Munawar Ali Syed is a multidisciplinary artist hails from the city of Hyderabad, Pakistan. He now lives and works in Karachi where he also teaches as an Assistant professor at the Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture and a member of the visiting faculty at the Department of Visual Studies, Karachi University. Syed has done his Bachelor of Fine Art (BFA) major in sculpture from the National College of Arts, Lahore in 1999. Later, he completed his Master in Art Education from Beaconhouse National University, Lahore in 2017.

Syed’s work has been shown in various major national and international platforms along with seven solo presentations and several group shows and his works have also included in notable publications. He has also participated in several national and international artist residency programs such as Burragorang International Artists ‘Workshop, Australia in 2003, The Vasl International Artists Workshop, Pakistan in 2004, Braziers International Artist Workshop, UK and West burry Farm Residency, the UK in 2005. Syed has been an active member of Vasl Artist Collective.

Syed’s new ventures integrate artworks and the ideas of artists into a variety of public settings and sited in spaces accessible to the general public. He initiated a public art group in 2011 ‘Rung dey Karachi’ during the period of turbulence and violence in Karachi. Also, Syed has curated four shows and his project- Reimagining walls of Karachi was well received by the local audience. One of his public art projects- Great walls of truck art has become a permanent part of the new Islamabad airport, Islamabad.

Syed has also been awarded by SATHA innovation award in 2016 for his contribution to the public art. Recently he has also received Art Design and Architecture National Award (ADA) 2018/19 for categories of performance and sight specific work. Syed also shortlisted for sovereign art prize 2019.