Sarah Kazmi is an interdisciplinary artist and writer, living and working between Oslo, Norway, and Karachi, Pakistan. Her artistic practice moves across research and visual production to observe the relationships between food, language and politics – often within the context of local communities. In addition to her visual-art practice, Kazmi works with writing, conveying her texts through a variety of disciplines, including sound, video, installation and performance.
Kazmi is also a policy advocate for Verdensrommet, an artist-led support network, founded in 2021, which is run by and for non-EU/EEA creative professionals in Norway. Working at the intersection of immigration, labour and mutual aid, Verdensrommet encourages new visions for the future of cultural work.
In 2019, Kazmi graduated from Oslo National Academy of the Arts with an MA in Art and Public Space. Two years later, she was selected to participate in RAW Académie Session 8, ‘Tour de Table’, in Dakar, Senegal, and in 2023 her work was featured in ‘Ocean Eyes’, the seventh edition of Coast Contemporary, curated by Valentinas Klimašauskas in Lofoten, Norway. Earlier this year, Kazmi had her largest solo show to date, ‘Cooking, Time?’ curated by Noor Bhangu, at Intercultural Museum in Oslo. Kazmi’s works were recently acquired by the City of Oslo Art Collection and she is currently a beneficiary of the two-year free studio programme at Atelier Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo.
