Imran Qureshi
Imran Qureshi, recipient of Sitara-e-imtiaz, one of the highest Civil award from President of Pakistan, earned his BFA degree in 1993 at the National College of Arts in Lahore, with Distinction, where he started teaching shortly after. His work is firmly rooted in the tradition of miniature painting - the subject he still teaches at the National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan. He is currently Heading the department of miniature painting at NCA - Imran Qureshi has been exhibiting locally and internationally for almost thirty years.
His work figures in public collections in major institutions such as
Guggenheim Abu Dhabi
Deutsche Bank Collection
Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum
Fukuoka Asian Art Museum
Kadist Art Foundation, Paris
MUHKA Museum of Modern Art, Antwerp
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The RISD Museum, Rhode Island
University of Chicago Booth School of Business
U.S Department of State
Victoria & Albert Museum, London
World Bank, Washington,
and British Museum.
In 2011 he was Awarded with Sharjah Biennale10’s Art prize, 2013, Deutsche bank Artist of the year Award and in 2017 with Medal of Arts Award by State Department Washington, Game Changer Award, Asia Society Hong Kong 2019. He was also awarded haji Muhammad Sharif Award for miniature Painting 1993 at the National College of Arts Lahore as well as Associateship of National College of Arts, Lahore in the year 2009.
In past 25 years of his Career as an independent Visual Artist, his work has been showcased in more than 130 Exhibitions globally. Some of them includes The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, British Museum, Barbican Centre, London, Pakistan National Council of the Arts, National Art Gallery, Islamabad, Museo Civico, San Gimignano, Sienna, Italy, Newlyn Art Gallery, Newlyn; The Exchange, Penzance and Truro Cathedral, Cornwall, “Garden Within a Garden”, Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford, Kunsten Museum of Modern Art, Aalborg, IKON Gallery, Birmingham , Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Salsali Private Museum, Dubai , Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Roma (MACRO), Rome, Deutsche Bank Kunsthalle, Berlin, Zahoor Al Akhlaq Gallery, National College of Arts, Lahore, Modern Art Oxford, Oxford , Aga Khan Museum, Toronto, Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol, National Cathedral Washington DC, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan, M HKA, The Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp, Antwerp, Belvedere, Vienna, and Asia Society, New York.
His Work has also been exhibited in Major Biennales all around the world including Singapore Biennale 2006, Venice Biennale 2013, Sydney Biennale 2012, Sharjah Biennale 2011, Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki 2011, "Lahore Biennale 01", Lahore 2018, Karachi Biennale 2019 and 2022.
In December 2015 he was also Commissioned to Design the pocket tube map cover for the London Underground.
His only permanent Public Art work In Pakistan is at Display in Newly built Islamabad International Airport at Domestic Departure Check-in Area in the form of a 200 feet long Mural in 100 parts.