Biografia
• Ghulam Hussain is a contemporary visual artist from the city of Hyderabad, Sindh, a home to the world’s oldest civilization called Indus Valley Civilization. He is a trained miniaturist from National College of Arts Lahore, Pakistan, works with High and Low Craft Art to represent the beauty within stark contrasts of what is considered as high Art and low Craft.
• Hussain's work is distinct due to its technique and simplicity, opening up a range of possibilities both for the artist and its viewers. Going back to his roots in Pakistan's province of Sindh, Hussain is challenging the notion of the high-art by integrating forms of low-craft, such as weaving and brick building, with the miniature style of painting.
• His work has been set forth nationally as well as internationally. Devi Art Foundation Museum New Delhi, India; Fifth Beijing International Art Biennial in National Art Museum China, Award Grant Rockefeller Brothers Artist Residency New York, Award Grant The Artist Students League Artist Residency New York. Embassy of the Kingdom of Netherlands and Satrang Art Gallery Islamabad, Sanat initiative Karachi, Rohtas2 gallery Lahore, Oart space Lahore Pakistan have been displayed his work thriving.
• His visits to New York approached him towards the work of Piet Mondrian and he came up with his flourishing work of Woven Narratives Dialogue with Piet Mondrian in 2015. His work is based on geometric pattern and overlapping techniques through weaving gives a unique impression in form of Art.
