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Nadir Ali (born 1971) is a contemporary artist in Pakistan. He has worked in art mediums including; drawing, painting, sculpture, miniature, and more. Nadir has worked on projects all over Pakistan and abroad.

Life and Career
Nadir Ali Jamali was born in Larkana, Pakistan. he acquired his early education from Government Pilot School, Larkana. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the National College of Arts ,Lahore, Pakistan in 1996. Jamali taught in Hunerkada College of Visual and Performing Arts, Islamabad for 3 years (1996-99) and then spent a year in karachi working as a news magazine artist in Dawn group before joining University of Balochistan, Quetta in 2000, where he served for 9 years. In 2005, Nadir worked has worked along with Jamal Shah in Expo Aichi Nagoya, Japan, where range of round and relief sculptures were created on the different cultures of Pakistan, and participated in Face-off "An International Artists Camp on Intolerance" which was curated by Hunerkada College of Visual and Performing Arts, Islamabad 2012. In 2015, Nadir exhibited his second solo sculpture exhibition in artscene gallery, karachi     and in Sindh Museum gallery Hyderabad 2017. Recently, he was part of Karachi biennale and culture caravan 2017 which is a cross-cultural activity between Pakistan and China. Currently, he is teaching painting and sculpture in institute of arts and design, University of Sindh, Jamshoro.

Sculptures
Recently, Nadir crafted the statue of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, who was a noted Sindhi Sufi scholar, mystic, saint, and poet, widely considered to be the greatest Muslim poet of the Sindhi language. It is 16 foot high and is in monotone Whitish hue. It was unveiled on occasion of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai's 274th urs at Shrine of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai. On creating this sculpture, he received "Latif Award" which was given by Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. He has also sculpted "Statue of Wisdom", which is placed at zero point, in front of Allama I.I Kazi Central Library, University of Sindh, Jamshoro.



Solo/Group Shows

 * Group show "Bade-e-Saba" an exhibition of Artists of Sindh, organized by Ministry of Culture Goverment of Sindh in collaboration with Centre of Excellence in Arts & Design, MUET, Jamshoro 2017.
 * Solo show of sculptures at Sindh Museum Zafar Kazmi Art Gallery Hyderabad 2017.
 * Solo show of sculpture at Artscene Galleries Karachi, 2015.
 * Group show "Hyderbad One" painting exhibition 9th May 2015.
 * Group show "Faiz Art Prize" gallery Sadequain Karachi, Oct 2011.
 * Group show "Changing the World Through Art" & "United we stand" at VOGUE art gallery Lahore 2011.
 * Group show "United in the Age of Dialogue" "Insider/Outsider Art by Insider/Outsider Art" Tasty 2011.
 * Group show "Asan gi musaweri kaalh an Aj" painting exhibition 22nd Dec, 2010.
 * Group exhibition of "Prominent Artists of Sindh" 20th October 2009.
 * Group exhibition of Art in remembrance of Great Leader and former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shaheed MOhtarma Benazir Bhutto, Martyr of Democracy & Human Rights Dec 27th 2008.
 * Group show "Artists Society of Balochistan" 2006.
 * Group show "ART AID art for life" an Exhibition/Auction for the Victims of October 8 Earthquake organized by Artists of Pakistan and Ptv, convention centre Islamabad 13th Nov 2005.
 * 8th National exhibition of Visual Arts 2003 Pakistan National Council of Arts Islamabad.
 * Group show "Pearl 3rd Annual Arts & Design Exhibition" Quetta 2003.
 * Group show participation "Artist Society of Balochistan Exhibition in the Art Gallery of IDARA-E-SAQAFAT BALOCHISTAN" 14th-16th August 2001.
 * Group Show by the Artists of Balochistan "Millenium Exhibition" Idara-e-Sagafat Balochistan 2000.
 * Solo show of sculptures at the offset portfolio centre the show as in the memory of the Great Artist, Zahoor-ul-Akhlaq, Islamabad, 1999.
 * Solo show of sculpture at National College of Arts, in 1996.
 * Group show of sculpture in French centre Islamabad, 1996.
 * Solo Show of Paintings at Sir Shahnawas Bhutto Memorial Library, Inaugurated by first Commissioner, Mr. K.B Rind in Larkana 1990-91.