Basheer Alim is an artist and founder of Alim Arts with over 35 years in the fine arts field. He was born in South Carolina and grew up in Syracuse, N.Y., where he attended Central Technical High School, majoring in chemistry and fine arts. Basheer earned a BFA with honors from Syracuse University’s School of Art and Design in 1974 with a major in Ceramic and a minor in Sculpture. In 2003, he completed an MBA in Global Management through the University of Phoenix with a 4.0 GPA.
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Basheer has exhibited in numerous shows and galleries across the US. In 2005, he participated in shows at the Syracuse University Community Folk Art Center and Authors and Artists events in Chicago and Detroit. He also traveled to Ghana, West Africa in 2005 as part of an extension course through the Travel Abroad Office at NC State University in conjunction with the IBM Diversity Network. The group visited various craft villages and made contact with many West African artisans.
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Some current projects are to expand Alim Arts into digital photography and wide format printing, and to develop a project to catalog the works of some of the little known African-American master painters in the Southeast Michigan area. Several of whom have agreements with Alim Arts to digitize their work and to provide low cost digital prints on demand.
In November 2005, Alim Arts completed a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) Certification through the Michigan Minority Business Development Council (MMBDC). This designation allows businesses to gain access to key business opportunities in private, corporate, and goverment circles.
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Artist Statement: My goal is to connect with and distribute fine arts and handicrafts of artisans from various parts of the US and from African countries. The digitizing and cataloging of art from various parts of the African Diaspora is very important because it demonstrates that continuity in the visual arts still exists, despite the physical separation of people of color.
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