Parvez Bhatti

Parvez was born in 1955 in Lyari Town, Karachi to a Muslim family. Bhatti began his career in 1971 by painting for local art galleries under the training of his mentor, whom he referred to as Sardar Sahab,. “It has been 40 years since I have been working as a painter. I used to paint movie posters for cinemas and I also used to take orders for different art galleries” said Parvez.

Bhatti came to recognition in March 2015 by his portrait painting of Barack Obama's family which was posted by a Facebook page Humans of Lyari and became viral on social media.