Cockatoo Peach & Melon Painting

Born 1989, in a small valley of Baluchistan, called Quetta. My name is Ali Saad, since my childhood, I’ve been brought up in an environment where I had easy access to books of Literature and Art. My father, an associate Professor of English literature and Language, passed on the best Literature to us three brothers, every evening, over a cup of tea which became almost a ritual, was the moment of our interest. The tete-a-tete went round only Literature and Painting. I used to replicate illustrations from story books. With constant drawing practice in which I grew better and better. Thus participating in Art competitions till my high school. Just by odd luck, after my intermediate I went to a Business University and studied Economics, while still keeping a keen interest in Art. Again by a strange quirk of luck the selection team from the renowned NCA College Lahore came to our city for the selection of the suitable candidates for the college. Happy to tell you that I beat all candidates who appeared in the Art test by gaining a brilliant position overall. Later I graduated from the said Art College in the 1st division with an “Honour”. My thesis work was keenly observed and praised. The accolade that I won throughout the following years through the art exhibitions done with my elder brother in tandem. I also exhibited in group shows Nationally and Internationally, with my participation in Venice Biennale. My recent achievement is that my painting won an "Honorable Mention" Award in the 16th ARC Salon- Art Renewal Center (Worlds Largest Representational Art Salon), and two of my works were selected for the Lunar Codex project - The Polaris Collection and Nova Collection, in which Art images will be laser-etched on nickel microfiche and/or digitized on terabyte memory cards and enclosed in a time capsule on the Griffin lunar lander, launched by SpaceX, and placed on the Moon in perpetuity. The Lunar Codex is a set of time capsules launched on three NASA-related missions, including the work of 30,000 creatives. It will be the first significant placement of contemporary arts on the Moon in 50 years. While focused on visual art, the Lunar Codex also includes a substantial collection of contemporary books, stories, poetry, music, essays, and film. "The Polaris Collection" is the third and final time capsule for the Lunar Codex and will be launched alongside NASA's VIPER Rover.