Portrait taken by Kayhan Anjum Suleman.
Shehzil Malik
Designer + Illustrator
Shehzil Malik is a designer and illustrator with a focus on human rights, feminism and South Asian identity. She leads a studio that works on social impact projects through digital art, publications, textile and public art. Her work has been featured in CNN, DW, BBC and Forbes with clients including Sony Music, Penguin Random House, Oxfam, New York Times, GIZ and Google.
She is a Fulbright scholar with an MFA in Visual Communication Design from the Rochester Institute of Technology and is part of the International Development Innovation Network (IDIN). She was a contributing artist and panelist at the Oslo Freedom Forum 2019 and has previously worked as an art director at Ogilvy & Mather, Lahore.
Experience
Fellow at the Graduate School, Universität der Künste Berlin
2021-2023
Resident Artist, Housewarming by the British Council Arts & Create London
Virtual residency between London and Lahore
2020
Exhibitor, Sharjah Art Foundation’s Event, FOCAL POINT2019
UAE 2019
Collaboration Across Borders: Artist Talk at Mil ke Chai cafe
Nepal 2019
Panelist and exhibitor at Oslo Freedom Forum by The Human Rights Foundation
Norway 2019
Exhibitor and Facilitator at the Frauenkultur Centre in Leipzig
Germany 2019
Workshop facilitator at Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig
Germany 2019
Collaborator, “Creating Heroines” international feminist comics project by British Council
Nepal 2019
Featured speaker, National Digital Design Conference
Pakistan 2017
Speaker, TedX Habib University
Pakistan 2017
Faciliator at International Design Development Summit (IDDS) Sisaket
Thailand 2017
Awards
Yvonne M.T. Hebert Award from UN Women
Recipient of grant for exceptional qualifications and outstanding contributions to the cause of gender equality and women’s empowerment
2020
Australian Awards Fellow for Human Centred Design: Local Innovation for Development
Program between Australian social impact organizations and leaders from the Global South
2017
Adobe Design Achievement Awards
Semifinalist for Web and Application Design for MFA thesis project
2014
Fulbright Scholarship
Awarded to pursue MFA at Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
2012- 2014