List of Afghan artists explained

This is a list of artists who were born in the Afghanistan or whose artworks are closely associated with that country. Artists are listed by field of study and then by last name in alphabetical order, and they may be listed more than once, if they work in many fields of study.

Architects

Zakia Wardak, architect, politician, and businesswoman

Painters

Khadim Ali (born 1978), Pakistani-born Australian painter, of Afghani-Hazaras descent
Abdul Ghafoor Breshna (1907–1974), painter, music composer, poet, and film director
Shamsia Hassani (born 1988), graffiti artist and professor
Jalaluddin Jalal (1923–1977), writer, poet and painter
Karim Shah Khan (1919– c. late-1980s), Realism painter
Khair Mohammad Khan Yari (1901–1976), painter
Akbar Khurasani (born 1961), Afghan-born Ukrainian painter
Mohammad Maimangi (1873–1935), Realism painter
Hafiz Pakzad (born 1955), Realism painter
Nasrollah Sarvari (1942–2017), Realism painter

Miniature painters

Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād (c. 1455/60–1535), painter of miniatures, head of the royal ateliers in Herat and Tabriz during the late Timurid and early Safavid Persian periods
Samira Kitman (born 1984), calligrapher and miniaturist, resides in England
Dust Muhammad (late 15th century), painter of miniatures, calligrapher, and art historian

Photographers

Rada Akbar (born 1988), Afghan-born conceptual artist, and photographer, living in exile
Massoud Hossaini (born 1981), photojournalist
Farzana Wahidy (born 1984), documentary photographer and photojournalist

Printmakers

Aatifi (born 1965), Afghan-born German contemporary painter, printmaker and calligrapher

Sculptors

Malina Suliman (born 1990), metalworker, graffiti artist, and painter,