that you will wholeheartedly participate in the online auction itself!
The Online Auction will remain open until 31 October 2011, so you have plenty of time to decide on the piece you like most and bid on it! Click on “Online Auction” tab above for full details of all pieces, together with their starting values. more
Artist Profiles
Rashid Rana
Born 1968, Lahore
1994 M.F.A. Master of Fine Arts, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston USA
1992 B.F.A. Bachelor of Fine Arts, National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan
1996 Studies in Fashion Design, La Chambre Syndicale de la Couture, Paris, France
Among artists from Pakistan, Rashid... more
Mashkoor Raza
Born 1950
Mashkoor Raza is a prolific artist who paints horses and women, and is an established Figurative Abstract, Non-representational Abstract and Calligraphy painter . Creating transparency with parts of basic forms of square, circle and triangles on his canvases, and abstract im... more
Mughees Riaz
Born 1971, Lahore
Born in Lahore in 1971, Mugheez received his art training from the Punjab University, graduating with a MFA in 1997. Now a faculty member of the Institute of Art and Design, Punjab University, Riaz’s intention to follow family tradition in art was an early decision and fro... more
G.N. Qazi
Artist
G.N. Qazi has perhaps been aptly described by a critic as a ‘collectors’ painter’, since the picturesque views he paints are of the kind many would like to acquire and display in their homes or workplace. Capitalising on the inherent beauty of old architecture and thei... more
Usman Saeed
Born 1977, Lahore
Usman Saeed was born in 1977. He graduated from the National
College of Arts. He is a painter and photographer. Usman lives
in Lahore.
Solo shows
2005 Zeyb 2 - Green Cardamom, London (England)
2000 The Eternal - Zahoor ul Akhlaq Gallery, Lahore
Group shows
2007 Divina... more
Pakistan Rising
Pakistan Rising started in 2009 as a not for profit organization by its co-founders, Attiq Uddin Ahmed, Mahbina Waheed and Nuria Rafique-Iqbal. Pakistan Rising aims to create a united, globally integrated and progres... more
