Masood

Masood Akhtar is a Pakistani visual artist and educator who lives and works in Lahore. His teaching career spans Assistant Professor of Painting at Multan College of Arts, Bahauddin Zakariya University (2004–Dec 2023), Professionally he contributed to relief sculptures on the Pakistan Monument. Akhtar has exhibited extensively in national and international shows, including the All Pakistan Calligraphic Painting Competition, First Asian Biennale of Book Illustration for Children (Tehran, Iran), Punjab Exhibition of Painting, Fresh Vision (National Art Gallery, Islamabad), Jawan Mussawer (Al-Hamra, Lahore), National Exhibitions by Artists Association of Punjab (2014, 2023), Chromatic Symphony (Oceans Art Gallery, Lahore, Feb 2024), "Crows, Dogs and the Rest" (curated by Rakhshanda Attwar), Kashmir: As I See (Australia, 2019), IVAE2020 (Malaysia), and various group shows in Lahore, Multan, Islamabad, and beyond. His works are in collections such as the Malcolm Forbes Museum (USA), Embassy of Pakistan in Baku (Azerbaijan), Vice Chancellor's Office and Convocation Hall at B.Z. University Multan.

I work with every conventional mediums like Oils, Acrylics and Egg Tempera as I was trained in academic environment so but personally would love to explore Pen and Ink and Metal point drawing. Medium and size determined the time frame of my project which varies from One week to Months or mutually agreed upon. For bespoke projects, the clients can choose my art work and I will recompose according to the specific size and medium or the client can convey their thoughts and ideas and I will translate those in visual form. It can be totally customised or collaborative. The 3rd option is I can repaint the Masters work but it will be clearly mentioned as “After ( The Artist’s name) then signed by me. So it will not be a reproduction or forgery but will an artistic study made to order.