Born in 1978, Hasnat Mahmood holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the National College of Arts. Mahmood represents the present generation of Pakistani artists who have taken their training in miniature training and experimented with new contemporary forms of expression of this old art form. His body of work includes digital imagery, scratch board drawings as well as traditional miniature rendering. He was a member of Karkhana: A Contemporary Collaboration; an exhibition showcasing a series of twelve miniature paintings created through the mutual effort of six young and acclaimed contemporary Pakistani artists. Karkhana traveled to the Aldridge Museum and then to the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. Hasnat lives and works in Jhelum, Pakistan. Detail of work above - BACK TO BASICS II; 2008; Drawing on scratch board; 14 x 11 in. x 4 pieces.