Nadir Tharani is a Tanzanian painter, born in Moshi, Tanzania, in 1952.
He also writes children's books.

EXHIBITIONS
- Third World Biennale of Graphic Art, Baghdad & London, 1980
- One man exhibition at the Commonwealth Institute, London, June 1981
- Africa Centre, London, 1981 (Group exhibition)
- Woodlands Art gallery, London, 1984 (Group exhibition)
- 8th British International Print Biennale, Bradford, UK, 1984
- 9th British International Print Biennale, Bradford, UK, 1986
- 8th International Triennale, Intergrafik, Berlin, 1987
- East African Art Biennale, Dar es salaam, 2005
- East African Art Biennale, Dar es salaam, 2007
- "How Tanzanians imagine Switzerland and the Swiss People", Dar es salaam
- Positions of Power, Alliance Francais, Dar es salaam, 2008
- We are Beasts, Mawazo Art Gallery, Dar es salaam, 2009
- Africa Now, Danmark & Finland, 2008 - 2009
- East African Art Biennale, Dar es salaam, 2009
- Power & Rights, Danmark, 2010
- Origins, Paintings on Light & Water, Alliance Francais Dar es Salaam, March 2011
- East African Art Biennale, Dar es salaam, 2011
- Group Exhibition, Alliance Francais, Dar es Salaam, November 2011

BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Red in the Sky/Wekundu Angani (2001)
- Clouds/Mawingu (2003)
- Purple Pleasure/Raha Zambarau (2005)
- Greedy Yellow/Manjano Mlafi
- Escape of the Clouds/Mawingu Yatoroka Jela
- Clouds to the Rescue