Artist Spotlight Maryam's story of Art

Art makes people and people make art. It is a tricky yet an incredulous and intriguing combination. Our incredibly talented artist Maryam Mughal embodies this combination to its perfection. Hereby, she would be sharing the story of  her venture into the world of art and colors with us in her own words.

What inspired you to become an artist in the first place?

Since a child, the air in front of me was the canvas and I was brushing it with colors of my thoughts. One day I did it on paper
and the world around me said, wow, since than I was titled as a natural artist and my hands itch to create more art to beautify
life around me. I paint my desires, my expressions and expectations towards life according to my violent mood swings. For me,
each of my painting is more like my own baby as I feel my soul in it.

What are your favorite media and themes which you prefer to work upon?


Contemporary modern and figurative is my favorite domain to work. Yet I have trained myself to work on art assignments too, as a decade of work has enabled me to grasp the idea and tailor it to clients’ demands. I’m inspired by nature, pain and
transitions. I love painting beyond constraints of time and space. My hobby is my profession so I don’t see myself retiring any time in life. I want to leave some work which makes me eternal. The journey of the artist in me has faced every possible
adversity; from rejection to alienation, from ridicule to exploitation but it only grew stronger and today when I look with in, I don’t see much of myself except than an artist.

What are your career aspirations?


I Am a BFA graduate with 10 years of experience in Graphics, advertising, print media, Radio and TV. My favorite job is to create unique style paintings and artworks in different mediums. I have been associated with an international art gallery from a long
time. Also, I love creating functional artistic concepts and communicational illustrations, books and magazine design. I started my career as a Client Executive/Assistant Creative Manager in an Ad Agency in Islamabad and that’s how I got in to Advertising
Industry in 2007. Being a Fine Arts student  I had an added advantage of understanding  creativity in communicational design. My career aspirations thus run along similar lines.


From the vantage point of an artist, if you had to say something to the world, what would that be?


I believe that drawing and painting serves as a timeless means of communication since art is that expressive therapy that makes me and everyone feel connected to an image of the world that extends beyond the senses; a world in which time is still and one achieves inner peace.