Javaid Mughal Born in 1987, lives and work in Lahore, Pakistan. Javaid did his MA (Hons.) Visual Arts from National College of Arts in in 2018 and earned his merit Scholarship same year. He started his career as Cinema Board Painter at Royal Park Lahore. Learned Traditional Calligraphy, Graphic Design and with a very keen interest in figurative and realistic painting which lead him to graduate from Punjab University College of Art & Design 2015.
Javaid awarded 32 national and 2 intetnational art prizes along with 14th ‘Annual Emerging Talent’ Art Prize at VM Art Gallery, Karachi in 2015. Adcom Leo Burnett Merit Prize from Arjumand Painting Award at Gallery6, Islamabad 2017. ‘TAKE OFF’ Alhamra Annual Art Exhibition by Young Artists 2018. 'Feature Emerging Artist' in APERO CATALOGUE at California, USA 2019. Selected for Artrooms Awards at Le Dame Art Gallery, London 2019. 3rd Prize at Arjumand Painting Award from Gallery6 at IAF, Islamabad 2019. Won ADA award in painting category 2023(Only national award in art). Anna Molka Painting Award, Lahore 2021. He has done 23 art exhibitions in Pakistan and also displayed his work at USA and UK.

My work explores silent conversations between the male genders in society and studies the unbalanced nature of hierarchy amongst men. These hierarchies, which in my opinion are questionable, have become norms accepted and followed by society. I unpack these muted conversations by using facial expressions and hand gestures, which are considerably masculine and at times, aggressive. Compositional elements such as chiaroscuro and the use of forms that appear obscured or unrevealed are employed to heighten the mystery and sinister mood within the works.