The following list of Pakistani women artists (in alphabetical order by last name) includes artists of various genres, who are notable and are either born in Pakistan, of Pakistani descent or who produce works that are primarily about Pakistan.

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Humaira Abid Humaira Abid is a contemporary artist who was born in Pakistan. The main element she works with is wood. Her recent work combines traditional miniature painting with wood sculpture. Her work examines women's roles, relationships, and taboos from ...

(active since 2000s), wood artist *

Lubna Agha Lubna Agha (May 2, 1949 - May 6, 2012) was an American artist of Pakistani descent who lived in Brookline, Massachusetts. Her work has been exhibited in art museums and galleries in Pakistan and the United States, as well as Britain, Ja ...

(1949–2012), painter, educator, art director *

Zubeida Agha Zubeida Agha ( ur, ; 1922–1997) was among the first Pakistani Modern Artists. After the creation of Pakistan in 1947, she was the first artist to hold an exhibition of her paintings. She helped bring the modern idiom to Pakistan. (Associated ...

(1922–1997), Modernist painter *

Anna Molka Ahmed Anna Molka Ahmed (13 August 1917 – 20 April 1994) was a Pakistani artist and a pioneer of fine arts in the country after its independence in 1947. She was a professor of fine arts at the University of the Punjab in Lahore. Early life an ...

(1917–1995), painter, educator *

Sheherezade Alam Sheherezade Alam (1947/1948 – 19 May 2022) was a Pakistani ceramist. Education and family Alam was born in Pakistan to Mahmoud Alam, a Pakistani former tennis player and his wife, Surayya, in Lahore. She had two brothers, Asad and Shaban. Br ...

(born 1948), ceramist

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* Huma Bhabha (born 1962), sculptor * Ambreen Butt (born 1969), Pakistani-American artist

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* Mehreen Jabbar (born 1971), television and film director * Misha Japanwala, sculptor and fashion designer *

Zehra Laila Javeri Zehra Laila Javeri (Urdu: ; born on 15 October 1971) is a Pakistani artist. She currently resides in Karachi, Pakistan. Javeri's first solo exhibition, titled 'Weeds', opened at Canvas Gallery, Karachi in January 2014. Javeri was greatly infl ...

(born 1971), painter

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Aisha Khalid Aisha Khalid (born 1972 in Lahore, Pakistan) is a female contemporary visual artist, working with miniature painting, textiles, video and site specific installations in architectural spaces. Khalid is one of a generation of artists from Pakistan ...

(born 1972), contemporary artist

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* Laila Khan (Singer)

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Muniba Mazari Muniba Mazari Baloch (Urdu: منیبہ مزاری; born 3 March 1987, also known as the ''Iron Lady of Pakistan'') is a Pakistani activist, anchor artist, model, singer and motivational speaker. She became the National Ambassador for UN Women Pak ...

(born 1987), painter, writer, activist * Huma Mulji (born 1970), sculptor, photographer

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Nigar Nazar Nigar Nazar (; born 1953) is a Pakistani female cartoonist. Her best-known character, Gogi, is an urban Pakistani woman struggling with her frailties in the context of sexist social norms. The character was created to educate people about s ...

(born 1953), Pakistan's first female cartoonist

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Tazeen Qayyum Tazeen Qayyum is a Pakistani-Canadian conceptual artist working in a variety of media including miniature painting, drawing, sculpture, performance, and video. Her work explores issues of identity, immigration, socio-political conflict, and her Mus ...

(born 1973), Pakistani-Canadian conceptual artist * Ayessha Quraishi (born 1970), contemporary artist

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Sughra Rababi Sughra Rababi (1922–1994) was an artist born in British India, who later lived in Pakistan. As a young female artist in the 1940s, she was the first woman to win the All India Painting Competition Award. A versatile painter, designer and sculp ...

(1922–1994), painter, designer, sculptor

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Huma Safdar Huma Safdar (Urdu: ہما صفدر) is a teacher, theatre artist, Punjabi language activist and director of feminist theatre “Sangat”. As an artist, she worked with Punjab Lok Rahs. She has taught as art and Punjabi language teacher in Lahor ...

(fl 1980s), arts teacher, artist * Hiba Schahbaz (born 1981), painter * Laila Shahzada (1926–1994), painter *

Shahzia Sikander Shahzia Sikander (born 1969, in Lahore, Pakistan) is a Pakistani-American visual artist. Sikander works across a variety of mediums, including drawing, painting, printmaking, animation, installation, performance and video. Sikander currently lives ...

(born 1969), painter, animator *

Shamim Nazli Shamim Nazli ( Punjabi, ur, ), (1940 - November 27, 2010) was a Pakistani music director. She composed playback music for movies like ''Baharein Phir Bhi Ayein Gi'' (1969) and '' Bin Badal Barsaat'' (1975). She was the elder sister of playback ...

(1940–2010), music director

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* Sumaira Tazeen (born 1973), Canada-based Pakistani contemporary miniature artist

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Saira Wasim Saira Wasim is a contemporary artist from Lahore, Pakistan. She currently lives in United States. Wasim uses the miniature style of painting, pioneered by the Persians but extensively used in South Asia, to make primarily political and cultural ar ...

(born 1975), painter

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