WAQAS WAJAHAT is a collector and art dealer whose practice reflects a commitment to scholarship, connoisseurship, diversity, and philanthropy. His collecting focus lies primarily in post-war and contemporary art, alongside a strong engagement with mid-century design and Indian Mughal-period painting.

 

He studied at the University of Pennsylvania and the Barnes Foundation, later gaining curatorial experience at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. As both curator and dealer, Waqas initiated, organized, supported, and helped produce numerous museum exhibitions, including critical surveys and retrospectives on Ruth Asawa, Milton Avery, Mary Cassatt, Sean Cavanaugh, Herbert Ferber, Neil Jenney, Jasper Johns, Alexis Rockman, Richard Pousette-Dart, James Prosek, David Smith, Donald Sultan, and John Walker.

 

Waqas is deeply committed to supporting non-profit art institutions, most notably the Barnes Foundation and the Norton Museum of Art. He is the founding Chair of the International Committee at Malta Contemporary (MICAS) and founding Patron of the Goodwood Art Foundation. In addition to serving on the boards of trustees at the Drawing Center and the Morris Museum, he also sits on advisory and acquisition committees at the Lowe Art Museum, the Barnes Foundation, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and most recently, the National  Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.