Quddus Mirza is a visual artist, art critic and independent curator. He is the former Head of Fine Arts Department of the National College of Arts, and currently is a Professor in the School of Visual Art and Design at the Beaconhouse National University, Lahore. Mirza has shown extensively in numerous important group exhibitions, along with several one-person exhibitions, held in Pakistan and the UK. He has curated a number of exhibitions in Pakistan, UK, Kazakhstan, and India. Editor of online magazine ‘Art Now Pakistan’ Mirza is the co-author of book “50 Years of Visual Arts in Pakistan”, has a regular weekly art column in The News on Sunday, and has written essays on art in international art catalogues and other publications.