Speakers

Sh. SYED SHAKIR ALI

Syed Shakir Ali is a master of Miniature painting and had his training under legends like Late Ram Gopal Vijaiverigiya and Ved Pal Sharma (Bannu Ji). He went on to command different kinds of traditional schools, specializing in Mughal & Company School.

Shakir Ali chose it as his career in 1978. Some of his exhibitions have been at India Fair, Dubai (1995,96,99); Bangkok in 1995; Millennium Festival at Hong Kong in 2003, SME & Handicrafts Fair in Mauritius in 2005, Festival of India in Brussels, Belgium in 2006; Harmony Art Foundation organized by Tina Ambani at Mumbai in 2009. Apart from exhibitions, Shakir Ali has held various live demonstrations and workshops for the promotion of this art which is vanishing fast. He received the National Award in 1993 and Padma Shri in 2013.