Born in Bahawalpur, Pakistan, in 1968, Naiza H. Khan studied art at the Wimbledon School of Art, and later, whilst at Somerville College, University of Oxford, at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art. Over the past decade, she has focused on drawing, entrenching herself in an art historical language that is rich and uncompromising. Based in Pakistan, she is a founding member and former coordinator of the Vasl Artists’ Collective. She was also part of the Fine Art Faculty of the Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture in Karachi.

Khan’s work has been exhibited internationally and she has won various awards, including the inaugural Unilever Lux Award for Visual Artist in 2002, the National

Excellence Award (Pakistan National Council of Arts) in 2003 and the 43rd Premio Suzzara in 2003.