Saqib Akhtar
Lahore, South Asia, Pakistan
Saqib Akhtar is an independent visual artist and communication designer from Pakistan. Born and rais...
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Saqib Akhtar
Joined In 2013
(46 Followers)
About the artist
Saqib Akhtar
Joined In 2013
(46 Followers)
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Saqib Akhtar is an independent visual artist and communication designer from Pakistan. Born and raised in Lahore, he has graduated in Bachelor's in Visual Communication Design from NCA, Lahore in 1985 with honors. His work has been displayed in local galleries as well as in Kuwait. He has worked with several renowned organizations including Hilton/Avari Hotel & The Punjab Bank in Pakistan and iPak, Direction Communication, Market Links, Four Films Printing Ltd. & Kuwait Oil Company in Kuwait. He has Exhibited his work in Al Hamra Art Council, Ejaz Art Gallery & Nairang Art Gallery Lahore and Boushahry Art Gallery, Kuwait. Teached Visual Communication Design as a Visiting Faculty Professor at NCA Lahore Pakistan.
Presently teaching Graphic Design and Visual Art at University of Management & Technology (UMT), Lahore Pakistan as an Assistant Professor.
Bachelor in Visual Communication Design from National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan. 1985
Solo Exhibition – My In-Visible Lahore
Ink & Watercolor
Ocean Art Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan — 6 December 2025
Group Exhibition
University of Sargodha, Pakistan — 2024
National Council of Arts – Annual Exhibition
Alhamra Art Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan — December 2019
Group Exhibition – Kashmir Bleeds
National Council of Arts, Alhamra Art Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan — October 2019
Award of Excellence
Group Exhibition – SCAPE 19
National College of Arts (NCA), Lahore, Pakistan — 2019
33rd Annual Exhibition – Artists’ Association of Punjab (AAP)
Alhamra Arts Council, Lahore, Pakistan — 2019
Group Exhibition – Watercolorists
Mussawir Art Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan — 2019
Lahore Biennale 2018 (Associated Group Exhibition)
Ejaz Art Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan — 2018
Group Exhibition
Shakir Ali Museum, Lahore, Pakistan — 2018
32nd Annual Exhibition – Artists’ Association of Punjab (AAP)
Alhamra Arts Council, Lahore, Pakistan — 2018
Group Exhibition – Kuwait: Old and New
Boushahri Art Gallery, Salmiya, Kuwait — December 2016 – January 2017
Solo Exhibition – Watercolor Paintings
Nairang Art Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan — 1992
Solo Exhibition – Watercolor Paintings
Alhamra Art Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan — 1990
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