Fawad Malik
fawadmalikart@gmail.com
SHOWS AND HONORS:
Modern Art of Pakistan:
May 30-31 2015
St Regis Hotel, Houston, TX
Kaleidoscope of Oils:
Group show March 3-31 2015
Curator Martha Safra
Twin Pines Art Center
Belmont, CA
Manor House Artists:
Group show Dec 1-31 2014
Ode to Impressionism:
Solo show of Oils & Pastels
May 3-31 2014
Twin Pines Art Center
Belmont, CA
Silicon Valley Open Studios:
May 3-4 2014
Twin Pines Art Center
Belmont, CA
Manor House Artists:
Group Show; Mentor: Martha Safra, Curator: Gail Gandolfi
Nov - Dec 2013; Belmont CA
Juried Show:
Judge: Ira Yeager Aug 2013
Honorable mention for
"Poppyville" at the Salon De Refuses, Gualala Art Salon, Sea Ranch, CA
Indus Colors:
Online group show of Pakistan and Arts "Home and away" Nov 2012
Palo Alto Art League:
2011...curator Mike Kirschel
2010 group show; curator Mike Kirschel, Palo Alto, CA
1870 Belmont Art Center:
2009 Group show; mentor and judge Martha Safra
Belmont, CA
About
I live and work in the Greater Bay Area. During the completion of my formal education at Stanford University as a post Doctorate fellow, I took up the daunting yet fascinating subject of the 'Human Figure in Art' as an evening workshop. Graphite, charcoals, pastels, and watercolors later… I found oil paints to be the medium through which I could tap into the only true reference available for every painter: "Nature".
I have been painting since 2007 and years later I am still eager to gain an understanding that explores and creates art work that speaks for itself! I maintain a working studio in Belmont, California. Relational aspects of life, work and art show up as subjects, objects and processes in the creation of my art work. I am an Impressionist by heart but, Pointillism, Post-impressionism and Fauvism play pull and tug with my paint brushes. I am drawn to landscapes, seascapes, still-lifes and florals as of now.
In 2013, my work was accepted at the Salon de Refuses under the auspicious of North Coast Arts Guild and I was awarded an Honorable Mention for my selected work. Over the last 5 years, my work has been shown at 1870 Belmont Art Center in Belmont (2009), Palo Alto Art League in Palo Alto (2010 & 11), Gualala Art Salon at Sea Ranch, CA (2013) and Twin Pines Art Center galleries (2013), First solo show a Twin Pines center for the Arts (2014) and Now Participating In my 4th group show Kaleidoscope of oils (2015) located at my current studio location.
2014 is a pivotal year for me as I participated in several upcoming shows, juried competitions and workshops in the Bay Area.
2015 & upcoming 2016 bring further artistic development and introduction of my work to the community that I am so much a part off!
"It has taken years to find & not forget what has always
been ... within." ~ Malik
