Acclaimed artist Jimmy Engineer Saturday said that he was looking forward to working with Chinese artists and social workers to further strengthen existing cultural ties and enhance people to people contact between the two friendly countries.
Talking to a select gathering of art lovers at China Peace Garden Museum, he said, “I intend to serve Chinese people as an artist, philanthropist and social worker to bring people of the two countries further closer.”
Appreciating Chinese artists, he said, they were doing excellent artwork and contributing very well to the world of arts.
Jimmy Engineer, whose around 100 paintings about Pakistan’s independence movement, landscape and architecture were on display at a week-long exhibition held to celebrate 66 years of Pak-China Diplomatic relations, threw light on different aspects of his life.
The Pakistani artist who admired Chairman Mao’s long march and the way he guided his nation to freedom and changed the life of common people with his visionary leadership and practical work, said, “I am very pleased that my exhibition has been organised near the Chairman Mao mausoleum.”
Terming Pak-China friendship higher than mountains and deeper than oceans, he expressed the pleasure on the Chinese government’s assistance to Pakistan’s government in its endeavour for economic development of the country.
He said, through his artwork, he showed to the Chinese people that Pakistanis were creative people and they were capable of producing excellent art.
Jimmy Engineer, hailing from Loralai district of Balochistan province, said, he was bestowed second life by nature as he survived a severe kidney disease at the age of six, adding, thus, he decided to devote his life for poor, orphans, widows and prisoners.
He shared with the audience that as an artist he painted history, architecture and landscape but as a student of art, he was still learning. “Nature is my master and I will remain a student for the rest of my life.”
He said his artwork had been showcased in various countries, including the US and UK, and he was a winner of more than 85 medals and shields at the national and international level.
He said whenever he visited a country, he always introduced himself as a“Servant of Pakistan.”
As a social worker, the artist had done a lot of charity work, including support of sick, orphans, widows and special children and helped them become a useful citizen.
He also carried out walks to create awareness against cancer, leprosy and other diseases and generated funds for them.
Jimmy Engineer walked 4,700 kilometres from one side of Pakistan to another side of the country and during this process, he met millions of people.
He informed that he would gift a few of his paintings to display in China’s National Art Museum.
