Syed Hammadullah Shah Gillani was born in 1993 in Orakzai Agency FATA, Pakistan. He graduated from the National College of Arts, Lahore, with a major in Miniature Painting in 2016. He has been exploring multiple art practices, ranging from abstract expressionism, hyper-realism, traditional miniature painting and new media art. Since his graduation, he has exhibited in Vienna, Salzburg, Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad. Hammad has also taught Miniature Painting as a co-teacher at the Salzburg Summer Academy with Imran Qureshi and Aisha Khalid in 2016 and 2018 respectively.