Tajammul Hussain

Tajammul Hussain was born in 1950's in Lahore, Pakistan and moved while in his teens to London which has been his home for nearly four decades. He is largely a self taught artist whose move from a career of a Chartered Certified Accountant to that of an artist specialising in the Art of the Quran was as a result of number of influences over many years. Influenced heavily by the late Dr. Martin Lings, the Keeper of the Oriental Manuscripts at the British Museum, Tajammul's aim is to give visual expression to the Verses of the Quran in such a way as to bring the mystical meaning of its Verses. In addition he utilises the language of illumination of the Quran Manuscripts long lost in the mists of time which he has reclaimed along with the techniques of the old masters.

The opportunity to have a solo exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford entitled Quranic paintings in May 1999, provided a catalyst for Tajammul to finally change his career and he has pursued painting ever since. Examples of his work are to be found in the collections of the Ashmolean Museum, the Glasgow group of Museums, the British Museum in London, the State Collection of Tunisia and the National Library in Lahore, Pakistan. Tajammul teaches at post graduate level at the Prince's school of Traditional Arts and also overseas.