Sidra Khawaja (Pakistan)

Sidra Khawaja is a Kashmiri interdisciplinary creative practitioner, educator, researcher, and a Fulbright scholar. Born in 1990 in Muzaffarabad–Kashmir (Pakistan), she completed her Bachelor in Visual Communication Design from National College of Arts Lahore (2015) and Master in Designed Objects from School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA (2021). Her practice thrives at the intersection of design, craft, anthropology and cultural exploration. She weaves narratives bridging socio-political and cultural contexts through interactive public experiences using objects, installations, archives, and multimedia. Her work critically delves into material culture, sparking dialogue on decolonization, identity, representation, eco-feminism and climate change.