Shafique Uddin

Shafique Uddin (born 1962) is a Bangladeshi-born British outsider artist known for his paintings.^[1][2] Uddin was born in Borobari, Bangladesh (then East Pakistan), and moved to the United Kingdom in 1976.^[1]

Shafique's first exhibition, at the age of seventeen, was at London's Whitechapel Gallery. He was a part of the 2005 Outsider Art exhibition held by the Tate Museum, London.^[3] In 2016 he was a part of the Whitechapel Gallery exhibition Inner Worlds Outside.^[4]

His work is included in the Arts Council Collection of Southbank Centre, London,^[5] the Bradford Museums and Galleries,^[6] the New Art Gallery Walsall,^[7] the Irish Museum of Modern Art's Outsider Art Collection^[8] and the Anthony Petullo Collection of Self-taught & Outsider Art at the Milwaukee Art Museum.^[9][10]

Solo exhibitions

• 1988 Shafique Uddin, Horizon Gallery, London, UK^[11]
• 1991 Shafique Uddin: Recent Paintings, Terrace London, UK^[11]

Group exhibitions

• 1986 Brushes with the West, Wapping Sports Centre, London, UK^[11]
• 1986 From Two Worlds, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK^[11]
• 1987 In Another World: Outsider Art from Europe & America, Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, UK^[11]
• 1988 Numaish Lalit Kala: Indian Arts Festival, Bluecoat Gallery Liverpool, UK^[11]
• 1990 The British Art Show, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow & Hayward Gallery, London, UK^[11]
• 1990 In Focus, Horizon Gallery, London, UK^[11]

References

1. Uddin, Shafique | Benezit Dictionary of Artists. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00400350. ISBN 978-0-19-977378-7.
2. "Resurgence". 1999.
3. "Accidental Genius: Art from the Anthony Petullo Collection" (PDF). accidental-genius. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
4. "Outsider Visions |". 21 December 2016.
5. "Untitled | Art UK".
6. "Relatives Gather at the Dead Woman's House; She Became Ill and Died Suddenly | Art UK".
7. "Two Friends Enjoying the Brilliant Sunshine and Magnificent Buildings | Art UK".
8. "Exhibition Guide". www.tate.org.uk. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
9. "Shafique Uddin | Milwaukee Art Museum".
10. Driven to Create: The Anthony Petullo Collection of Self-taught & Outsider Art. Milwaukee Art Museum. 1993. ISBN 9780944110355.
11. Keen, Melanie. (1996). Recordings : a select bibliography of contemporary African, Afro-Caribbean and Asian British art. Ward, Elizabeth., Chelsea College of Art and Design., Institute of International Visual Arts. London: Institute of International Visual Arts and Chelsea College of Art and Design. ISBN 1-899846-06-9. OCLC 36076932.