Tapu Javeri (

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
'' Pakistani fashion and art

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, television judge and

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. He works as a freelance photographer and was the photo editor of the Xtra magazine. He designs handbags, T-shirts, and scarves for his label "Tapulicious". He has also designed

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s for the Pakistani fashion designer

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's label "Gulabo". He hosts a radio show, The Dark Room on

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(a country-wide radio channel in Pakistan). In 2010, 2011 and 2012 he was one of the jurors for Lux Style Awards.

Early life

Javeri is the son of jeweler Hassan Ali Mohammad Javeri and Ayesha Javeri. He has four siblings. He went to

Karachi Grammar School Karachi Grammar School ( ur, ) is an independent, English-medium school located in 3 different campuses across Karachi. The main and oldest campus is located in Saddar, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It is a highly selective, coeducational day school ...

for his early education and then to

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, to study

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. After that, he went to

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for his master's degree in Archeology and returned to

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...

after the internship. Javeri traces his roots back to Jamnagar, Gujarat, where his ancestors were court jewelers to the Nawabs of Kutch.

Career

Javeri got his first camera at the age of nine, and by the time he was 15, he had been published in the

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newspaper. He then worked for magazines like '' Teenager'', ''Libas'', ''Fashion Collection'', '' Newsline'', ''Gallerie (India)'', ''Visage'' and ''

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''. He became photo-editor for the Pakistani fashion magazine Xtra in 1994 Javeri has been described as a "pioneer" of photography and painting in Pakistan. He uses

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, combining paints and photographs. Predominant colours are blues and browns. He has participated in group shows of paintings and photographs. His first solo show of artworks was held at Indus Gallery in 1997. Art Gallery in Islamabad held a solo show of his paintings. Javeri has exhibited at 50 group shows and 10 solo exhibitions. These include ''Where three dreams cross'' at

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, London and KaraChakra and KolachiScope in Karachi. He has developed a tee shirt range known as "Tapu's Tees", and also produced a photo-video montage depicting

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with Karachakra and Kolachiscope techniques. Javeri is the brand ambassador of

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Cameras,

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and Sony Ericsson phones. Javeri was the judge for the British Council Pakistan's 2012 "Dickens and the City" competition. Javeri is also one of the judges for Veet Miss Super Model Contest Seasons 2 & 3. On 11 March 2013 Javeri became an ambassador for World Wide Fund for Nature – Pakistan (WWF-Pakistan)'s Earth Hour 2013 along with Samina Pirzada,

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, Mekhaal Zulfiqar, Ayesha Omar and Agha Shiraz. On 11 June 2012 Javeri became the brand council member of Magnum ice cream along with Ayaan, Deepak Perwani, Kiran Aman, Nabila and Madiha Sultan. His "Tapulicious" line is an evolution of photo-manipulations, taking inspiration from the streets, but creating wearable art. Javeri uses his photographs of Pakistan to create both prints and bags from the images. The "Tapulicious" bags were showcased in Fashion Pakistan Week 3 in April 2012 in Karachi. The handbags collection contains faces of different famous fashion personalities against the muted backdrop of Karachi's landmarks and truck art. In June 2012

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announced the latest range of the laptops a.k.a.

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and stated that Javeri has launched colourful Ultrabook sleeves which portray the vibrant Pakistani culture. In March 2013 Javeri designed Peace T-shirts for the event "To Karachi With Love" to raise money for the victims of the Abbas Town blast In September 2013, Javeri was amongst Pakistani fashion designers to showcase his collection of Digital Prints and Handbags in the 8th Annual Expo Pakistan 2013 organized by Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP). Javeri teaches photography at

Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture () ( sd, انڊس ويلي اسڪول آف آرٽ اينڊ آرڪيٽيڪچر) is a not-for-profit degree awarding institution in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. The university was established in 1989, ther ...

and Karachi School of Arts.

Reception

reported for Javeri's exhibition at the Summer Show 2011 Karachi: ''"A very impressive contribution to the show was that of Tapu Javeri whose five-by-five feet, beautifully put together montage of photo images, collage and colour deserved a wall space of its own."'' Similarly, Dawn newspaper asserted in 2006 that "All his work has been a runaway success". Pakistan Art Review stated about Karachakra exhibition: ''"Karachakra looks like a Karachi Namaa to the viewer; it is like

Nazeer Akbarabadi Nazeer Akbarabadi (born Wali Muhammad; 1735 – 1830) was an 18th-century Indian poet known as "Father of Nazm", who wrote Urdu ghazals and nazms under the pen name (takhallus) "Nazeer", most remembered for his poems like '' Banjaranama'' ...

writing a poem on

of the recent times."'' Javeri also works as a

jewelry designer Jewellery design is the art or profession of designing and creating jewellery. This is one of civilization's earliest forms of decoration, dating back at least 7,000 years to the oldest known human societies in Indus Valley Civilization, Mesop ...

, which is his family business. Play TV described that sometimes his photography seems to be influenced by his jewelry designing techniques which can be seen in his work in Kolachiscope and Karachakra.

Books

Publications by Javeri

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Publications with contributions by Javeri

* * *"Golden Pakistan" *

Awards and nominations

*2002: Nominated, 2002 Best Photographer, Lux Style Awards. *2006: Winner, 2006 Best Photographer, Indus Style Awards.

References

External links

Tapu Javeri on Twitter

Tapu Javeri Profile by Taimur Rahim

Where Three Dreams Cross: 150 Years of Photography from India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh

Tapu Javeri's Youtube Channel
{{DEFAULTSORT:Javeri, Tapu Living people Pakistani photographers Pakistani male models Pakistani radio presenters 1965 births Pakistani people of Gujarati descent Karachi Grammar School alumni Fashion photographers Pakistani jewellery designers Artists from Karachi People from Sindh Radio personalities from Karachi