Over the many years of experience, Ahmad have also found intellectual depth and community through teaching, design, and publishing projects. She believes it is necessary to develop alliances, communities of radical thinkers, feminist scholars, and individuals who lead through knowledge sharing and collaborations; locating ways for us to each excel individually and collectively, bringing forth visions of social change.
PRINT ARCHIVE PAKISTAN
Founder and Researcher
2021 - Present
An archive dedicated to documenting and preserving Pakistan’s history through print media and aims to provide an understanding of print as an archive. The archive provides approaches to the analysis of print media and popular/visual culture, looking at content, context, politics, fashion, image, advertising, art, design, typography, printing and production.
KIRAN AHMAD STUDIO
Creative Director and Team Lead
2013 - Present
Kiran Ahmad, a multidisciplinary studio dedicated to devising creative solutions across the media, art, and design spectrum. Inspired by a minimalistic approach, the practice addresses an interplay of space and form. Through taking-on and being immersed in independent projects and initiatives, the studio has worked on conceptualising and devising several design identities and branding guidelines for start-ups, NGO’s, and educational institutions, focusing mainly on publication and editorial design projects.
Web Link: https://www.kiranahmad.com/
INDUS VALLEY SCHOOL OF ART & ARCHITECTURE
Adjunct Faculty
2015 - Present
Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture is dedicated to producing exceptional artists, designers and architects. We aim to motivate and guide students to think, be curious and remain open to new experiences and teachings in addition to being technically competent. Our curricula are designed to nurture creativity, teach responsibility for social, economic and political problems, and train students to apply their expertise towards sustainable solutions.
Web Link: https://www.indusvalley.edu.pk/home
ZAMBEEL DRAMATIC READING
Sound and Technical Support
2017 - Present
Zambeel Dramatic Readings was founded with a view to present texts from Urdu literature in a dramatized form to a live audience. Zambeel Dramatic Readings aims to present texts in Urdu and English rendered in their dramatised form, to create a dynamic collusion between literature and performance. Referencing traditions of storytelling and the contemporary form of the radio play, our works traverse time and geographical boundaries to interpret and enliven narratives through sound and recitation.
Web Link: https://zambeeldramaticreadings.wordpress.com/
SABEEN MAHMUD FORUM
Volunteer | Advisory Board Member
2019 - Present
The Sabeen Mahmud Forum hopes to see a world where people understand, protect and sustain their mental health and wellbeing. Prevention is at the heart of what we aim to do by addressing the sources of mental health problems for children and young adults. We aim to drive change in schools by supporting them to create safe spaces where they can share their fears, confusion and anxieties with an adult who listens without judgement and helps them determine how to handle stress, relate to others and make healthy informed choices.
Web Link: https://www.sabeenmahmudfoundation.org/
PAKISTAN CHOWK
COMMUNITY CENTRE
Advisory Board Member
2017 - 2024
The Pakistan Chowk Community Centre was a two roomed space designed to encourage community engagement. It gave the public a place to host formal and informal meetings throughout the week. Housed on the first floor of Old Town’s historic Sultani Mahal Building and being in close proximity to Pakistan Chowk, the Centre would actively facilitate art, writing and discourse. However, due to the complications that accompanied Covid-19, the physical space had to be closed. Nevertheless, we are taking advantage of digital platforms, and are continuing research, advocacy and cultural programs through various models like educational and training internship programs.
Web Link: https://www.pakistanchowk.com/
SABEEN MAHMUD ARCHIVE
Volunteer | Advisory Board Member
2019 - 2021
The Sabeen Mahmud Archive is one part of a larger project celebrating Sabeen and taking her passions and work forward with the proposed ‘Sabeen Mahmud Foundation’ (SMF) envisioned by her mother, Mahenaz Mahmud, and Sabeen’s friends and admirers. This digital Archive will serve as a memorial and a space to preserve a record of Sabeen’s life, and will include everything from her notebooks, to her photographs, to the articles she wrote, to her beloved cricket bats and stories from those who knew and loved Sabeen.
Web Link: https://www.facebook.com/sabeenmahmudarchive/
HYBRID, EDITORIAL BOARD, IVS
Editorial Board Member
2017 - 2018
Hybrid is a thematic journal aimed at fostering a culture of research and writing at the Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture and beyond. It is transdisciplinary in nature, and focuses primarily on those practices and projects that seek to apply any combination of art, design, architectural, and related genres, to issues of critical, cultural, political, and educational significance, inclusion, and social justice. Its objective is to bring new and multiple perspectives, grounded in Pakistan and the region, to a local, regional and international audience, and to further pertinent debates. An editorial board spearheads the journal which was initiated in 2016.
Web Link: https://www.indusvalley.edu.pk/research-and-publications