Zakir Baloch

Zakir Baloch (b. 1988, Quetta, Balochistan) is a Lahore-based visual artist, and Art educator. He holds a BFA in Painting from the University of Balochistan (2014) and an MA (HONS) in Visual Arts from the National College of Arts, Lahore (2017).
Baloch is a Teaching Associate at the Fine Arts Department, National College of Arts, and a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Education, Lahore. He has also taught at the Islamia University of Bahawalpur and Sir Sadiq Women University, Bahawalpur.
His multidisciplinary practice spans painting, drawing, image analysis, and leather accessory design. Rooted in traditional craftsmanship, his work reflects his early experience as a signboard painter in Quetta.

2016-2017 MA (HONS) Visual Arts, National College of Arts Lahore, Pakistan
2010-2014 BFA (painting) University of Baluchistan, Quetta, Baluchistan

2024 Sculpture Exhibition Curated by Arshia Sohail, Lahore Museum
2024 ‘’Haroof gha’’ Curated by Seerat Syed Muse Gallery Lahore
2024 ‘’New Wave’’ Kaleido Contemporary Gallery Lahore 2023 1st Quetta Art Festival, QAF at UOB, Quetta.
2023 Words & Haroof curated by Imran Ahmed at Art next, Lahore 2022 Design Residency group show at IVS gallery, Karachi.
2022 “The Winners” at Gallery 6, Islamabad
2020 First online calligraphy competition in Pakistan