The following is a list of

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Pakistani artists active in

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and abroad: *

Abdul Rahim Nagori Prof. Abdul Rahim Nagori (1939 – 14 January 2011) was a Pakistani painter known for his socio-political themes. He has held one-man exhibitions since 1958. He taught at the University of Sindh in Jamshoro, Pakistan where he founded and headed th ...

(1939–2010), painter known for his socio-political themes *

Abdur Rahman Chughtai Abdur Rahman Chughtai (21 September 1894 – 17 January 1975) was a painter artist and intellectual from Pakistan, who created his own unique, distinctive painting style influenced by Mughal art, miniature painting, Art Nouveau and Islami ...

(1899–1975), painter in the Chughtai Style of Art and stamp designer * Ahmad Zoay (1947–2014), painter and sculptor *

Ahmed Pervez Ahmed Parvez ( ur, ) (1926 – 1979) was a modernist painter from Rawalpindi, Pakistan. He was a member of The Lahore Group in Pakistan and founder of the Pakistan Group in London. He was also among the few early modernists of Pakistani o ...

(1926–1979), painter and winner of the President's Medal for

Pride of Performance The Pride of Performance ( ur, ), officially known as Presidential Pride of Performance, is an award bestowed by the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to recognize people with "notable achievements in the field of art, science, literature, sports, an ...

Ajaz Anwar Ajaz Anwar ( ur, اعجاز انور; born 1946) is a Pakistani painter. He was a gold medalist at Punjab University, and he completed his M.A. in Fine Arts from Punjab University. Later, he went to teach at National College of Arts Lahore. ...

(born 1946), painter especially of watercolours *

Anna Molka Ahmed Anna Molka Ahmed (13 August 1917 – 20 April 1994) was a Pakistani artist and a pioneer of fine arts in the country after its independence in 1947. She was a professor of fine arts at the University of the Punjab in Lahore. Early life an ...

(1917–1994), artist and pioneer of fine arts *

Anwar Maqsood Anwar Maqsood Hameedi (born 7 September 1939, Urdu:), popularly known as Anwar Maqsood, is a Pakistani scriptwriter, television presenter, satirist, humorist, and infrequent actor. He was well known for his drama write-ups for PTV in the late ...

(born 1940), intellectual, playwright, poet, television host, satirist, humorist, and long time painter * Anwar Shemza (1928–1985), artist, writer, printmaker * Arbab Mohammad Sardar (born 1945), painter and sculptor, pride of performance *

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 St ...

(1940–2004), painter * Ayessha Quraishi (born 1970), contemporary artist * Bashir Mirza (1941–2000), painter * Bashir Ahmed (born 1953), miniature painter, sculptor, pioneer bachelor's degree curriculum for miniature painting * Colin David (1937–2008), painter *

Faizan Peerzada Faizan Peerzada ( ur, فیضان پیرزادہ) (born 1958 Lahore – died December 21, 2012, Lahore) was a Pakistani artist, puppeteer and theater director. Career Peerzada started his artistic journey long before his career. He began painti ...

(1958–2012), artist, puppeteer, theatre director * Fakeero Solanki, sculptor *

Farooq Qaiser Farooq Qaiser ( Punjabi, ur, فاروق قیصر; 31 October 1945 – 14 May 2021) was a Pakistani artist, newspaper columnist, TV show director, puppeteer, script writer, and voice actor. He was known as the creator of the fictional puppet ...

(1945–2021), graphic designer, puppeteer, TV director *

Hasnat Mehmood Hasnat Mehmood ( ur, حسنات محمود) is a Pakistani visual artist who lives and works in Dubai, UAE. He was born on 3 March 1978 in Jhelum. Art career Hasnat Mehmood was trained as a traditional miniature painter at the National Coll ...

(born 1978), visual artist, lives and works in Lahore and teaches at National College of Arts * Hiba Schahbaz (born 1981), painter *

Huma Bhabha Huma Bhabha (born 1962) is a Pakistanis, Pakistani-American Sculpture, sculptor based in Poughkeepsie, New York, Poughkeepsie, New York. Known for her uniquely grotesque, figurative forms that often appear dissected or dismembered, Bhabha often u ...

(born 1962), sculptor *

Huma Mulji Huma Mulji (born 1970 in Karachi) is a Pakistani contemporary artist. Her works are in the collections of the Saatchi Gallery, London and the Asia Society Museum. She received the Abraaj Capital Art Prize in 2013. Life Huma Mulji was born in 19 ...

(born 1970), sculptor *

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 ...

(1946–2008), painter, illustrator *

Ismail Gulgee Ismail Gulgee (Urdu: ; 25 October 1926 – 16 December 2007), also known simply as Gulgee, was a Pakistani painter. Born in Peshawar, he received his early education at Lawrence College before attending Aligarh University, Columbia Univers ...

(1926–2007), painter, calligrapher * Jamil Baloch (born 1972), sculptor *

Jamal Shah Jamal Shah (Pashto: جمال شاہ) is a Pakistani actor, director, painter, social worker, script writer, singer, songwriter. Early life and education Jamal Shah was born into a Pashtun Syed family in 1956 in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. ...

(born 1956), actor, director, painter, and social worker *

Jamil Naqsh Jamil Naqsh ( ur, ), (25 December 1939 – 16 May 2019) was a British Pakistani painter who lived a reclusive life in London from 2012 until his death. He briefly studied at National College of Arts but left before obtaining a degree. His ...

(1938–2019), painter *

Khalid Iqbal Khalid Iqbal (23 June 1929 19 June 2014) was a Pakistani painter, art teacher and professor emeritus, appears known for landscape paintings as well as his natural forms paintings and portraits of Punjab, Pakistan. The recipient of national ...

(1929–2014), painter, art teacher, professor emeritus *

Lubna Agha Lubna Agha (May 2, 1949 - May 6, 2012) was an American artist of Pakistani descent who lived in Brookline, Massachusetts. Her work has been exhibited in art museums and galleries in Pakistan and the United States, as well as Britain, Ja ...

(1949–2012), painter *

Muhammad Arshad Khan Muhammad Arshad Khan ( ur, , born October 14, 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 ...

(born 1969) *

Muniba Mazari Muniba Mazari Baloch (Urdu: منیبہ مزاری; born 3 March 1987, also known as the ''Iron Lady of Pakistan'') is a Pakistani activist, anchor artist, model, singer and motivational speaker. She became the National Ambassador for UN Women Pak ...

(born 1987), painter, model, and activist *

Quddus Mirza Quddus Mirza is a Pakistani art critic, artist, and art educator based in Lahore. As an art critic, his writings have been published in national and international newspapers and magazines.(Fareeha QayoomProfile of Quddus Mirza on TKFR Art we ...

(born 1961), painter, art critic *

Rashid Rana Rashid Rana ( ur, ) is a Pakistani artist. He has been included in numerous exhibitions in Pakistan and abroad with his works in abstractions on canvas, collaborations with a billboard painter, photographic/video performances, collages using ...

(born 1968), visual artist and art educator *

Sadequain Syed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi ( ur, ) (30 June 1930 10 February 1987), often referred to as Sadequain Naqqash, was a Pakistani artist, best known for his skills as a calligrapher and a painter. He is considered one of the finest painters and cal ...

(1923–1987), painter * Saeed Ahmad Bodla, artist and calligrapher *

Saira Wasim Saira Wasim is a contemporary artist from Lahore, Pakistan. She currently lives in United States. Wasim uses the miniature style of painting, pioneered by the Persians but extensively used in South Asia, to make primarily political and cultural ar ...

(born 1975), miniature artist *

Salima Hashmi Salima Hashmi ( ur, ; born 1942) is a Pakistani painter artist, former college professor, anti-nuclear weapons activist and former caretaker minister in Sethi caretaker ministry. She has served for four years as a professor and the dean of Nati ...

(born 1942), painter, author and art educator *

Sanki King Abdullah Ahmed Khan ( ur, , born 1990)Qamar, Saadia (July 30, 2012)Sanki King’s graffiti knows no boundaries ''The Express Tribune''. professionally known as Sanki ( ur, ) or Sanki King is a Pakistani graffiti, calligraffiti and street arti ...

(born 1990), artist, painter, muralist, graffiti/sneaker/street artist * Shakir Ali (1914–1975), painter *

Shazia Sikander Shahzia Sikander (born 1969, in Lahore, Pakistan) is a Pakistani-American visual artist. Sikander works across a variety of mediums, including drawing, painting, printmaking, animation, installation, performance and video. Sikander currently lives ...

(born 1969), miniature artist * Sumaira Tazeen (born 1973), neo miniature artist, multidisciplinary *

Sughra Rababi Sughra Rababi (1922–1994) was an artist born in British India, who later lived in Pakistan. As a young female artist in the 1940s, she was the first woman to win the All India Painting Competition Award. A versatile painter, designer and sculp ...

, (1922–1994), painter, designer, sculptor *

Tassaduq Sohail Tassaduq Sohail (30 October 1930 2 October 2017) was a Pakistani painter and short story writer. Primarily known for his paintings, his first artwork appeared in an exhibition of Royal Academy of Arts in London around 1978, and later his work ...

(1930–2017), painter and short story writer *

Tazeen Qayyum Tazeen Qayyum is a Pakistani-Canadian conceptual artist working in a variety of media including miniature painting, drawing, sculpture, performance, and video. Her work explores issues of identity, immigration, socio-political conflict, and her Mus ...

(born 1973), painter, conceptual artist * Ustad Allah Baksh (1895–1978) *

Zahoor ul Akhlaq Zahoor ul Akhlaq (4 February 1941 – 18 January 1999) was a pioneering artist from Pakistan. He is known for his approach to painting, sculpture, design and architecture, as well as his teaching at the NCA (National College of Arts) in Laho ...

(1941–1999), painter, sculptor *

Zehra Laila Javeri Zehra Laila Javeri (Urdu: ; 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 infl ...

(born 1971), painter *

Zubeida Agha Zubeida Agha ( ur, ; 1922–1997) was among the first Pakistani Modern Artists. After the creation of Pakistan in 1947, she was the first artist to hold an exhibition of her paintings. She helped bring the modern idiom to Pakistan. (Associated ...

(1922–1997), painter *

Rabia Zuberi Rabia Zuberi ( 1941 – 16 January 2022), sometimes referred to in Pakistan as Queen Mother of Arts, was a Pakistani sculptor, painter, former chairperson of the Pakistan Arts Council, teacher and Pakistan's first woman sculptor. She produced ...

(born ), sculptor, painter. *

Photographic collage artist * Gul Muhammad Khatri (1919-1979), painter *

Murtaza Jafri Murtaza Jafri (born 7 March 1958) is a Pakistani painter, draftsman, sculptor and art-educator. He is also principal/Vice Chancellor of National College of Arts, Lahore, a post he has been holding since August 2013. Jafri has been teaching art ...

(born 1958), painter known for NCA Lahore principal *

Saeed Akhtar Saeed Akhtar ( ur, ) (born 1938) is a Pakistani portrait painter. He has received the Sitara-e-Imtiaz Award from the President of Pakistan.

(born 1938), painter * Artnoob100 (born 1999), Sci-fi artist and writer

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