Experience

Karachi Biennale Trust
• Pakistan
• Artists and Writers
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Project Intern

  • Jul 2023 - Present

Finqalab
• Pakistan
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Associate Product Designer

  • Jun 2023 - Present

Next Capital Limited
• United Kingdom
• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Associate Product Designer

  • Jun 2023 - Present


Self-employed

• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Fine Artist

  • Aug 2014 - Present

  Operating primarily via Instagram (@ashikashaikhart), producing commissioned as well as personal artwork and prints in traditional and mixed/exploratory (fine art) media. Operating primarily via Instagram (@ashikashaikhart), producing commissioned as well as personal artwork and prints in traditional and mixed/exploratory (fine art) media.



The Khawatoons

• Performing Arts

• Improv Comedienne

  • Aug 2017 - Present

  Youngest member of South Asia's first all-female improv comedy troupe since 2017, regularly perform public shows of audiences of 100+ people + private corporate shows for PepsiCo., Unilever Pakistan, Shell Pakistan, & Dawood Hercules Corporation to name a few. Youngest member of South Asia's first all-female improv comedy troupe since 2017, regularly perform public shows of audiences of 100+ people + private corporate shows for PepsiCo., Unilever Pakistan, Shell Pakistan, & Dawood Hercules Corporation to name a few.


Endeavor Pakistan
• Pakistan
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Intern

  • Feb 2023 - Mar 2023


Sonya Battla

• Research Assistant

  • Sep 2021 - Feb 2023

  -Conducted extensive secondary research on the history of fashion in Pakistan (with a special focus on the Kashmir shawl) with the aim of organizing it into a published book by designer Sonya Battla [in progress]. -Assisted the foundation of the Pakistan Collective for Decolonial Practices and the subsequent organization of seminars hosted by the collective in Karachi & Lahore. -Conducted extensive secondary research on the history of fashion in Pakistan (with a special focus on the Kashmir shawl) with the aim of organizing it into a published book by designer Sonya Battla [in progress]. -Assisted the foundation of the Pakistan Collective for Decolonial Practices and the subsequent organization of seminars hosted by the collective in Karachi & Lahore.



The World Bank

• United States
• International Trade and Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Summer Intern

  • Jun 2022 - Aug 2022

  Research design, on-field research, workshop organization/conduction, and data mapping/organization for the Vision Karachi Document 2050 under the leadership of researchers Hira Zuberi and Farhan Anwar. Research design, on-field research, workshop organization/conduction, and data mapping/organization for the Vision Karachi Document 2050 under the leadership of researchers Hira Zuberi and Farhan Anwar.



Danish Ali Official (Facebook and YouTube pages)

• Scriptwriter/Actress

  • 2018 - 2019

  Co-wrote and acted in multiple comedy skits with the traction of 1+ million views on average on YouTube alone (as of 2022). Co-wrote and acted in multiple comedy skits with the traction of 1+ million views on average on YouTube alone (as of 2022).



Pakistan Chowk Community Centre

• Pakistan
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Intern

  • Jun 2018 - Jul 2018

  On-field mapping of Karachi's Old Town area with a focus on the histories, architectural design, resident demographics, and current status/employment of each building contained within the Ram Bagh Quarter. Recording, videotaping (where relevant), transcribing, and compiling of 'unofficial' spoken histories (Ghair Sarkari Tareekh) of select long-term residents. On-field mapping of Karachi's Old Town area with a focus on the histories, architectural design, resident demographics, and current status/employment of each building contained within the Ram Bagh Quarter. Recording, videotaping (where relevant), transcribing, and compiling of 'unofficial' spoken histories (Ghair Sarkari Tareekh) of select long-term residents.