Murad Khan Mumtaz’s work is informed by his training in traditional Indian painting. He initially learnt this craft in his native city of Lahore and has continued to investigate techniques of Pahari painting, including the preparation of traditional natural pigments.

He graduated from the National College of Arts, Lahore, in 2003, with a Bachelor’s degree in Miniature Painting. From 2008 to 2010 he completed his MFA from Columbia University, New York, on a Fulbright Scholarship. Since then his practice is concerned with the disappearance of traditions and histories in the wake of the modern. Mumtaz is currently completing a Ph.D. in Art History from the University of Virginia, with a focus on 18th century North Indian painting.