Born in Lahore, schooled in Karachi and Quetta, Ali Baba did his Bachelor of Fine Arts and MA (Hons) Visual Art from the National College of Arts Lahore with distinction. Trained as a painter but mostly works in sculpture and installations. His main concern has been the human existence, its condition, and sculpture itself. He mostly works with negative/positive life casts of the human body and its parts. He worked as an assistant curator at Zahoor-ul-AKlaq Gallery NCA, served as a lecturer at the College of Art and Design, Punjab University Lahore, and currently he is working in Lahore and teaching as permanent faculty at the Master of Visual Art Department, National College of Arts, Lahore.
His work revolves around the human body and its existence. His intent is to explore the human form with regards to the negative and positive spaces formed through touch and within the human body. He is interested in three-dimensionality, materiality, and sculpture itself as a medium. He engages viewers on a sensitive and emotional level through silent, subtle, and delicate imagery. The work exudes pathos, likely influenced by his experience of his surroundings. He employs a variety of materials and techniques, often starting with a life cast of a human body or body part in plaster, which then evolves into other materials depending on the needs of the piece.
