Next @sanat_initiative LANDSCAPE OF THE MIND by @atifkhan.artist which opens on Friday, 6 November
Muhammad Atif Khan graduated with distinction in 1997 in Fine Arts from National College of Arts Lahore. An illustrious career spanning 3 decades has seen a plethora of international awards, residencies and workshops. In 1998, he was awarded the ‘UNESCO-ASHBURG Bursary for Artists’, and was appointed Artist in Residence at the Darat- Al-Funun in Amman, Jordan. He received the ‘Commonwealth Arts & Crafts Award’ in 2007. Atif was Artist in Residence at the Swansea Print Workshop in Wales (2005-06), London Print Studio in England (2008) and Glasgow Print Studio in Scotland (2008). He has shown his work in several prestigious museums; ‘Bradford Museum’, ‘Aga Khan Museum’, ‘Sharjah Art Museum’ and ‘Islamic Museum of Australia’. He has also participated in art workshops in Bangladesh, India, Jordan and UK. He has 24 solo shows to his credit in Pakistan, UK, Jordan, India and Switzerland. In 2022, he was appointed co-curator of the Asian Art Biennale, Bangladesh which is the oldest art biennale in Asia. In 2015, he won the Lahore Biennale Foundation’s Open Call Competition; ‘Intersections’ and developed a large scale, site specific installation ‘City within a City’ at the Chowk Istanbul at Mall Road, Lahore, Pakistan. Also, Atif won the ADA Award 2020-21 in the category of Digital Arts and Nigaah Art Award 2023 in the category of Printmaking. Recently, he created a series of art installations at the NCA Triennale 2025. Alongside his independent art practice, Atif is the faculty member and leading the Department of Printmaking and Digital Media at his alma mater, National College of Arts Lahore.
