Shanzay Subzwari is a visual artist, art educator and art writer who works with contemporary miniature painting, video and papercutting. She completed her BFA with distinction (dissertation) and the Academic Excellence in Fine Art Prize from Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, Karachi, and pursued an MFA with overall distinction from London Metropolitan University, on the British Chevening Scholarship (2019-2020).
Shanzay has exhibited in the UK, USA, Italy, Turkey and Pakistan. She was part of the British Council-sponsored UK-Wales exhibition/artist exchange titled ‘Flow’. Between 2016-2020 she participated in the Festival Belluard Bollwerk in Switzerland, the SAARI artist residency in Finland and the GC Dean’s Seminar in Spain. She had an Art x Fashion collaboration with Sadaf Fawad Khan Bridals and her Video Art commission for Platform Asia, funded by Arts Council England, was selected for Film Festivals in Pakistan and the UK. Shanzay’s work has been acquired by the South Asian Institute, Chicago, the AAN Collection and the Furqan Ahmed Collection in Pakistan, among other notable collections. She currently hosts The Art Lounge Talks on Instagram Live and hosted the Nigaah Art Awards in 2023 and 2025. She is a finalist for the Culture and Creativity award at the Study UK Alumni Awards 2025. She also has an Art X Fashion brand, House of Subzwari.
