WAQAS WAJAHAT is a collector, curator, and art dealer deeply engaged in the global art market. His areas of collecting span post-war and contemporary art—with a particular emphasis on female artists—as well as Indian Mughal, Rajput, and Company painting. He studied at the University of Pennsylvania and the Barnes Foundation, and previously held curatorial roles at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. 

Waqas has been instrumental in advancing the legacy of major artists and forging strategic partnerships between estates and leading galleries, most notably connecting the Estate of David Smith with Hauser & Wirth, and the Milton Avery Trust with Victoria Miro in London, Xavier Hufkens in Brussels, and Karma in New York. Since 2002, he has served as an advisor to the Milton Avery Trust and the Sally and Milton Avery Arts Foundation. Over the years, he has initiated and produced major museum exhibitions and retrospectives on artists such as Milton Avery, Sean Cavanaugh, Neil Jenney, Herbert Ferber, Alexis Rockman, Richard Pousette-Dart, Sean Scully, Donald Sultan, James Prosek, and John Walker.

A committed advocate and supporter of cultural institutions, Waqas is the founding Chair of the International Committee at Malta Contemporary (MICAS) and serves on the Chairman’s Council at the Norton Museum of Art. He is a trustee of the Drawing Center and the Morris Museum, and sits on advisory and collections committees at the Barnes Foundation, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

In the United Kingdom, he is a member of the Royal Academy of Arts' International Circle, a founding patron of the Goodwood Art Foundation, and a member of the Campaign Board of the Courtauld Institute of Art.