Unver Shafi Khan was born in 1961 in Karachi, Pakistan. He graduated in 1984 from Kenyon College, U.S.A. with a B.A. in English Literature.

With a deep and abiding interest in poetry and fascination with the natural world it is the human form that remains central to his work.

His signature large anthropomorphic landscapes in oil have a lucidity and sensuality of the best abstract tradition; as a critic wrote recently: "this is canvas quivering with touch".

His meticulously observed acrylic 'miniatures' – collectively titled
Fabulist – use a striking jewel-like visual narrative full of sexual wit and innuendo.

Paintings in both mediums have the undeniable effervescence of a spirituality that links art and sex.

Unver works out of his studio by the sea in Karachi.

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