Born in Lahore, schooled in Karachi and Quetta, Ali Baba did his Bachelor of Fine Arts and MA (Hons) Visual Art from 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 human body and its parts. He worked as Assistant Curator at Zahoor-ul-Akhlaq Gallery NCA, served as a Lecturer at 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.