Amber Arifeen is a Pakistani – American visual and performance artist, born and raised in Lahore, Pakistan. She completed her masters in painting from Wimbledon College of Arts in 2019. After completing her undergraduate studies from U.C Berkeley in 2011, she returned to Pakistan to work with an international women’s reproductive health organization, giving her exposure to the contrasting realities of women living in Pakistan, across different classes, and to the ties that bind them. Her feminist practice and interest in South Asian female subjectivity draws inspiration from philosophers she studied as an undergraduate at U.C Berkeley and her experiences of living abroad and in Pakistan. Arifeen has had five solo shows and several group shows in Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad, Dubai, Paris, Berlin, and London. She will be debuting her work in the United States this year with Rajiv Contemporary in “Now Streaming” in Los Angeles. In October of 2021 Arifeen was invited to participate at Domus Residency - an eco-feminist residence located in Southern Italy. Amber was nominated and awarded the Nigah Art Award for female emerging artist of 2023. Her practice has evolved and expanded to include painting, performance, sound, animation, film and sculpture. She works between Hunza, Lahore, and New York.