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