Asma Kazmi received a B.F.A. from the Massachusetts College of Art and an M.F.A. from the School of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In 2007, she received the At the Edge: Innovative Art in Chicago Award, given by the University of Illinois in Chicago. She has performed and exhibited in St. Louis, Boston, New York, Chicago, Puerto Rico, India, Pakistan and Belgium. She has been a part of the Boston Underground Film Festival, Balagan Film and Video Series, Women in Film and Video/New England and the MassArt Film Society. Asma Kazmi was born and raised in Karachi, Pakistan.