Amna Mawaz Khan's work intersects between art and politics. At the age of 11 years, she began training in south asian dance forms with a focus on Bharathanatyam under Guru Indu Mitha (Pride of Performance award recipient). From 2016-2018, Amna was appointed choreographer for the Pakistan National Council of the Arts. She has also written, acted, and directed theatre plays, performed in music videos and short films, and has been associated with theatre troupes Azaad Awaam Theatre, Theatrewallay and is a founding member of public art platform, Laal Hartaal. She has performed and given workshops in Belgium, China, India, Germany, Pakistan, Switzerland, the UK and the USA. Since 2007, she has been engaged with political organizing in Awami Workers Party and Women Democratic Front. Their work centres around urban housing rights, artistic rebellion/creation, feminist interventions, and solidarity with progressive groups and movements. In 2015, Amna stood for the local government elections in Islamabad, in the first women-led electoral panel in the country. She holds a Master’s degree in Pakistan Studies from Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, and has taught a course, “The Aesthetics of Power/The Power of Aesthetics” at the South Asia Institute in 2022. Currently, she is writing her thesis for another Master's degree, this time in Transcultural Studies, at the University of Heidelberg.