Nour Aslam

Prior to studying Curating Contemporary Art at the Royal College of Art, Aslam had worked in the commercial sector of the arts, including Bonhams Auction House, where she specialised in South Asian, Middle Eastern and North African Art, and worked as Head of Gallery Development for a London based art fair. From there, she was Director of External Relations for the Lahore Biennale 01, having initially joined the Lahore Biennale Foundation as Director of Programs in 2015.

Aslam is deeply invested in tracing new and rediscovering lost narratives within the arts and providing platforms for non-Western artists, particularly from her home country, Pakistan. Through this course, Aslam has focused particularly on the canon of art, questioning how it might expand to create and accommodate for artists from outside of traditional Western centres, and grow through a combination of research and exhibition based practices. As such, her goal is to draw attention to South Asia, particularly Pakistani art narratives, within the global art world context, while facilitating growth for artists and other art practitioners in the country as well.