Shammi Ahmed

Shammi Ahmed is a self-taught artist with no formal education in art. She is inspired by Picasso and by the atmosphere and surroundings of her family, headed by the renowned artist, Jamil Naqsh . She has been painting mostly in oil for the last twenty years and her subjects are human figures and semi realistic objects.

For the last ten years she has participated in several group shows and has won many acclaimed awards such as third prize in the ‘Second International Exhibition of Calligraphy‘ held in Lahore and ‘Best Painting Award’ at the 33rd Annual Art and 16th National Exhibition held by Artists Association of Punjab in Lahore. She setup the gallery Momart in Karachi and has been running it since 1994.

Her paintings have been acquired by collectors both in Pakistan and internationally.