Bashir mirza biography
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Bashir mirza biography
Education
He graduated in 1962 from the department of design and was amongst the first batch of graduates of the renamed school.
Career
Born in Amritsar, British India in 1941, Mirza joined the Mayo School of Arts (now National College of Arts (NCA), Lahore, where he was one of favourites of Shakir Ali.
He never stayed for long with one theme or style, fluctuating between realistic, abstract and non-objective styles. Mirza looked out for new ventures of earning a living.
He opened an art gallery (the first ever in Karachi) at Kutchery Road in 1965 but in 1969 left town to go abroad.
He also published an Art Journal called Artistic Pakistan but in 1968 sold it official Atelier Bachelor of Medicine opened in the 1970s.
He was by then running an advertising agency cum gallery and came back to art again in 1998.
He exhibited his controve