Sheherezade Alam
Sheherezade Alam is an internationally renowned Pakistani ceramist.Education and family
Alam was born to Mahmoud Alam, a Pakistani former tennis player and his wife, Surayya in Lahore. She has two brothers, Asad and Shaban. Brought up in Lahore, she completed her FA from Kinnaird College, Lahore. She then went on to obtain her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Design with a distinction in ceramics from National College of Arts, Lahore. While there, she studied under the country's first ceramist, Salahuddin Mian.Marriage
In 1971, she married Zahoor ul Akhlaq, a painter, and the couple had two daughters, Jahanara,, Nurjahan.Career
Shows
Group
- 1980: Sultan Art Gallery, Kuwait
- 1983: Group Show, British Council, Islamabad
- 1983: Group Show, Rohtas Gallery, Islamabad
- 1988: Joint exhibition, Yale University, New Haven, USA
- 1995 to 1999: Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition
- 2009: Group Show, Vogue Art Gallery, Islamabad.
Solo
- 1990: Chawkandi Arts, Karachi
- 1993: Ish Gallery, Ankara, Turkey
- 1994: Bismillah, Arcadia Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- 1996: Clay Continuum, Gardiner Art Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- 2004: Offering Bowls, Arcadia Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- 2005: Laali, Ceramic Installation, Private Residence, Lahore
- 2006: Laali, The garden of Imran Mir, Karachi
