Tahir Ali Sadiq

Artist Information

Lifespan

Born 1989

Birth Place

Lahore, Pakistan

Category

Pioneers

Tahir Ali Sadiq

Biography

Tahir Ali Sadiq is a Lahore-based visual artist whose practice emerges from the traditions of South Asian miniature painting while engaging critically with contemporary global art histories. He completed his BFA in Fine Arts with a specialization in Miniature Painting from the National College of Arts (NCA), Lahore, in 2012, and earned his Master’s degree in Visual Arts from the same institution in 2023. Over the years, he has received several distinctions, including the prestigious Governor of Punjab Award (2021) and the NCA Haji Sharif Prize for Miniature Painting, affirming both his technical mastery and conceptual strength. Sadiq’s works are held in notable private and institutional collections. These include Vincent Van...

Featured Works

My Alma Master NCA Lahore
Wazir Khan Mosque ( A view from old Lahore)
Tahir Ali Sadiq, Mughal Miniature Inspired Portrait `
Craving Me Out
Bodies without soul
Remains ( A view of 1980s Old Lahore)
Remains of our festivals ( A view of 1980s old lahore)
Tomb of Sufi Daint Hazrat Miyaan Mir ( A view from old Lahore)
Golden Dome Mosque Lahore (A view from old Lahore)
Degeneration
Miniature portrait of my teacher (Sir Erfan Ullah Babar)
Exercise of Guler School of Indian Pahari Miniature Painting
Exercise of Guler School of Indian Pahari Miniature Painting Two princesses playing with fireworks
Mughal school inspired Siyaah Qalam Composition
View of Badshahi (Royal) Mosque Lahore
Paul Gauguin’s Chair painted by Vincent Van Gogh
My Alma Master (G.C Lahore)
Relics of Remind II
Wazir Khan Mosque
Portrait of Emperor. An exercise of Mughal school of miniature painting (Shah Jehan’s Rule)
My Alma Master NCA Lahore

Gold and gouache on wasli (non-alcoholic paper) | 16 x 11 inches | 2014

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