Imran Qureshi was born in Hyderabad, Pakistan, in 1972. He earned a BFA at the National College of Art (NCA) in Lahore in 1993, and started teaching at his alma mater shortly after graduation. His work is firmly rooted in the tradition of miniature painting, the subject he teaches at the NCA. Qureshi has been exhibiting his work locally and internationally for over 25 years, and he has greatly expanded the language of miniature painting — both in traditionally-sized and crafted work, and in many variations in the form of site-specific installations, three-dimensional works, videos, and paintings on paper and canvas. His work figures in public collections of major institutions such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art, British Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, Deutsche Bank, Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, MUHKA Museum of Modern Art, Antwerp, and Guggenheim Abu Dhabi.