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- 1975
- Born in Karachi, Pakistan
Education
- 1998
- Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, R.I., Bachelor of Architecture, Bachelor of Fine Arts
- 1993
- Fiorella LaGuardia, High School of the Arts and Performing Arts, New York
- 1990
- International School of Brussels, Belgium Exhibitions
Solo Shows
- 2008
- 'Jihad Pop'-Solo Exhibition, Bose Pacia, New York
- 2007
- Art Basel Miami Beach, Bose Pacia and Nature Morte, Miami, Florida
'Jihad Pop: Black Star', Solo Exhibition, Momenta Art, New York
'Summertime', Gallery Gisele Linder, Basel, Switzerland
Group Exhibition
- 2008
- Line of Control, Green Cardamom, Royal Geographical Society, London, U.K.
- 2007
- Generation 1.5, Queens Musuem of Art, New York
Art Basel Miami Beach, Bose Pacia + Nature Morte, Miami, Florida
New Art Dealer's Alliance, Momenta Art, Miami, Florida
Summertime, Gallery Gisele Linder, Basel, Switzerland
GroupSummer Exhibition, Nature Morte, NewDelhi,India
Zeichnungen, Contemporary Drawings, Gallery Gisele Linder, Basel, Switzerland
Gulf Art Fair, Bose Pacia + Nature Morte, Dubai, U.A.E
Armory Art Fair, Bose Pacia + Nature Morte, New York, NY
The Devotee Exhausts the Forces of Activity, Nature Morte at Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney, Australia
Changing Climate, Changing Climate, Abrons Art Center, New York, NY
- 2006
- In a State of Emergency: Women, War and the Politics of Urban Survival, New YorkLiverpool Biennial, The Independents, International Digital Art, Liverpool, U.K Fatal Love: Radical political art from South Asia, Queen's Museum of Art, NewYork 29th Small Works Exhibition, Washington Square East Gallery, New York
- 2005
- Solo series at 526 Open, Chelsea Arts Building, New York
- 2004
- Group drawing exhibit at Galapagos Art Space, Williamsburg, New YorkArt Students League group show, New YorkWilliamsburg Kent Avenue Open Studios, New York
- 1998
- B.E.B Team Room Exhibit, Providence, Rhode IslandDrawing exhibition, Sol Koffler gallery, Providence, Rhode Island
Selected Reviews and Publications
- 2007
- 'Best of the Armory Show- A fine art browser', New York Magazine, February,
- 2007
- 'State of Emergency' special topics in Art India, (pp. 53-55), February,
- 2007
- Tara Kyle, Bilal Qureishi, Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, 'Defining Middle Ground, The Next Generation of Muslim New Yorkers-Art and Activism, March,
- 2007
- Charles Bonenti 'Berkshire Regal','How Fair thou Art' March
- 2007
- Annette Hoffmann, 'Eine Zeichnung kommt selten allein' in Kunstmagazin Regioartline, March 13th,
- 2007
- Judd Tully, ArtInfo News, 'Gulf Art Fair', March,
- 2007
- Juliet Werner, Queens Tribune, 'Queens Museum meets Generation 1.5', June,
- 2007
- Flavorpill NYC, Cultural Events across Music, Art and Film, July,
- 2007
- Lara Kristin Lentini, Art Papers, 'Changing Climate', July/ August
- 2007
- Sonal Shah, Time Out Delhi, Review for Nature Morte, July,
- 2007
- Aakansha Rastogi, Art Concerns, (online), Freedom of Interpretation, August,
- 2007
- Kellie Holt, Pol Oxygen Magazine, 'Shah Thing'-New Art and Innovation from around the Globe (pg. 70), Issue 22, August,
- 2007
- Martha Schwendener, New York Times, 'Generation 1.5', Art in Review, Friday, August 24th,
- 2006
- Exhibition Catalogue, 'Women, War and the Politics of Urban Survival, November,
- 2006
- Siddhartha Mittar, 'Sepia Mutiny (blog) In a State of Emergency', November,
Public and Private Collections
Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Foundation (T-B A21), Vienna, Austria
Museum of Contemporary Art, (Hallen fur Neue Kunst), Schauffhausen, Switzerland
Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York