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After spending twenty five years working with traditional figurative paintings, and alternative printmaking techniques Ali has leveraged the considerable interpretive potential of contemporary expressionism in his recent artworks. His work has been featured in a number of exhibitions in South Asian countries and United States. In the winter of 2015 Ali’s work was featured at Adwana Art GalleryMalaysia, as part of an International Art exhibition,
Beverly Watson
Times of Malaysia
Mohammad Ali Bhatti is one of Pakistan’ most distinguished artists. His long and illustrious career began in the early 1980s and still continues to flourish in the next century. During his early professional career, he taught studio courses at various art institutions and have many solo and group shows around the world on his credit. In his paintings, he has spoken out as an authoritative voice for an art that reflects the human condition, everyday life and ordinary people of the soil as his subject matter. In Ali’s paintings, forms and their colors, light and shade, mingle to create new and unique forms that, no matter how strange, always seem pertinent.
The Mirror
Yasmeen Shaikh
Mr. Bhatti was born and grew up in Hyderabad, Sindh. In his early career he worked as associate to Mr. James McMurry, and Ben Gibson, while his MFA at EdinboroUniversity of Pennsylvania, and influenced by their style of painting. Soon after graduation,Mr. Bhatti uses a variety of media and styles to explore the theme that interest him. He loves to be free and experiment with mediums, technique, colors and material he uses for his painting, by doing so, there is always something new and interesting happening in his art works.
Monika Koenig
An exhibition of paintings by Mohammad Ali Bhatti held at the Chawkandi Gallery, includes a series of artworks depicting a way of life in Sindh that is rapidly changing. In his paintings Bhatti documents the period of time with subtlety, through the body language of subject, the textured approach to the surroundings and the ambience created by light and shade. He explores the customs within a particular social milieu….There is richness of texture and color in these paintings. One finds a strong sense of composition in the work, design apparent in the balance of space and varied brushstrokes that often appear to add contemporary touché.Bhatti is far more than an artist documenting an era, at his best he appears to capture a glimpse of the subject's personality, fleeting expressions are captured by his brush bringing the work to a dimensions that is far from merely illustrative.
Marjorie Husain
Refreshing" that is what you say when you see the paintings by Mohammad Ali. His paintings are not just a display of paint. Nothing gharish about them. Each and every one of the painting displayed by him deserved a second look and got more than that by the people who are a bit tired of the bizarre….Ali's paintings do not belong the unearthly category….There is honesty, sincerity and true skill in his heat, head and hand, and he is to be congratulated for preserving these fast vanishing virtues.
Dr. G.M. Mehkri
Daily Dawn
Ali is a man of significant artistic ability. His growth as a professional painter during the completion of MFA in painting at EdinboroUniversity was impressive. He is superb draftsman and colorist. Mr. Bhatti is a very bright individual and brings to his work a thorough knowledge of western art as well as eastern art.
James M. McMurray
Art Professor
"The crowd erupted into thunderous applause the moment a life size portrait of former Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad was unveiled. There were 'oohs' and 'aahs' as the portrait was unveiled …The Queen of Malaysia unveiled the portrait. Dr. Mahathir himself was surprised upon seeing the wonderful portrait of himself…and congratulated the portrait artist Mohammad Ali Bhatti, for his excellent command on the art of portrait painting.
The Star Malaysia