ALIBABA AWRANG, Master Calligraphic Artist
Website: https://www.alibabaawrang.com Email: alibabaawrang@gmail.com Instagram: Ali Baba Awrang Facebook/U-Tube. Alibaba Awrang
BACKGROUND
Born in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan (1972)
Owned and managed art studio and gallery (Negar Khana Rang) in Ghazni and Kabul, Afghanistan (2010-2021).
Taught painting and calligraphy in own institute in Kabul, on television and online. (See U-Tube)
Chairman, Afghanistan Calligraphy Association, Member of the Supreme Executive Council of the Association (2005-2006)
Head of Department of Calligraphy and Miniature Painting, Turquoise Mountain Institute, Kabul, Afghanistan (2017-2022) https://www.turquoisemountain.org
Recognized by the President of Afghanistan as one of the best Afghan calligraphers (2017).
Publications of three books of calligraphy, produced in collaboration with the Agha Khan Foundation, CCA Institute and the Swiss Cooperation, including Tamashay Jan, Boy Bahar and Kelk Khyal, a book featuring 129 calligraphic works of Alibaba Awrang (2016)
Designed for television programs scenes, posters, book covers, etc.
Lives and works in Litchfield County, Connecticut.
EDUCATION
Iranian Calligraphy Association: Bachelor of Calligraphy, Shiraz, Iran (1992), Master of Calligraphy, Tehran, Iran (2019)
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024, FIVE POINTS ANNEX, TORRINGTON,CT, U.S.
2024, SYDNEY BIENNALE, AUSTRALIA
2023, “UPROOTED: FROM AFGHANISTAN TO CONNECTICUT,” MATTATUCK MUSEUM IN WATERBURY, CT, U.S.
2023, BURNHUM LIBRARY IN BRIDGE WATER CT, U.S.
2022, ISLAMIC MUSEUM OF ART, DOHA, QATAR: 3-PANEL PERMANENT INSTALLATION IN RECEPTION GALLERY
2022, “FROM KABUL TO CONNECTICUT”, THE JUDY BLACK MEMORIAL PARK, WASHINGTON, CT, U.S.
2019, “INTANGIBLE ART AND CULTURE FESTIVAL”, NATIONAL MUSEUM, ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN
2019-20, “MADE IN AFGANISTAN”: TRIANGLE OF ART AND KNOWLEDGE ETIHAD (MUSEUM, DUBAI, UAE) PERMANENT COLLECTION
2018, “KELK KHYAL”, EXHIBITIONS AT GALLERIES IN KABUL, MAZAR SHARIF, BAMYAN , HERAT AND GHAZNI
2017, “NIMROZ” FARHANGSARAY NIAVARAN PALACE COMPLEX, TEHRAN, IRAN
2016, CHWGANDI GALLERY, KARACHI, PAKISTAN
2012, CALLIGRAPHY EXHIBIT, BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA (UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND)
2012, CALLIGRAPHY EXHIBIT, RMIT GALLERY, UNIVERISTY OF MELBOURNE., AUSTRALIA (PERMANENT COLLECTION)
2011-2013, TRAVELING CALLIGRAPHY CELEBRATION, SPONSERED BY ECONOMIC COOPERATION
ORGANIZATION: DUSHANBE (TAJIKISTAN), KABUL, LAHORE, TEHRAN
2010, CALLIGRAPHY EXHIBITION, LISMORE GALLERY, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA