Ammar Faiz is a visual artist born in Lahore, Pakistan. He experiments with various mediums of experiential expressions including film and audio documentation, drawings, multi-faceted installations and collages. He is particularly interested in exploring anthropological themes underlying intangible cultural settings residing on the borders of urbanization and rural tradition.

Ammar has exhibited his work at various international shows including New Wight Biennial UCLA, Los Angeles, US, The Image Show in Tanzania, traveling exhibition ‘Make Being Radical’ tour show in Netherland and AMP Gallery London, UK. His local shows include Singer Not the Song (2021) at Dominion Gallery, Lahore, Islamabad Art Fair (2019), Making History (2018), Amalgamation (2017) and What Belongs To You (2016) at Sanat Gallery, Karachi, Common Fabric, (2015) at Rohtas II, Lahore and Dialogue 1 (2011), Alhamra Art Center, Lahore. His films have been screened at Reykjavík International Film Festival (2017), Reykjavík, Iceland, Ozark Short Film Festival (2016), Lamar, USA, Salair International Independent FILM Festival (2016), Russia and Visionaria (2015), Italy.

Ammar graduated with a distinction in Masters in Art and Design Studies in 2018 and Bachelors of Visual Arts in 2015 from the Beaconhouse National University in Lahore, Pakistan. He is a recipient of ADA awards (2020-2021) in the video art category. He was shortlisted for Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten (2019), Amsterdam, Netherlands and Visiting Artist Fellowship (2019), The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA.

Currently, Ammar is a faculty member at his alma mater. He lives and works in Lahore.