Nusrat Khawaja is an independent researcher, writer, landscaper, award-winning art critic, artist, and curator. Her most recent curatorial project on behalf of the Karachi Biennale Trust was the conception and curation of the art film 'The River Sublime - A Film Trilogy on the River Indus' which screened at the Richmond Arts and Ideas Festival in June 2025. She has contributed critical essays to the Literary Encyclopedia and regularly contributes essays on art to Pakistan-based publications including Dawn, Architecture Design Arts (ADA/Iconica), and The Karachi Collective. She is a graduate of Mount Holyoke College with a major in Cultural Anthropology.