Aasim Akhtar is an independent artist, art critic and curator. His writing is published in magazines, catalogues, and books both nationally and internationally, and his art work has been widely exhibited, notably at Whitechapel Gallery, London, as part of a commemorative show entitled, Where Three Dreams Cross: 150 Years of Photography in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh (2010). He was a writer-in-residence at Ledig House, USA, and at Ucross Foundation, USA in 2000, and a curator-in-residence at the Fukuoka
Asian Art Museum in Japan in 2002. Among the many exhibitions he’s curated to date, An Idea of Perfection: National Exhibition of Photography, Open Field, and Definitions of Childhood are noteworthy. He is the author of two published books, Regards Croisés (Alliance Francaise, Islamabad, 1996) and The Distant Steppe (Alliance Francaise, Islamabad, 1997), and has just finished writing his third, Uncommon Threads: Traditions of Embroidery in Hazara. As an art instructor, he’s taught Art Appreciation and Studio Practice at The National College of Arts, Rawalpindi, and lectured widely.