Born in 1991, Affan Baghpati is based in Karachi. He completed his undergraduate studies in Fine Arts from Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, Karachi in 2015 and graduate program in Art and Design Studies from Mariam Dawood School of Visual Art and Design, Beaconhouse National University, Lahore in 2018. He collects discarded domestic objects of utility, ornamentation and figurines to re-contextualize their purpose. These discarded objects from different cultures are either losing or have already lost their function. After locating the purpose of collected objects Baghpati creates a notional function by re-interpretation of their form.

By drawing connections among objects the artist examines Hybridity in old cultures and subcultures of present day. His studio practice aims on bringing viewers closer to the intimate journey and respective material culture(s) which belongs to items of daily use. Thus an object of today is represented by objects from the past times. Baghpati has showcased his works at AAN Gandhara, Canvas gallery, Koel gallery, and Sanat initiative in Karachi; Rohtas 2 gallery, Taseer Art gallery, Faqeer Khana Museum, and The Colony in Lahore; Satrang gallery, 12.0 Contemporary in Islamabad; Museo Diocesano Carlo Maria Martini in Milan; Aicon gallery in New York; Twelve Gates Arts in Philadelphia; and 1×1 Art Gallery in Dubai. His works were also part of Karachi Biennale 2017 (KB17) and KB19, Lahore Biennale 2018 (LB01) and LB02; Beirut Art fair 2019; and India Art Fair 2020.

Baghpati received the Scholarship Award by UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute for South Asia Regional Cooperation (UMISARC) during 2016-2018. He was also the recipient of the first cycle of the ‘Residency in Museum’ hosted by the State Bank of Pakistan, Karachi, in 2020.