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