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Ameen Gulgee

AMIN GULGEE is son of Pakistani legendary artist ISMAEL GULGEE. Adding more respect to his father’s name, AMIN GULGEE has done remarkable work as a metal sculptor and proved that he has art running in his blood inherited by his father. He is pride for our nation as his artwork inspires all the art lovers. Following the path of his father, AMIN has achieved many things that are surely the matter of proud for Pakistan. He has displayed all his work on the social media so that art lovers can easily approach this. His website lists his exceptional masterpieces and his vision about them. There is no specified theme on which AMIN works. His inspirations belong to Pakistan's spiritual history, Hindu mythology, Buddhist civilization and Islamic calligraphy.

AMIN was born in 1966 and after completing the basic education, he received his bachelor’s degree in economics in 1987 at the age of 21. He further studied art at Yale University. His passion for art cannot be described in words. The artist himself says that he do not need to provide description about his masterpieces to the world. The sculptures speak themselves. He had many exhibitions and gallery displays. He remembers only 2 exhibitions with combined work with his father when he was working. Now, his father is not working but AMIN is surely representing his artistic family background through his magical sculptures.

Most of his works includes gold, copper and bronze sculptures. Medium is metal, his inspiration the varied and rich spiritual history of his native Pakistan. After establishing in Pakistan, the artist also represented the Pakistani talent by exhibiting his work in USA, Europe and Middle East. On his exhibition in Washington, he received an awesome feedback. Chief art critic of the Washington Times, Joanna Shaw-Eagle, wrote on January 1, 2000 in her review of his one-man show at the IMF: "Mr. GULGEE is an artist to watch both for the originality of his ideas and the sensuous, handsome quality of his work."

Explaining his motivation and inspiration about his work, AMIN wrote, I work in order to understand myself. It is a highly personal journey in which I try to discover a balance with my inner self, my culture and my God”. When asked about the source of ideas behind his work, he told “My art is how I understand myself and express myself – I don’t go searching for it, it just comes to me,”.

Art is not a subject to him. It is a passion and perception. Talking about his calligraphy series, he said, “It took me three years to complete this series. When I used calligraphy before, it was readable but now it is more deconstructed and the letters speak for themselves,” he explained. “These sculptures speak of love, dance and joy. Look at the tall one, titled The Love Letter – it’s almost as if the letters are reaching up to the skies.”

Opening a gallery on the 10the anniversary of his work, he said, “This gallery offers a different perspective. The works
displayed are usually about breaking new ground,”