Website:www.rashidarshed.com
Collection:
South Asia Institute, Chicago
Chaffey Community Museum, Ontario, CA
National Art Gallery, Islamabad

EDUCATION
Studied art at National College of Arts, Lahore, Rutgers, NJ and Parsons School of Design, New York City. Masters in History, Karachi University.
ACADEMIC
2006-08: Head Department of Fine Art, Indus Valley School of Art & Architecture, Karachi
1970-75 Principal, Central School of Arts and Crafts, Karachi
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2022: Chaffey Museum of Art, Ontario CA. Recent Acquisitions
2019/20: "South Asian Modern Masters", South Asia Institute, Chicago
2018: Text and Texture, Koel Gallery, Karachi
2017: "Men of the Museum", Chaffey Museum of Art, Ontario CA
2013: Koel Gallery, Karachi
2008: University of Bradford UK
2008: Tradition and Transition” Canvas Gallery, Karachi
2008: Unseen Visions, East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii
2007: “In Essence” IVS Gallery Karachi
2005: “Beyond Borders” National Gallery of Modern Art, Bombay
2003: “Leaves of Lanka”(Photographs) University Museum, UTM,TN
2001: Pakistan Vision: Brunei Gallery, Albert and Bath Gallery UK
1999: In Retrospect. University Museum, UTM, Tennessee
1993: Tweed Gallery, New York City
1993: Art Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ
1992: The Heckscher Museum, Huntington NY
1979: Jersey City Museum. Jersey City New Jersey
1977: Contemporary Reflections, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield CT.
1974: Calligraphy in Modern Art, Goethe Institut, Karachi
1972: Traveling Exhibition of Pakistani Artists; Rome, Brussels, Hamburg, Madrid, Bonn, Koln
AWARDS
2016: Lifetime Achievement Award, South Asia Pacific Museum/Pakistan Arts Council, Los Angeles
2015: Chaffey Community Museum of Art, Permanent Collection
1992: Best of Show Award, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey
1992: Best in Mixed Media, Arts 92, Union County Arts Council, New Jersey
1991: Award of Merit, long Island Artists Guild
1989: Best in Oil, Arts 89, Union County Arts Council, New Jersey
1960: Mayo Prize, National College of Arts, Lahore.
PAPERS AND PUBLICATIONS
2023: Id of a Terrorist, It’s not a Laughing Matter, Amazon.com
2022: About Art and Life, An Autobiography, Amazon.com
2020: Uncle Sam on Trial, A Political Satire, Amazon.com
2016: Art Scene of Pakistan, The Unwritten Chapter. Sang-e-Meel Lahore
2008: Between Intention and Reception, Art Criticism in Pakistan, Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, Karachi
1974: Concept of Art in Islam: National Council of the Arts, Islamabad