Mirza Zeeshan

Mirza Zeeshan Hussain (born 1993, in Gilgit) is a Pakistani Contemporary artist. He is currently working as an artist and an educator in Lahore. Hussain studied at the National College of Arts Lahore in Pakistan, where he was taught the traditional discipline of Indo-Persian miniature painting. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts. He works in various mediums including; drawing, painting, miniature painting, and sculpture. Hussain’s work has been really personal to him, which he feels caters to the reality of all humans encircling this world. Each individual carries a baggage with him/herself. Hussain uses soft toys in his work to represent the vulnerable nature of humans. His works have been featured in In The Tiniest Stir at Chawkandi Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan (2023), Tranquility at O Art Space, Lahore, Pakistan (2023), Ruminate at Chawkandi Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan, (2023), Flower of a Blue Flame at Canvas Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan (2021), Obscure Dreams of Fear and Desire at Satrang Art Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan, (2017), Fuse-Protogenesis first Sino-Pak tour exhibition held at various cities of China, Ibtida at Studio Seven, Karachi, Pakistan (2016), Green Signal at National College of Arts (2016), and he also has undertaken an artist residency at BQ Studio in (2016).

Art Statement

My work caters to the disturbing reality of every individual in the society. We are all made of traumas unify and you can’t tell one from another. Moreover, These emotions can’t be suppressed instead they all take a shape of a huge baggage, we carry till our last breath.

My work features visuals of soft toys with grungy backgrounds. Soft toys represent the vulnerability of humans and the backgrounds stand for complex dilemmas of life.