Mashkoor Raza

S.M. Naqvi acquired his diploma in graphic designing from the Mashkoor Art School and was awarded the Quaid e Azam award. He has also studied art under the renowned Pakistani artist Iqbal Mehdi. Naqvi’s artworks demonstrate intensity of colors and bold strokes in abstract form. The artist aims to stir the inner soul and connects the viewer not just to the beauty of human experience in its existence but also what lies beyond the vision. In his artworks, he alters colors and forms to achieve total abstraction that bears no relation to anything recognizable. The outcome is an explosion of technique and color.

Abdul Hameed is a talented, upcoming artist who explores and delves into Sufism with his artworks of the dancing darwish as well as enrapturing city landscapes with iconic monuments.

Samra is a talented calligraphy artist from Abbottabad, Pakistan. Her artworks depict a perfect harmony between nature and calligraphy. Different mediums allow her to express different ideas. The continuity of the letters in her artworks demonstrate a perfect rhythm that exists in traditional calligraphy blended with letters that a broken, distorted , reformed and recreated . The vibrancy of the colors on the surface blend with the calligraphy in perfect harmony and by looking at her artworks one can almost listen to the words

An artist from Punjab, Pakistan, Awais Ahmed is treasure trove of talent. Developing his artistic talents Awais moved from watercolors and charcoal sketches to oil on canvas. His ‘Malang Series’ highlights impressive techniques in portrait art and he encaptures the Malang in movement swaying as a devotee. One can almost picture his turbaned Malangs sitting as a devotee at a shrine.