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Ali Sajid

Date of Birth: 1980-03-30 in Peshawar, Pakistan.

Qualification: Masters in Fine Arts.

Workshops Conducted:

Severl workshops conducted in Pakistan and abroad.

Introduction and Acknowledgment by the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Awards and Acknowledgments:

1st prize International watercolor festival Dubai, UAE, 2018.
Fakhar-e-Peshawar award by District govt Peshawar 2017.
Landscape Artist Award, Albania Biennale, 2017.
Daniel Smith watercolor Award, Fabriano Italy, 2016.
Living Human Treasure Award, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 2016.
Several National level Awards including SS Hyder and Gulgee Awards.

Academic Qualifications:

2016 Founder and Director International Water Society School of Painting, Pakistan.
Major Subjects Taught: Painting, Sketching, Sculpture and Photography.
2008-2013

Courses:

Advance courses in painting and sketching from Singapore 2011.
Courses done in creative Art from Tokyo,Japan 2013.

2014-16 Solo Exhibition at Native Art Gallery Lahore 2015.
Solo Exhibition at Pak-China Friendship Center Islamabad Pakistan 2016.
2004 Masters of Arts Major Subjects:Painting 1st division
2002 Bachelors of Arts Subjects:Painting Gold Medalist 
1999 Intermediate School Certificate Major Subjects: Science 1st division

Work Experience: 
Assistant Professor at Sarhad University of Science & Technology Peshawar.
Visiting faculty in the capacity of Assistant Professor at Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan. 
Taught and worked as an Art Mentor at Urban Sketchers Tokyo, Japan from 2012-14.
Worked as a Creative Director at Singapore Institute of Art from 2008 to 2012.
Served as a faculty at Institute of Fine Arts, University of Peshawar, from 2004 to 2008. 

Other Achievements:

2013-2017 Resource Person and Conducted Series of Seminars on Art and Painting at Art and Design Department University of Peshawar.
2016 Conducted Seminar on Creative Art at Sarhad University Peshawar.
2015-16 Conducted Painting Workshops at Benazir University Peshawar.
2014-16 Conducted Painting Workshops at Sadiq Women University, Bahawalpur.
2008-16 Conducted Seminars at Women University Swabi.
2007-2017 Demonstrated Live Painting in Italy, Dubai, Japan, Singapore and Pakistan.
2016-17 Jury Member and Examiner IWS Turkey Golden Brush Contest at Gaziantep, Turkey.
Jury Member of IWS Arab Nations Contest at Dubai. 
Jury Member of IWS Pakistan International Watercolor Contest at Islamabad. 
2015-17 Organized Largest Cultural Paintings Exhibition of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at Nishter Hall, Peshawar.
Organized Pakistan's First Largest Watercolor Painting Exhibition at Pak-China Center Islamabad, Pakistan. 
2014-2017 Group Shows at Peshawar, Lahore, Karachi and Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
Group Show at Fabriano, Italy. 
Group Show IWS India Biennale at New Delhi, India.
Group Show at Urbino, Italy.
Group Show IWS Hong Kong Biennale at Hong Kong. 
Group Show Albania Biennale Tirana at Albania. 

Artwork Displayed and Collected: 

Collected and displayed at Head office of UNESCO.
Work on Migration and Refugees collected by UNHCR office. 
Water Paintings collected and displayed by Fabriano Museum, Italy.
Landscapes collected and displayed by Urbino Museum, Italy.
Artwork and Paintings of Army Forts collected and displayed by 11 Corps Headquarter. 
Painting and Art Work on culture and old Peshawar city displayed and collected by the Chief Minister House Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.