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  Name: Ahmed Khan  
  Date of Birth: December 31st, 1969  
  Qualification: Joined National College of Arts in 1963 as lecturer in Graphic Design and served the institution till 1988  
  Career: AWARDS AND DISTINCTION 1996 Shakir Ali Award, highest recognition for the best modern painter of the year. 1987 Awarded first prize in painting Lahore Biennial\'s International Exhibition 1983-84 Awarded first prize in sculpture National Exhibition Islamabad. 1976 Awarded Fellowship National College of Arts Lahore. 1963 Kipling Award, highest recognition for best graduate of the National College of Arts.  
 
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
 
2001                Presented Pakistan in “Calligraphy Biennale” Sharja Museum, UAE.
 
2000                Solo exhibition “Image of Faith” Clifton Art Gallery, Karachi Pakistan
 
2000                Participated in an exhibition “another vision” Asia House, London.
 
1995-97            Design executed the total interior art work of National Assembly Hall, using the technique of silver and gold leaves with chemical reactions and transparent colors.
 
1995-96           Participated in exhibition of Pakistani artists in Asian Pacific Museum California U.S.A
 
1994-97           Established an art workshop for creative activities for freelance artists and continued experimenting with various mediums and evolved unique technique of painting with silver leaves and chemical reactions and completed several commissioned art projects for leading banks and investment corporations such           as Al-Faisal Islamic Investment Bank and Askari Commercial Bank.
 
1991-93            Design and executed calligraphic sculptural monument Alif-Lam-Meem at             Lahore Cantt. Pakistan.
 
1988-90           Design and executed Girja Chowk environmental monument at Lahore Cantt. Pakistan.
 
1985-86            Design and executed environmental sculptures for Lahore Zoo, Pakistan.
 
1984-85            Design and executed Shaheed monument Nowshera, Pakistan.
 
1983-84           Design and executed comprehensive environmental art work for Civil aviation Authority Campus, executed monuments, sculptures, paintings and environmental graphics. Hyderabad, Pakistan.
 
1981-82           Design and executed monument for Lahore and Islamabad airports, Pakistan.
 
1973-76           Carried out a mass media communication research program through out Pakistan for the Central Ministry of Education.
 
1972-73           Design and executed a monument \"struggle of independence\" at Islamabad, Pakistan.
 
1970-71            Invited to the printmaking workshop at Venice, Italy.
 
1966-71           Worked with eminent American print maker Ponce de Leon, these prints were included in Congress Library and Smithsonian Institute collection. This work was also reproduced in PRAT Institute Graphic Annual and was exhibited in Tokyo Printmaking Biennial.
 
1963-65           Carried out folk art research program through out Pakistan, organised and represented exhibition of Folk Art in Common Wealth Art Festival at the Royal Festival Hall London.
 
Participated in many national and international group shows, his work can be seen at many private and government buildings and also with private collectors, his work has been reproduced in most of the national and international art publications.