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Mumtaz Hussain
Biography
Born and educated in Jhang, the center of Sufi culture in Pakistan, and immersed in Sufi culture during his childhood, Mumtaz Hussain's early artistic education was inspired by the medieval Indian figurative artistic tradition. In 1981, Hussain accepted admission into the prestigious National College of Arts (NCA) in Lahore, Pakistan's premier art school, which has produced the contemporary vanguard of Pakistani art. Among other accolades, Hussain won the National Poster Competition, a coveted and highly selective award. Upon graduation, Hussain was commissioned to construct a seventy-foot mural in Lahore's town center and to decorate the Sheikh Zaid bin Sultan Palace, an architectural landmark in Karachi.
In 1987, Hussain left for London to study illustration at the Media Arts Center. In 1988, he left for New York to pursue graphic design at the School of Visual Art where his teachers included Milton Glazer, the world renowned graphic designer and illustrator. Additionally, Hussain studied figure drawing and painting at the Art Students League of New York. It is in Europe and America that he has been further inspired by Cubism and Impressionism.
Hussain came to New York City because it welcomes cultural expression from a wide range of artistic traditions and cultures. For him, this environment symbolizes the essential -- and potential -- unity of all humankind.
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