About Quddus Mirza

Quddus Mirza is an artist, art critic and independent curator. He is Associate Professor in Fine Arts at the National college of Arts Lahore. Trained as a painter from National College of Arts, Lahore and Royal College of Art, London, Mirza has shown extensively in numerous group and solo exhibitions. He has also curated a number of exhibitions including “Beyond Borders: Art from Pakistan," at National Gallery of Modern Art in Mumbai, India, and “Exotic Bodies,” based on miniature paintings from the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum displayed at Preston Museum in UK. He currently writes in The News, he is the co-author of the Book “50 years of visual arts in Pakistan”, “The Rising Tide” and “Hanging fire”. His writings have been published in national and international newspapers and magazines.