Rabia S. Akhtar (born 1992) is a visual artist and writer currently based in Karachi, Pakistan. She completed her BFA from the Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, Karachi in 2015 specialising in Miniature Painting.

Within her practice, Rabia cross-examines the psychic and nostalgic conditions around human-animal relationships. She constructs bizarre universes, where zoomorphic beings and otherworldly beasts negotiate within an uneasy, symbolic coexistence. Rabia has showcased her artworks locally and internationally, at spaces including the Ministry for Gozo, Victoria, Australia, and the Czong Institute of Contemporary Art Museum, Gimpo-si, South Korea.  She has taken part in numerous residencies including a collaborative AiR programme initiated by the Valetta Foundation, and Fondazzjoni Kreattività, Valletta, Malta in 2018, as well as Locating Word and Taaza Tareen 12, initiated by Vasl Artists’ Collective, Karachi, Pakistan.

Rabia has also written a children’s book, which will be published by the Oxford University Press, Pakistan. In 2020, her artist book Bogus Villa Buds was displayed at Focal Point 2020, an art book fair arranged by the Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. She has also produced content for various platforms, including ArtNow Pakistan, Online, and the Karachi Biennale Trust, Karachi, Pakistan.

Rabia’s artwork is housed within the permanent collection of Ambiance Boutique Art Hotels.