WASEEM AHMED
Waseem Ahmed (b. 1976) was born in Hyderabad, Pakistan. Ahmed grew up in a Muhajir (immigrant) family who, because they were Muslim, had migrated from India after Partition in 1947 to settle in the newly independent state of Pakistan. He attended the National College of Arts Lahore in Pakistan, receiving his Bachelors in Fine Arts with Honors from the Department of Miniature Painting in 2000. He has exhibited extensively in Pakistan and internationally, including a solo exhibition at the Asian Art Museum, Berlin (2014/2015). His work is in the permanent collections of the Museum fur Asiatische Kunst, Berlin; The British Museum, London; Virginia Whiles Collections, United Kingdom; The Stern Collection, New York; The Jindal Collection, India; Anupam Poddar Collections, India; and the D. Daskalopoulos Collection, Switzerland, among others. He was a finalist for the Sovereign Asian Art Prize (2012-2013, 2013-2014), and he was nominated for the Jameel Prize (2011-2012). Ahmed lives and works in Lahore.
Waseem Ahmed (b. 1976), Untitled, 2019, Pigment color and gold leaf on handmade archival Wasli paper, Image Dimensions: 13 x 10 inches
