Shahrukh Asad
Shahrukh Asad is a Pakistani, UK-based multidisciplinary visual artist, currently living in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Her practice is rooted in expressive abstraction, where colour, form, and texture converge to evoke the unspoken dimensions of human experience. With a Master of Fine Arts from the prestigious Punjab University College of Art and Design, followed by a Master’s in Business Management from Queen’s University Belfast, she brings together the dual strengths of artistic mastery and strategic vision.
Through layers of luminous hues, gestural marks, and fluid abstraction, Asad creates visual spaces that echo both intimacy and infinity, a language of painting that resonates with emotion while inviting viewers to encounter their own inner landscapes. She is currently undertaking a Home Residency at Digital Arts Studios (DAS), where she is engaging with both traditional and digital practices. This residency allows her to experiment with hybrid approaches—merging the tactile sensibilities of paint with the fluid possibilities of digital media—while expanding her research into how technology and tradition can coexist within contemporary abstraction.
Asad is also the founder of Curated Frame Art Gallery, an independent platform dedicated to amplifying artistic voices. With this venture, she holds the distinction of being the first Pakistani minority to establish an online art gallery in Northern Ireland, carving a historic space for representation, dialogue, and creative exchange within the global art scene.
Her exhibition history reflects both breadth and distinction. She has participated in 15 group exhibitions across Pakistan, Dubai, and London, including her notable 2024 exhibition at SB Art Gallery, London. Her forthcoming solo exhibitions in Belfast, United Kingdom—Dastan (November 2025) and Infinite Spectrum (December 2025)—are scheduled to further expand her international presence.
Asad’s practice also extends into curation, with her debut curatorial exhibition Tangled Traces of Presence, where she explored intersections of identity, memory, and materiality through diverse artistic voices. Through her art, curation, and gallery, Shahrukh Asad stands at the intersection of creation and leadership—a painter of visions and a builder of platforms, working toward a future where art transcends boundaries and becomes a shared language of remembrance, resilience, and renewal.
Residency period: August - November 2025
