Aqeel Solangi was born in Ranipur, Sindh. He graduated with honors from the prestigious National College of Arts, Lahore in 2003 with a major in Painting, followed by his first Masters degree MA (Hons.) Visual Art in 2005. He received his second Masters degree MA Fine Art (pass with merit) from the Bath School of Art and Design – Bath Spa University, UK in 2016. He was the recipient of Charles Wallace Pakistan Trust Visiting Artist Fellowship from the Prince’s School of Traditional Arts, London in 2006. Since then he has been teaching at the National College of Arts, Rawalpindi , currently as an Associate Professor and Head of the Painting and Sculpture departments. Solangi’s work has been showcased in Pakistan and internationally. He was part of the 2013 Pakistani Artists’ workshop in China. Solangi has received ‘A Vision of the Future – 2006’ Young Artists Award by the Lahore Arts Council in 2006. Major survey of his work was exhibited at the Chawkandi Art in 2019, that was accompanied the publication ‘Fictional Homelands’. He has worked as a sign and a cinema board painter at Mehboob Painters in Khairpur (Mir’s), and also attended extensive art courses at an early stage of his career at renowned artist Mussarat Mirza’s studio in Sukkur, Sindh. Aqeel Solangi lives and works in Rawalpindi.
