Nationality Pakistani Name Mohammad Talpur Occupation Visual artist | Ethnicity Baloch Other names Ali | |
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Education National College of Arts | ||
Mohammad Ali Talpur Baloch is a well known contemporary Pakistani artist. He is considered as the only minimalist artist in Pakistan because of his linear drawings. He is teaching at National College of Arts and works at his studio in Lahore. His works has been exhibited in national and international art galleries like Art & Public gallery, Geneva, XVA gallery, Dubai, Finsbury Park, England, Shanghai art fair, 2007, Dubai Art Fair, 2008 and Hong Kong art fair, 2008.
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- Life
- Art career
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Life
Mohammad Ali Talpur was born in 1976 in Hyderabad, Sindh. He spent his childhood in his home town Hyderabad then he moved to Lahore. He got his BFA degree in 1998 from the National College of Arts, Lahore. His brother Amjad Talpur is also a professor in art, working at Mahran University, Jamshoro. In 2008 he married Nadia Khwaja, his collage class fellow. Now he lives and works in Lahore. He love music especially Sufi type, he knows how to play "Tabla". He does yoga.
Art career
His work passed through various phases to get the unique identity. He is known for his linear drawings, these drawings reflect the magical quality that a viewer can not resist to pass through the inner essence of visual pleasure. He creates drawings like poetry by arranging the cluster of lines on paper and deliberately states "art without content" which interpret the existence of life.
