B I O

AWARDS

BEST OF THE SHOW, October 2022

● Button Factory Arts Waterloo, Annual Juried Show, Waterloo Community Arts Centre, Ontario

HONORABLE MENTION, June 2008

● Kitchener Waterloo Artists’ Association (KWSA), Homer Watson House & Gallery, Kitchener ON

BEST OF THE SHOW, GOLD PRIZE June 2007

● Kitchener Waterloo Artists’ Association – Waterloo Community Arts Centre, Ontario

BEST OF THE SHOW, GOLD PRIZE June 2006

● Kitchener Waterloo Artists’ Association – Waterloo Community Arts Centre, Ontario

SOLO SHOWS

● 2023 June 30 - Nov 5th “The In Between” Homer Watson & Abdul Khaliq

● 2006 Feb - Solo Show PCA (Pakistan Canada Association) Hespeler Arena Cambridge ON

GROUP SHOWS

● 2025 Oct - Canvas of Muslim Artists: Honoring Heritage Through Art, The Artist Cube

● 2024 Nov - Winter’s Pallet, Art Gallery of Lambeth, London Ontario

● 2024 April - Grand River Artists Collective, (GRACe) All-In-Members’ Salon Exhibition

● 2023 July - Richadson Wealth Ltd. by HelloArt, Kitchener Ontario

● 2022 October - Button Factory Arts Waterloo, Annual Juried Show, Waterloo Ontario

● 2022 June - Art$Pay Annual Art Show & Sale, Waterloo Ontario

● 2022 February WalterFedy by HelloArt, Kitchener Ontario

● 2021 November - Art$Pay Annual Art Show & Sale, Kitchener Ontario

● 2021 October – Annual Juried Exhibition, Button Factory Arts Waterloo Ontario

● 2021 Sept. - Feb 2022 Group Exhibition, WalterFedy Kitchener Ontario

● 2021 April The Paris Bohemian Gallery – 2021 Spring/Summer Show, Paris Ontario

● 2020 April - Button Factory Arts Members' Annual Exhibition (Virtual), Waterloo Community Arts Centre (WCAC)

● 2016 June - World Refugee Art Exhibit, The Museum Kitchener Ontario 1

● 2013 June - World Refugee Art Group Exhibition – Kitchener Downtown Museum

● 2010 Mayor's Celebration of Arts, City Hall, Cambridge Ontario

● 2008 Members Show - Kitchener Waterloo Society of Artists, Waterloo Ontario

● 2007 Members Show - Kitchener Waterloo Society of Artists, Waterloo Ontario

● 2006 March - 75th Anniversary Members Show Kitchener Waterloo Society of Artists Waterloo Ontario

● 2005 Fall Members Show - Kitchener Waterloo Society of Artists, Kitchener Ontario

● 2002 June Group Show - Al-Hamra Art Galleries, Lahore Pakistan

● 2002 August Group Show - Pakistan Day; Quaid-e-Azam Portrait Show, Shakir Ali Museum, Lahore Pakistan

● 2002 March Group Show - Shakir Ali Museum, Lahore Pakistan

AFFILIATIONS

● Member Button Factory Arts – Waterloo Community Arts Centre

● Member Homer Watson House & Gallery, Kitchener ON

● Ex-Member/Listed Artist Grand River Artists Central GRACe (formerly Art$Pay) Region of Waterloo

● Ex-Member KWSA (Kitchener Waterloo Society of Artists)

PRESS

● Live Radio Talk, 98.5 CKWR - Solo Show June 30 - Nov 5th 2023 “The In Between” Homer Watson & Abdul Khaliq

OTHER

● Served on the Judging Panel twice for Students’ Visual Arts Competition at Islamic Centre & School of Cambridge Ontario

● Co-Judged at the Students’ Visual Arts Competition for Muslim Association of Canada Kitchener Ontario

● Recipient numerous art commissions with works in both private & public collections; incl. Cambridge City Hall, NUMUS Waterloo Ontario, and ISIS (International Species Information System) Eagan MN USA 2