Board of Trustees
The governing board of the Karachi Biennale Trust whose leadership guided the inaugural curation of KB17.
Almas Bana
Chairperson
Niilofur Farrukh
Managing Trustee
Atteqa Malik
Treasurer
Bushra Hussain
General Secretary
Amin Gulgee
Chief Curator & Trustee
Dr. Asma Ibrahim
Trustee
Farzana Tunio
Trustee
Masuma Halai Khwaja
Trustee
Ainee Shehzad
Trustee
Riffat Alvi
TrusteeCommittees & Operations Teams
The operational core of the Biennale, driven by dedicated creative coordinators, volunteers, and administrative professionals.
Curatorial Committee
- Amin Gulgee Chief Curator
- Zarmeene Shah Curator at Large
- Zeerak Ahmed Assistant Curator
- Humayun Memon Assistant Curator
- Sara Pagganwala Assistant Curator
- Adam Fahy-Majeed Curatorial Member
Global Outreach
- Atteqa Malik Committee Chair
- Sahar Ismail Committee Member
- Fariha Amjad Obaid Committee Member
- Farzana Tunio Committee Member
- Amin Gulgee / Bushra Hussain Committee Members
- Riffat Alvi / Aquila Ismail Committee Members
Prize Committee
- Bushra Hussain Committee Chair
- Almas Bana / Niilofur Farrukh Committee Members
- Atteqa Malik / Amin Gulgee Committee Members
- Dr. Asma Ibrahim / Farzana Tunio Committee Members
Discursive Committee
- Niilofur Farrukh Committee Chair
- Aquila Ismail / Waheeda Baloch Committee Members
- Tazeen Hussain / Bushra Hussain Committee Members
- Rahat Saeed Committee Member
Resource Mobilisation
- Khusro Mumtaz Committee Chair
- Ainee Shehzad / Almas Bana Committee Members
- Anushae Alam / Atteqa Malik Committee Members
Hospitality Committee
- Atteqa Malik Committee Chair
- Kulsum Ebrahim Committee Member
- Umme Hani Imani Committee Member
- Anil Shankar / Maria Ali Asghar Committee Members
Art Directory Website
- Bushra Hussain / Tazeen Hussain Co-Chairs
- Shanza Khan / Hassan Munnawar Coordination Team
- Research Interns DHA Degree College, KSA, IVS, TIP, Dept of Visual Studies UoK
Public Outreach
- Masuma Halai Khwaja Committee Chair
- Mohsin Sayeed / Bina Ali / Khushbu Shaukat Committee Members
- Ambareen K. Thompson / Ainee Shehzad Committee Members
- Shehzar Abro / Fatema Mandviwala / Safa Fareed Committee Members
- Zoya Nasir / Nasheed Imran / Ali Imani Committee Members
Design, Marketing & Catalogue
- Zehra Hamdani Mirza Marketing & Design Chair
- Niilofur Farrukh Catalogue Committee Chair
- John McCarry / Aquila Ismail / Amin Gulgee Catalogue Members
- Atteqa Malik / Halima Saadia / Ali Imani Marketing Members
- Shamain Nisar / Saniya Jouzy / Hira Zuberi Media & Design Team
Educational Program
- Varda Nisar Program Coordinator
- Sadia Sohail Committee Member
- Samra Zamir Committee Member
- Tayyaba Sajjad Committee Member
Event Production
- Pomme Amina Gohar Production Chair / Lighting Director
- Mishaal A. Khan / Hasan Ali / Rijah Chhapra Production Members
- Eman Ahmed / Darbar Shah Production Members
- Hira Zuberi / MA Design Exhibition Circulation
- Humayun Memon Venue Photography
Administration & Staff
- Anil Shankar Administration Manager
- Muhammad Qasim Accounts Manager
- Raza Ahmed Office Assistant
- Umme Hani Imani Discursive Events Coordinator
- Kulsum Ebrahim Executive Assistant to CEO