Khadija S. Akhtar

Khadija S. Akhtar (b. 1996) is a Karachi based visual artist. She received her BFA from the Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture in 2019 with a distinction in her thesis, and was placed on the Dean’s List. Akhtar majored in Traditional Miniature Painting and New Media Art. In January 2020, she was chosen to participate in This is Me: Identity and Art in an Emerging Pakistan (Ohio, USA), where she was selected as one of the ten artists for the nationwide exhibition. Akhtar was also one of the ten winners who received the Young Artist Award for ‘Best Artwork of the Year’, amongst 410 participants in the national exhibition Resilience, at the Alhamra Art Center (Lahore, Pakistan). Khadija has also worked alongside various local and international platforms, including Manchester Museum, Aafrinish by Niazi, and Marvi Mazhar & Associates. She has also worked on the international, collaborative project Artdom, founded by Arghavan Agida, the former Goodwill Ambassador for UN women in Sweden. Khadija is also one of the three recipients of the Arjumand Painting Award, 2021.