Informed by his training in the centuries-old art of Indian miniature
painting, Murad Khan Mumtaz’s work is addressed to the limbo space
between tradition and modernity. As small acts of remembrance, his
miniature paintings meditate on instances of disappearance occurring
in the past, present and future.

A native of Lahore, Pakistan, Mumtaz received a BFA from the National
College of Arts, Lahore, and an MFA from Columbia University, which he
attended on a Fulbright Fellowship. His drawings and paintings have
been included in solo and group exhibitions in the U.S., Germany, and
Pakistan, including the inaugural retrospective of Pakistani art at
the National Gallery in Islamabad.

Recent projects include a collaboration with Triple Canopy magazine
and a residency at the Santa Fe Art Institute. He is currently working
toward his first New York solo exhibition.

Since 2003 he has been engaged in teaching traditional miniature
painting in Pakistan and abroad. He lives and works in Lahore, where
he is a co-founder and faculty at Hast-o-Neest Centre for Traditional
Art and Culture.