Kashmiri Khosa was born in Lahore, Pakistan in February 1940 After the partition of India in 1947, his family shifted to New Delhi and he attended the Delhi Polytechnic now known as the Delhi College of Art in 1961.
He employs inks, pencils, oils, and acrylics in his works. He has participated in major national and international shows while being conferred the National Award by the Government of India in 1981 and the President of India’s silver plaque in 1974 His works have been showcased in prestigious art publications such as Temenos-13, London, and International Design Journal, Seoul, Korea. His three decades' works were presented at an International seminar of The ‘Indira Gandhi National Centre of the Arts’ conducted in collaboration with the ‘Millennium Trust of Britain’ in 2004. He participated in the sixth Babylon International Festival of Art in Iraq, in 1994 .He represented India in an international show of ‘Stitching White Cube global village’ in the Netherlands, Denmark, and Germany in 2014 as an artist. He was invited to participate in Scope Miami Art (Voice of an artist) in Florida, USA, in 2015
He was fascinated by the idea of ancient Indian text and wanted its thoughts, philosophies, and wisdom to be translated into the modern visual language of fine art. Therefore, he tried through his paintings to express not just momentary beauty but to trace the roots of our being in this modern material world
His works are part of important collections of the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, Lalit Kala Academy, Sahitya Kala Parishad, New Delhi, International Airport Authority of India, the Jammu and Kashmir Cultural Akademi as well as private collections around the globe