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Born | Aqdas Hussain Khan April 12, 1944 |
Nationality | Pakistani |
Education | University of Florida, University of Peshawar |
Known for | Painting |
Style | Mystical Expressionism |
Movement | Neo-Expressionism |
Spouse | Karen Salicath (m. 2008) |
Patron(s) | Charles Kushner Oprah Winfrey Mike Tyson Shaquille O'Neal Kelsey Grammer Elton John |
Jamali (born Aqdas Hussain Khan, 1944 in Pakistan) is an American avant-garde artist. [1] [2] His artistic style has been termed Mystical Expressionism [3] by art critic and historian Donald Kuspit. He is known for his unique, organic textures, experimental techniques, and figurative paintings of women. Currently his bestselling works are pigment on cork. He is a Sufi Muslim, and his spirituality is highly related to his art. [2]
Jamali was born Aqdas Hussain Khan on April 12, 1944, in Peshawar, Pakistan, to Shafquat and Ahmad Hussain Khan. [1] His autobiography reports that his family was visited by a wise man who prophesied that the family would achieve greatness and should adopt the surname Jamali. As a teenager, Jamali attended the Cadet College Hasan Abdal, but left due to its warlike bent.
After the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, Jamali made a pilgrimage to Tirich Mir and then traveled throughout Europe, seeking a stable home for his mission of Art and Peace. [1] In Paris he met a number of American students studying abroad and decided to apply to the University of Central Florida to study Fine Art. Jamali moved to America in 1970 on a student visa to attend the University of Central Florida. He has been based in the US since then.
Aqdas Jamali started going by the mononym Jamali as he launched his career in the 1970s. In this time, the artist worked primarily in pastel on paper. After successful initial exhibitions, Jamali was inspired to embark upon more experimental methods and media, including but not limited to cork, egg tempera, and bronze. Today he is considered a prominent modern expressionist [2] who owns and operates contemporary art galleries in New York and Florida.
Jamali's work is documented in two volumes, Mystical Expressionism and Mystical Expressionism - Dreams and Works, [2] [3] as well in his recently published autobiography Jamali: A Mystical Journey of Hope, The True Story of an American Artist (2023). [1] Jamali launched Mardan Publishing, Inc., which offers limited edition artist proofs of his works as well as catalogs showcasing these prints and publications. [4]
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Jamali has created a number of his own styles and techniques in painting. For example, he produced his unique Cork, Fresco Tempera and Pigment Dispersion techniques to get, for example, more saturated color and depth to his surfaces. (For example in "Without Me X", top right) [5]
These technical innovations are in fact critical jumping off points for the more intellectual aspects of Jamali's work. In a real sense, he needs to paint in these particular ways, like dancing and painting with his feet or whole body, in order to get to the power, the spirituality of his work. [5]
Jamali also creates bronze sculptures in unique ways, burying the clay or plaster model in the ground for weeks or months prior to casting, similar to his paintings. This embracing of entropy, of the natural decay inherent in nature, is another important quality.This play between the uncontrolled actions of Nature vs Jamali's own movements and interventions is crucial to an understanding of Jamali's unique approach to art.
The artist is represented internationally, and owns and operates three galleries.
Jamali's flagship operation is Jamali Fine Art [6] in Winter Park, Florida. This is the operational core of Art and Peace, Inc., Mardan Publishing, Inc., and Jamali Fine Art, L.L.C. This location contains a gallery marketplace and an administrative center with amenities such as a full service frame shop, large-scale scanner, large format printer and an art studio for Jamali.
The Jamali Gallery [7] in Fort Lauderdale is on the popular shopping street Las Olas Boulevard.
The Jamali Gallery [8] in the SoHo district of New York City was established in 2006. The gallery offers regular events and exhibitions of the artist's work. [9] It is in the historic Kochendorfer Building. (Note: as of June 2022 the New York Gallery has been relocated to our Winter Park, FL headquarters.)
Jamali has held over 100 one-man shows in the U.S. Selected exhibitions include:
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