Education
2015 Slade School of Fine Art, University College London, UK (MFA Painting)
2012 National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan (BFA Miniature Painting)
Solo Exhibitions
2022 The Life of an Image, Khaas Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan
2018 the soul breathes differently, Satrang Art Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan
2016 a cage as elusive as a shadow, Sanat Initiative, Karachi, Pakistan
Exhibitions
2024 Haryali, A show about climate change, the residence of the Danish Ambassador to Pakistan,
Islamabad
2024 Knowledge of the Ancients, a collateral to Lahore Biennale 03, Lahore
2024 Legacies of Crossings, Shahnaz Gallery, London
2024 At Daybreak, Ignition Art Project, Coningsby Gallery, London
2024 Triptykon, LungA School, Seyðisfjörður
2024 Losing, Looping, Forgetting, List í ljósi, Seyðisfjörður
2023 Pas-E-Aaina, Dominion Gallery, Lahore
2023 Ecological Study, ArtNext Gallery, Lahore
2022 The Unwritten, Satrang Gallery, Islamabad
2022 Tutti Frutti Kahaniyan, Canvas Gallery, Karachi
2022 A Decade, Satrang Art Gallery, Islamabad
2021 Spinning and Unspinning, The Art of the Storyteller, O Art Space, Lahore
2021 Transforming Narratives, The Positive Power of Artistic Collaborations by CollaborArtists, Birmingham
2021 The Architecture of Being II, AAN Gandhara Art Space, Karachi
2020 Pretty Art for Pretty People, Curated by Champa, Sanat Initiative, Karachi
2019 Indus Water Machines by Pak Khawateen Painting Club, Lahore Biennale, Lahore
2019 Crosscut: Consumerism & Ethics, Gurmani House, Lahore
2018 From the Hills to the Sea, AAN Gandhara Art Space, Karachi
2018 National Exhibition, Alhamra Art Gallery, Lahore
2018 within|without, Asia House, London
2018 Oaks Editions Lithography Studio, Riverside Gallery, London
2018 Art for Artist, Qutub Rind and Contemporaries, O Art Space, Lahore
2018 Solitude, Koel Gallery, Karachi
2018 Future Debris, Zahoor Ul Akhlaq Gallery, National College of Arts, Lahore
2017 You're Killing the Mountain, Exhibition and book launch of Artists' Book, Murree Museum Artist Residency, Faiz
International Festival, Alhamra Arts Council, Lahore
2017 Embodied Experience, Taseer Art Gallery, Lahore
2017 Of Other Spaces, 8-F Gulberg 2, Lahore
2017 Water, Murree Museum, Murree
2017 Crossing Borders, Siddhartha Art Gallery, Kathmandu
2017 Fine Print, Etching and Aquatint, IVS Gallery, Indus School of Art and Architecture, Karachi
2016 Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours 204th Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2015 The London Group 82nd Open Exhibition 2015, The Cello Factory, London
2015 Hix Award Exhibition 2015, CNB Gallery, London
2015 MA/MFA Degree Show, Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London
2015 Material Matters, A Goodenough College Exhibition, Goodenough College, London
2014 Slade Interim Show, Slade Research Centre, London
2012 Day After Tomorrow, Alhamra Art Gallery, Lahore
2010 Sanjh, Art Exhibition to Raise Funds for Flood Affectees, September 4th- 10th 2010, Alhamra Art Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
2010 New-s Item, Alhamra Art Gallery, Lahore
2008 Culture and Democracy: The Exhibition, Zahoor Ul Akhlaq Gallery, National College of Arts, Lahore
2008 Fresh Cream, Alhamra Art Gallery, Lahore
2008 Transformation, an Exhibition of Students Artworks, Zahoor Ul Akhlaq Gallery, National College of Arts, Lahore
Residencies and International Visits
2024 LungA School, Seyðisfjörður
2022 Visitor by Invitation of Mondriaan Fonds, Amsterdam
2017 Printmaking Workshop, Return to Basics 2017, VASL Residency, Indus School of Art and
Architecture, Karachi
2017 The Water Book, Murree Museum Artists’ Residency, Murree
Curatorial Projects
2023 The Unforgotten Moon: Liberating Art from Guantánamo Bay, IVS Gallery, Indus Valley School of Art and
Architecture, Karachi
2020 Unmaking History, co-curator, Research and Publication Centre, Lahore
2018 River in an ocean, co-curator, 51-N Gurumangat Road, Gulberg 2, Lahore
2017 Of Other Spaces, 8-F Gulberg 2, Lahore
Panel Discussions
2022 Curatorial Methodologies, Staging the Contemporary: The Next Generation. An online
symposium organized by Ishara Art Foundation and India Art Fair.
2019 Curating in Pakistan. Panel discussion with Abdullah Qureshi, Laila Rahman, Natasha
Jozi and Saher Sohail. COMO Museum, Lahore, Pakistan.
Selected Publications and Articles
2023 Natasha Malik. The Unforgotten Moon: Liberating Art from Guantánamo Bay, NO-
2023 Feliz Solomon. 540 Days at CIA Black Sites. 18 Years at Guantanamo Without Charge.
Hundreds of Paintings, Now Out in The World. Wall Street Journal
2023 Sonia Ghezali, Shahzeb Wahlah. Pakistani artist asks US military to return the artwork
he painted in Guantanamo. France 24
2023 Naimat Khan. Former Pakistan Guantánamo Detainee Uses Art to Portray Anguish of Years
in Confinement. Arab News, Pakistan
Press
2024 Pramodha Weerasekera. Resonant Shells, Animated Bodies: Natasha Malik’s Film Experiments
2023 Kate Wilson. Drawing and Painting: Materials and Techniques for Contemporary Artists,
Thames and Hudson
2022 Nayha Jahangir Khan. Art Review, Natasha Malik at Khaas Contemporary
Awards
2016 Special commendation, Dentons Art Prize, London, UK
2016 Shortlisted for Dentons Art Prize, London, UK
2015 Shakir Ali Award, National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan
2013 University College London Studentship for postgraduate work in the Department Slade School of Fine
Art, London, UK
2012 One of the 10 best works of the exhibition ‘Day After Tomorrow', Alhamra Art Gallery, Lahore Arts
Council, Lahore, Pakistan
2011 Principal’s Honour List, National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan
2010 Merit scholarship, National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan
2009 Merit scholarship, National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan