Salima Hashmi
Salima Hashmi سلیمہ ہاشمی | |
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Faiz Ahmed Faiz (father) | |
Relatives | Muneeza Hashmi (sister) |
Awards | Pride of Performance Award in 1999[1][2] |
Salima Hashmi (
She represents the first generation of modern artists in Pakistan who carry an artistic identity different from indigenous artists. She is known for condemning the Pakistani and Indian nuclear programs; she is one of the few Pakistani intellectuals who condemned the nuclear tests by India and Pakistan in 1998.[1] She received the Pride of Performance Award in 1999 for her services to the nation.[2]
Early life and education
Salima was born in 1942, in before-the-partition
Salima migrated with her family to
Salima married a fellow professor Shoaib Hashmi. The couple has two children, son Yasser Hashmi and one daughter Mira Hashmi. Her husband Shoaib Hashmi retired from a teaching position at Government College University, Lahore, and Lahore School of Economics, and was also a popular co-star with her in comedy and children's television shows on Pakistan television in the early 1970s - for example the highly popular 1970s children's show 'Akkar Bakkar'.[12]
Career
Academic
"Salima Hashmi, artist, curator and contemporary art historian, taught at Lahore's National College of Arts for 31 years before working as its principal for four years. Currently dean at the Beaconhouse National University's school of visual arts, she is known to promote a unique intellectual perspective among students, teaching them to appreciate nature, cultural traditions and sacredness of the crafts."[4]
She has served as Dean of the School of Visual Arts & Design at the
Arts
Hashmi is one of the most well-known artists of Pakistan. Besides being an accomplished painter, she taught at Pakistan's prestigious National College of Arts (NCA) for about thirty years and served as the principal of NCA for four years.[9] In 1999, she received Pakistan's 'Pride of Performance for Arts' award. She also co-founded Lahore's Rohtas 2 Gallery, an art gallery featuring works of young artists.[14][9] Salima Hashmi has exhibited her works internationally and she has travelled all over the world and lectured extensively for it.[2] She has organised several international art shows in England, Europe, United States, Australia, Japan and India.[2][9][6]
Political views
Hashmi comes from a socially and politically active family. Her father was the communist Pakistani writer,
Salima expressed her frustration at the India and Pakistan nuclear tests by saying, "It would be so much more fruitful if these energies could be used in producing food to eat, providing shelter, freedom from disease and education for all."[1]
Hashmi was about eight years old when Faiz Ahmed Faiz was imprisoned for his political views. She remembers visiting him in jail. Later, during the repressive years of
Filmography
Television series
Year | Title | Role | Network |
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1970 | Akkar Bakkar | Storyteller | PTV |
1972 | Such Gup | Newscaster | PTV |
1974 | Taal Matol | Angela | PTV |
Awards and recognition
- Pride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan in 1999.[2][9]
Bibliography
Hashmi also authored a critically lauded book titled "Unveiling the Visible: Lives and Works of Women Artists of Pakistan" in 2001. In 2006, Hashmi co-authored a book with Indian art historian Yashodhara Dalmia titled 'Memory, Metaphor, Mutations: Contemporary Art of India and Pakistan', published by Oxford University Press. Her latest work, a series of illustrations to accompany English translations of her father's poetry by her husband Shoaib Hashmi, is in process of publication.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Profile of Salima Hashmi Retrieved 16 December 2018
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Peace Museum receives painting from renowned artist Salima Hashmi (Profile of Salima Hashmi)". The Peace Museum.Org. 27 June 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
- ISBN 978-969-402-319-9.
- ^ a b "Herald Exclusive: Ayesha Jatoi interviews Salima Hashmi". Daily Dawn (newspaper). 2 February 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
- ^ Profiles of Punjab caretaker ministers (including Salima Hashmi) The News International (newspaper), Published 2 April 2013, Retrieved 16 December 2018
- ^ a b "Pakistani Poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz's daughter – Salima Hashmi in India". Reliance Big Entertainment website. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
- ^ Siddiqui, Ras H. (11 September 2011). "Community: Remembering Faiz in Conversation: Salima Hashmi at Berkeley". Pakistanlink.org. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- ^ "Paradise Found & Lost by Salima Hashmi". ArtAsiaPacific Magazine. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
- ^ a b c d e "Prof. Salima Hashmi – SAF Chairperson – Pakistan". South Asia Foundation.Org. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
- ^ "RISD XYZ Spring/Summer 2015". Issuu. 2 June 2015. p. 59. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- ^ "An Evening with Salima Hashmi". T2F | A Project of PeaceNiche. 13 June 2008. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- ^ Ali Usman (21 February 2011). "Banning cartoons: Chasing fairytales". The Express Tribune (newspaper). Retrieved 14 December 2018.
- ^ "Hanging Fire, Contemporary Art from Pakistan". Yale University Press., Retrieved 16 December 2018
- ^ 'In Conversation with Salima Hashmi' Dawn (newspaper), Updated 2 November 2015, Retrieved 16 December 2018