Afshar Malik has had a long and illustrious career in the arts. He has been teaching at the National College of Arts (NCA), Lahore since 1983, taking only a two year gap in 1986 to pursue a Higher Diploma from the Slade School of Fine Arts, London.

While his contribution and up keep of the Cowasjee Printmaking Studio at the NCA is most well known, a cursory glance at his professional trajectory reveals that his involvement with it is not singular or exclusively definitive of his practice. Having trifled with murals, ceramics, set designing, illustration, filmmaking and other occupations, one expects his portfolio to be similarly divergent and abuzz.