About myself
Divided between two cultures, it has been two decades ago since I came from India back to Yemen. Yemen has always inspired me since 1985 especially the old city of Sanaa where I have been painting views and veiled women. The rich history and culture of Yemen allowed me to work with Queens and women of this beautiful country.
Since I studied arts in the “Government College of Art and Craft” in Calcutta, India still remains my first love as I have been among the contemporary Indian artists who inspired me, to name a few Ganesh Pyne, Ganesh Haloi, Sunil Das, M.F. Husain and many others. My works are influenced by the “Kolkutta Modern Art Group”.
There is still so much to do and I am always feeling that I am still at the beginning. I have worked with several mediums like oil-acrylic, mixed media and water colour. I work as an eclectic artist and I don´t like to stick on one medium for a longer time. Since Yemen has only a hand full of artists and not much has been done here yet in Contemporary Art, I am still working with different mediums and techniques to create varieties of artworks.
These are my recent works on canvas, mostly untitled, but women remain the major subject in my abstract compositions, sometimes combined with fragments from the old city of Sanaa.
Mazher Nizar
Biography
1958 From a Yemeni family, born in India
1985 Diploma in Graphic Art from Government College of Arts & Craft, Calcutta (India)
Solo-Exhibitions:
1986 Solo-Exhibition, Sana´a (Yemen)
1988 Solo-Exhibition in Sana´a (Yemen)
1989 Solo-Exhibition in the Koninklik Tropen-Institute, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
1990 Solo-Exhibition in Heidelberg (Germany)
1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 Solo-Exhibition in the Gallery No.1, Sana´a (Yemen)
1995 Solo-Exhibition at the French Cultural Centre, Sana´a (Yemen)
1997 Solo-Exhibition titled “Reflections & Images”
1998 Solo-Exhibition at the Princeton Hotel, Dubai (UAE)
1998 Solo-Exhibition in Aichach (Germany)
2003 Solo-Exhibition at the German Foreign Ministry, Berlin (Germany)
2003 Solo-Exhibition in Oman
2006 Solo-Exhibition in Bahrain
2006 Solo-Exhibition in India
International Exhibitions:
1987 Graphic Exhibition in Cantia (Italy)
1992 Tenth Norske International Graphic Triennial, Frederikstad (Norway)
1995 First Arab Art Biennale (Syria)
1995, 1999, 2001, 2003 Asian Art Biennale, Dhaka (Bangladesh)
1997 Art & Dialogue (Marocco)
1998 Ninth Triennial (India)
1998 Trace, Paris (France)
1999, 2003, 2006 Triennale Graphic Miniatures, Paris (France)
2006 Miniature Art-Works Exhibition in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia)
Group-Exhibitions:
1990 Sana´a University Art Exhibition, Sana´a (Yemen)
1995 Contemporary Art Exhibition at the US-Embassy, Sana´a (Yemen)
1996 Art Exhibition at the Yemen Cultural Centre, Sana´a (Yemen)
1996 Halaqa-Festival Art Exhibition, Sana´a (Yemen)
1996, 1997 Three Man Show at the French Cultural Centre, Sana´a (Yemen)
1998 Four Man Show, Sana´a (Yemen)
2005 Exhibition of the Atelier-Group in Vienna (Austria)
2005 Exhibition of Atelier-Group in Abha (Saudi-Arabia)
2005 Atelier-Group-Exhibition together with Austrian artists, Sana´a (Yemen)
Workshops:
1985 Kavi Pranam Artist Camp, Calcutta (India)
2001 Workshop with the Australian artist George Gietos at the French Cultural Centre, Sana´a (Yemen)
2002 Workshop in Dhaka (Bangladesh)
2003 Workshop with French and German artists in cooperation with the Atelier-Group, Sana´a (Yemen)
2004 Italian-Yemeni Workshop, Atelier Sana´a (Yemen)
2004 Mural-Workshop for the Ministry of Population, Sana´a (Yemen)
2005 Workshop with Austrian artists at the Atelier, Sana´a (Yemen)
2006 Workshop with a group of artists in Santiniketan (West Bengal), India
National and International Memberships:
- Founding Member of the “Modern Art Group”, Sana´a (Yemen)
- Founding Member of the “Yemeni International Cultural Circle” (Halaqa), Sana´a (Yemen)
- Founding Member of Atelier-Group, Sana´a (Yemen)
- Member of the International Association of Art – UNESCO
Several Certificates of Merit and Prizes
First Award in Arab Horses Paintings-Competition (2006), Sana´a (Yemen)
