Jimmy Engineer Artist & Humanitarian · Pakistan

More than 120 exhibitions across five decades — from the Lahore Museum in 1978 to galleries in London, New York, Beijing, Singapore, Toronto and Amman, and, most recently, national showcases in Islamabad and Karachi (2024–2025). Many raised funds for hospitals, special children and disaster relief.

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2026Celebrating Pakistan Day Through Art in Washington, D.C., USAWashington, D.C., USA10 November 2026Read more → 2026A Historic Honour: Jimmy Engineer's Masterpiece Joins the Permanent Collection of China's National Art MuseumNational Art Museum China6 November 2026Read more → 2026CULTURAL HARMONY THROUGH ART — PAKISTAN AND THAILANDBangkok Culture Centre Thailand13 October 2026Read more → 2026ART FOR EDUCATION — A GROUP PAINTING EXHIBITION FOR A NOBLE CAUSEIslamabad10 October 2026Read more → 2026JIMMY ENGINEER’S PAINTING EXHIBITION — SYDNEY, AUSTRALIASYDNEY, AUSTRALIA6 October 2026Read more → 2026The portrait of Jimmy Engineer by Chinese artist Zhao YingmingIslamabad28 September 2026Read more →
1987Group Exhibition, toured the UK1CIS Gallery, London — London Centre for Pakistan Studies
1988Worldwide slide showingMuseum of Modern Art, New York
2008Ideology of HopeSouth Asian Gallery of Art, Ontario, CanadaView photos → 2009Ideology of PeaceShangri-La Art Gallery, Houston, TexasView photos → 2013A Colourful Journey of PakistanArt Front Gallery, Singapore Management UniversityView photos → 2017Original drawings, opened by HRH Princess SarvathJordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, AmmanView photos →
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The record

Selected exhibitions, 1978 – 2026

Compiled from the artist's chronology

1978 – 1989

1978
All-Punjab Exhibition — Lahore Museum
1978
Nation-wide Islamic Exhibition — Punjab University Hall, Lahore
1981
Solo exhibition for the International Women's Club — Lahore Hilton International
1982
Solo exhibition — National Arts Gallery, Islamabad
1982
Solo — Quaid-e-Azam birthday celebrations — Abbasin Art Council, Peshawar
1983
Solo exhibition — Punjab Arts Council, Free Mason Hall, Lahore
1983
Paintings of the Freedom Movement — Liaquat Hall, Rawalpindi
1987
Group exhibition, toured the UK — 1CIS Gallery, London
1988
Winter & summer showings — American Centre and Arts Council, Karachi

1990 – 1999

1993
Fundraiser for Shaukat Khanum Memorial Trust — Marriott Hotel, Karachi
1996
Solo — abstract paintings — Pearl Continental, Karachi
1998
Calligraphy for Behbud Association — Pearl Continental, Karachi
1998
Calligraphy in aid of Rahat Kada Hospice — Islamic Cultural Centre, London
1998
Calligraphic paintings — Pakistan Consulate, New York
1999
Millennium painting exhibition — Karachi Art Council

2000 – 2009

2000
Painting & postage stamps of the Pakistan Movement — Pearl Continental, Karachi
2003
National Exhibition — Alhamra Arts Council, Lahore
2008
Pakistan Day limited-edition prints — Pakistan Embassies — Washington DC & Berlin
2008
Ideology of Hope — South Asian Gallery of Art, Ontario
2009
Ideology of Peace — Shangri-La Art Gallery, Houston
2009
Peace and Harmony — KMC Building, Karachi & Consulate General, Dubai

2010 – 2017

2010
Architectural paintings — Expo Centre, Karachi — Institute of Architects Pakistan
2011
Group painting exhibition — The Arts House, Old Parliament Lane, Singapore
2012
A Cultural History of Pakistan — Nishtar Hall, Peshawar
2012
60th anniversary of the Lionel Wendt Art Centre — Harold Pieris Gallery, Colombo
2013
A Colourful Journey of Pakistan — Art Front Gallery, SMU, Singapore
2013
In Search of Peace — TD Mosaic Festival — Promenade Gallery, Mississauga, Canada
2014
17th North American Zoroastrian Congress — Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles
2016
Solo — canvas prints — National Library, Islamabad — Ministry of Culture
2017
Pencil sketches — State Bank Museum & Art Gallery, Karachi

2018 – 2026

2018
Solo painting exhibition, opened by Mayor Gail Giles-Gidney — Art Space Gallery, The Concourse, Sydney, Australia
2019
Exhibition for the Poet Habib Jalib Peace Award — Arts Council of Pakistan, Karachi
2020
Book launch — In Search of My Master — DHA Golf Club, Karachi
2024
Recognition to the People of Pakistan (solo) — PNCA, Islamabad — inaugurated by NA Speaker Ayaz Sadiq
2025
Masterpieces of Jimmy Engineer — Ocean Art Gallery & Arts Council of Pakistan, Karachi
2025
A Moment in Time — with Rahat Naveed Masud & Amna Pataudi — National Art Gallery (PNCA), Islamabad

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