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List Of Pakistani Artists
The following list of notable Pakistani artists (in alphabetical order by last name) includes artists of various genres, who are WP:ARTIST, notable and are either born in Pakistan, of Pakistani descent or who produce works that are primarily about Pakistan. __NOTOC__ A * Lubna Agha (1949–2012), painter * Zubeida Agha (1922–1997), painter * Anna Molka Ahmed (1917–1994), artist and pioneer of fine arts * Bashir Ahmed (miniaturist), Bashir Ahmed (born 1953), miniature painter, sculptor, pioneer bachelor's degree curriculum for miniature painting * Zahoor ul Akhlaq (1941–1999), painter, sculptor * Saeed Akhtar (born 1938), painter * Shakir Ali (artist), Shakir Ali (1914–1975), painter * Ajaz Anwar (born 1946), painter especially of watercolours B * Allah Bakhsh (painter), Ustad Allah Baksh (1895–1978) * Jamil Baloch (born 1972), sculptor * Huma Bhabha (born 1962), sculptor * Saeed Ahmad Bodla (born 1944), artist and calligrapher C * Abdur Rahman Chughtai (1899� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakistani
Pakistanis (, ) are the citizens and nationals of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Pakistan is the fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the second-largest Muslim population as of 2023. As much as 85-90% of the population follows Sunni Islam. A majority of around 97% of Pakistanis are Muslims. The majority of Pakistanis natively speak languages belonging to the Indo-Iranic family ( Indo-Aryan and Iranic subfamilies). Located in South Asia, the country is also the source of a significantly large diaspora, most of whom reside in the Arab countries of the Persian Gulf, with an estimated population of 4.7 million. The second-largest Pakistani diaspora resides throughout both Northwestern Europe and Western Europe, where there are an estimated 2.4 million; over half of this figure resides in the United Kingdom (see British Pakistanis). Ethnic subgroups Ethnically, Indo-Aryan peoples comprise the majority of the population in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saadia Gardezi
Saadia Gardezi is a Pakistani peace activist, artist and journalist. She co-founded Project Dastaan. Early life and education Gardezi grew up in Lahore, Pakistan. She completed an M.Phil. degree from University of Oxford as a Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Scholar. She is pursuing a Ph.D. in international relations at the University of Warwick. Career Gardezi co-founded Project Dastaan with Sparsh Ahuja and Sam Dalrymple. The project is a peace initiative that reunites refugees displaced by the Partition of India of 1947 with their ancestral homes. Gardezi has worked as a political cartoonist for ''The Nation'' in Pakistan. She has worked as a journalist for several media outlets. Gardezi is an artist and runs an art studio called Penguin Pop. Gardezi produced ''Child of Empire,'' an animated film based on the partition of 1947. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival The Sundance Film Festival is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the large ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hasnat Mehmood
Hasnat Mehmood () is a Pakistani visual artist who lives and works in New Jersey. He was born on 3 March 1978 in Jhelum. Art career Hasnat Mehmood was trained as a traditional miniature painter at the National College of Arts, but in his search for a new language in this medium he transformed the traditional practice into contemporary dialogue. He is recognised as a progressive, radical artist. Hasnat Mehmood creates contemporary art employing a technique that is considered to be a traditional practice. The painting of miniature works of art is considered to be the cultural heritage of Pakistan; as such, it should remain recognizable as it was practiced in the past. For "purists," the experiments that Hasnat and others take in their approaches to painting minute works of art render the work to be anything but a miniature painting. Earlier work ''I Love Miniature'' explores a number of these issues related to the miniature painting movement as it has evolved in Pakistan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eqbal Mehdi
Eqbal Mehdi (1 April 1946, Amroha, British India – 19 May 2008, Karachi, Pakistan) was a Pakistani painter artist. He is famous for his pen drawings. Early life Eqbal Mehdi was born to Syed Mir Ali, in Amroha, then British India (now India).Honouring Eqbal Mehdi Dawn (newspaper), Published 13 December 2009, Retrieved 11 July 2019 Mehdi and his brother moved to Pakistan during the late 1950s. Art career Eqbal Mehdi was a self-taught artist. He has taught many people the art of painting in India and Pakistan. Mustajab Shelle of Amroha, India and Siraj Uddun Dehlvi of Pakistan and Muhammad Ali Shaikh from Larkana, Pakistan are his students. He was an artist for ''Lail o Nahar'', and also did illust ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muniba Mazari
Muniba Mazari Baloch ( Baloch: منیبہ مزاری; born 3 March 1987) is a Pakistani activist, anchor, artist, model, singer and motivational speaker. She became the National Ambassador UN Women Pakistan by BBC in 2015. She also made it to the Forbes 30 under 30 list for 2016. Personal life Muniba Mazari Baloch belongs to the Baloch Mazari tribe. She was born in Rahim Yar Khan, in southern Punjab on 3 March 1987. Muniba went to the Army Public School, and later attended college in her native home town for a BFA. At the age of 18, before she could complete her studies, she was married. In 2008, she was involved in a crash, which left her paraplegic. Crash and recovery On 27 February 2008, Muniba and her husband were travelling from Quetta to Rahim Yar Khan. Their car was in a crash, in which she sustained several major injuries, including broken bones in her arm (both radius and ulna), rib-cage, shoulder blade, collarbone and spine. The spinal injury left her entire lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anwar Maqsood
Anwar Maqsood Hameedi (born 7 September 1939; ), popularly known as Anwar Maqsood, is a Pakistani scriptwriter, television presenter, satirist, humorist, and infrequent actor. He is well known for his drama write-ups for PTV in the late 1970s and 1980s. Early life and family Anwar Maqsood was born on 7 September 1939 in Hyderabad State. He studied at the Gulbarga Trust School in Aurangabad. His large family migrated to Karachi in 1948, after the creation of Pakistan in 1947. His childhood years were spent in PIB Colony, Karachi with his siblings and family. Maqsood belongs to a prominent family of Pakistan and some of his siblings are well known in their own right; his sister, Fatima Surayya Bajia was a well-known writer in Pakistan and South Asia whose marriage ended early in divorce. She then chose to play a key role in the upbringing of her nine young brothers and sisters and became a maternal figure to them. Another sister Zehra Nigah, is a relatively well-known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanki King
Abdullah Ahmed Khan (, born 1990)Qamar, Saadia (July 30, 2012)Sanki King’s graffiti knows no boundaries, ''The Express Tribune''. professionally known as Sanki ( ) or Sanki King is a Pakistani graffiti, calligraffiti and street artist, occasionally painting live as part of his exhibits, and collaborating with fashion designers featuring his artwork. He has also works in sneaker art, sticker art, b-boying and parkour in Pakistan.Nasir Ahmad, Fouzia (December 22, 2013)Don't call me Banksy, ''DAWN''.Mustefa, Zab (July 22, 2012),Street Smart, Cover story, ''The Express Tribune''.Ahmed, Talha (January 22, 201'SANKI' COLORS IT ALL: THE FIRST GRAFFITI ARTIST OF PAKISTAN, ''Youlin Magazine''.Varma, Nandini (May 25, 2014)Graffiti artist brings hip hop to the streets, ''Campus Diaries''. Early life Sanki was born in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and raised in Karachi, Pakistan. His father worked at the Islamic Development Bank. Both his art teachers and father encouraged him to pursue art.Husa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gul Muhammad Khatri
Gul Muhammad Khatri (1919–1979) was a renowned artist,38th death anniversary renowned artist Gul Muhammad Khatri today hesindhtimes.com painter and writer living in , Pakistan. He produced art works in the form of portraits, landscape art, and calligraphic illustrations of Sufi poetry (especially poetry of Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai). He also did commercial art work in the form of poster design, glass painting, sign board, textile design, theatrical design, cinema posters, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muhammad Arshad Khan
Muhammad Arshad Khan (, born 14 October 1969) known as MAK, is a Pakistani artist, painter, sculptor, social worker and the president of the Pakistan national committee for the World Art Games. He has painted several paintings, did not go to any art college, and learned painting from Bashir Mirza. His style of painting is identified by some as ''Mak Art''. Early life and education Muhammad Arshad Khan is the son of Muhammad Azam Khan, born in Pontia, Tehsil Topi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Topi, Swabi District, District Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Khyber Pukhtunkhwa on 14 October 1969. His official birthdate is 16 February 1972. He spent a few early years in Karachi, then his family shifted to Topi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Topi where he grew up in Mohallah Serai (a labour colony of Pukhtoon Society). He studied at Government Primary School Shaheedan Topi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Topi, Government High School Topi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Topi, from which he obtained his secondary school certificat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zehra Laila Javeri
Zehra Laila Javeri (; born on 15 October 1971) is a Pakistani artist. She currently resides in Karachi, Pakistan. Javeri's first solo exhibition, titled 'Weeds', opened at Canvas Gallery, Karachi in January 2014. Javeri was greatly influenced by her aunt, artist Laila Shahzada. Javeri's second non-solo show, titled 'Pakistan Art Today', was held in the Lalit Hotel in Delhi, India. Early life Zehra Javeri is the daughter of jeweller Hassan Ali Mohammad Javeri and Ayesha Javeri. She has four siblings, including photographer Tapu Javeri and senior civil servant Rabiya Javeri Agha. She went to Convent of Jesus and Mary for her early education and then to Mount Holyoke College, Massachusetts, to study anthropology. After that she went to England for her master's degree at the London School of Economics and returned to Pakistan. Javeri (from the family that lent its name to Mumbai's Zaveri Bazar) traces her roots back to Jamnagar, Gujarat, where her ancestors were court jewell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murtaza Jafri
Murtaza Jafri () is a Pakistani painter, draftsman, sculptor and college professor. He is also a principal and vice chancellor at National College of Arts since August 2013. Early life and education He studied in Fine Arts at National College of Arts, Lahore in 1986. In 1997, he completed his master's degree in Chelsea College of Arts at London, England. In 1998, he joined University of East London in London for PhD in Fine Art. He also studied at the University of Brighton in England, Concordia University in Canada, Université de Montréal in Canada, and Algonquin College also in Canada. Career Jafri has been teaching fine arts since 1987 at National College of Arts, Lahore. He has also supervised PhD candidates in leading universities of Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 milli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Askari Mian Irani
Askari Mian Irani (1940–2004) was a Pakistani painter. Early life and education In 1967, Askari Mian Irani received a diploma in Commercial Design from the Mayo School of Arts now called National College of Arts (NCA), Lahore.NCA and Stamp Design, Exhibition Souvenir, Lahore 2000 p. 16 Career He worked in the business of advertising until 1976, but later became disillusioned with the nature of his job. So he decided to come back to his first love and passion - painting. Askari Mian Irani was part of the faculty of the National College of Arts (NCA) from 1976 to 1999. Painting exhibits He exhibited in over 20 solo and group shows. Stamp design Irani designed two stamps (40 paisas and 85 paisas) of the Third Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) (1981) issue. Commemorative postage stamp On 14 August 2006, Pakistan Post issued a Rs. 40 sheetlet of stamps to posthumously honour 10 Pakistani painters. Besides Askari Mian Irani, the other nine painters were: Laila ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
