Raja Changez

Raja Changez Sultan is an internationally recognized painter and poet with 46 solo exhibitions behind him and seven poetry books that are printed or are currently under print. His paintings have been exhibited extensively in Austria, England and the USA, beside Pakistan. In so far as his poetry is concerned, he has given readings at Oxford University (Lady Margaret Hall), at the poetry center in London and at numerous other intellectual and artistic forums in the USA and Pakistan. He holds the honor of being Connecticut poet in 1972, while he was a student at Trinity College. Hartford, Conn. He has an – an MFA in Creative Writing and an MS in Journalism from Columbia University, New York, USA where he was awarded the Henry Taylor Gold Medal for international Reporting in 1972. Additionally he has a BSc from Trinity College. Hartford, Conn. USA and he took his A levels form the Royal Shrewsbury School, Shrewsbury, UK. Prior to this, he was at Lawrence College, Ghora Gali, Pakistan.

Following his studies, he was employed with United Nations (World Health Organization) in Geneva. Two Years later in 1977 he returned to Pakistan and joined the Pakistan Tourism Development Cooperation where he served in senior positions throughout his 25 year association.

His last assignment was as Director General of the Pakistan National Council of the Arts, where he served for over 3 years prior to his retirement.

EXHIBITIONS

1   DISCOVERY ART GALLERY, UPPER MONTCLAIR, NEW JERSEY, USA. 1974
2   MONTCLAIR HOSPITAL GALLERY, MONTCLAIR, NEW JERSEY, USA 1974
3   RAWALPINDI CLUB, RAWALPINDI 1985
4   ALHAMRA ART GALLERY, LAHORE, 1986
5   INTERIORS ART GALLERY, ISLAMABAD 1986
6   INTERIORS ART GALLERY, ISLAMABAD 1987
7   NAIRANG ART GALLERY, LAHORE 1987
8   FRENCH CULTURAL CENTRE, ISLAMABAD 1990
9   CHAUKANDI ART GALLERY, KARACHI 1990
10  NATIONAL ART GALLERY, ISLAMABAD 1991
11  CADOGAN CONTEMPORARY, LONDON, ENGLAND 1991
12  FOLK KUNDE MUSEUM, WINTER PALACE, VIENNA, AUSTRIA 1992
13  NATIONAL ART GALLERY, ISLAMABAD 1992
14  PANHANS ART GALLERY, SEMMERING, AUSTRIA 1992
15  SACRE COEUR ART GALLERY, VIENNA, AUSTRIA 1993
16  NATIONAL ART GALLERY, ISLAMABAD 1995
17  ART GALLERY, ISLAMABAD 1995
18  NATIONAL ART GALLERY, ISLAMABAD 1996
19  EDWARDE’S COLLEGE, PESHAWAR 1996
20  ART GALLERY, ISLAMABAD 1996
21  NOMAD GALLERY, ISLAMABAD 1997
22  MAJMUA ART GALLERY, KARACHI 1997
23  AMERICAN CENTRE, ISLAMABAD 1998
24  SONI GALLERY, LONDON 1998
25  FRENCH CULTURAL CENTER, ISD (HIMALAYAN ODYSSEY) 1999
26  FRENCH CULTURAL CENTER, ISD ( THE DIVIDED SELF) 1999
27  CHAUKANDI GALLERY 1999
28  CROWEATERS GALLERY, LAHORE 2000
29  LE CHAT GALLERY, GENEVA 2000
30  CHAUKANDI GALLERY, KARACHI 2000
31  GALLERICHANGEZ, ISLAMABAD 2001
32  CLIFTON ART GALLERY, KARACHI 2002
33  ALLIANCE FRANCAISE, ISLAMABAD 2002
34  CHAUKANDI GALLERY, KARACHI 2003
35  GALLERICHANGEZ, KARACHI 2003
35  CLIFTON ART GALLERY, KARACHI 2004
36  GALLERIE CHANGEZ, ISLAMABAD 2004
37  ROYAAT GALLERY, LAHORE 2004
38  KHAS GALERY, ISLAMABAD 2004
39  CHAUKANDI ART GALLERY, KARACHI 2005
40  BAIT AL MUZNA, OMAN 2005
41  IJAZ GALLERY, LAHORE 2006
42  CHAUKANDI GALLERY, KHI 2006
43  ROYAAT GALLERY, LAHORE 2007
44  TANZARA GALLERY, ISLAMABAD 2007
45  COLLECTOR’S GALLERIA, LAHORE 2008
46  TANZARA GALLERY, CHARCOALS 2008
47  LOUVRE GALLERY, KARACHI 2009
48  NATIVE ART GALLERY, LAHORE 2009