Ashfika Rahman lives and works in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Her practice straddles art and documentary, drawing inspiration from historical archives that she recontextualises using contemporary media. She has a Professional Diploma in Photography from Pathshala, Dhaka, (2016) and has studied photography in Hochschule Hannover, Germany (2017). In 2018, she was selected for the Joop Swart Master Class by World Press Photo Foundation.

Rahman has held a solo show at Vitrine, Basel, and exhibited in festivals and museums internationally including Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Dhaka Art Summit (2018 & 2020); Lumix Festival (2018 & 2020), Hannover; Chobi Mela X, Dhaka; Jimei x Arles International Photo Festival, China; F3 – Freiraum for Fotografie, Berlin; FORMAT International Photography Festival, Derby, UK; Alserkal Avenue, Dubai; Objectifs, Singapore; Indian Photo Festival, Hyderabad; Muslin Festival, Bangladesh National Museum, Dhaka; Bangladesh Art Week 2021, Dhaka; Photo SCHWEIZ, Zürich. Bikaner House, New Delhi. She is a faculty member of Pathshala (South Asian Media Academy) and a member of the MAPS images agency.