Bio & Recent Events
“Gravity Free & Reality-Independent”
I see imagination as the origin of inspiration, individuality, ideation, innovation, and invention. Extensive travel has inspired my art and photography, where exposure to varied cultures, lifestyles, and realities provoke the creator’s sway.
My artwork has been exhibited internationally at venues and events such as MvVO @ Oculus in New York City, the Emerging Innovation Summit in Australia, the VIDAK Invitational Poster Exhibition in Seoul, and the “Human Rights” exhibition organized by AIAPI–UNESCO in Italy. My pieces have appeared at the Qatar International Art Festival and in MADS Galleries in Milan, the Canary Islands, and Barcelona. Further international exposure includes the Eunoia International Art Exhibition, a digital billboard presentation in NYC’s Times Square, and the US State Department’s “Impact of Exchange” exhibition, which toured multiple locations in the United States.
Recently my artwork, drawings and photography have been shown at the Woodstock Artists Association and Museum (WAAM), the Center for Photography Woodstock (CPW), Arts Society of Kingston (ASK), and The Sketchbook Gallery, all in New York. Exhibitions include WAAM’s “Object Poetry” and “Sanctuary”; CAPA Space “Through Other Eyes” photography exhibition; Arts Society of Kingston’s “Large Works”; CPW’s “Free for All”; “Nature ’25” at the CICA Museum for Contemporary Art in Seoul, Korea, and at the Art Expo NY ’25. His latest work will show in the Art Expo NY in April ’26 and at Hudson Valley MOCA’s juried exhibition, “In-Security”. My solo exhibition, “Hidden Spaces” debuts in Kingston, NY, in July ’26.
As an artist, designer, and director, I created internationally award-winning short-form animated films, several of which have been screened at the prestigious SIGGRAPH Electronic Theater. Clients include MTV, SCI-FI Channel, FX/Movie Channel, Smithsonian, Nickelodeon, ABC, Noggin, NBC, Ajinomoto, BIC, PBS, HBO, AT&T, National Geographic, UNICEF, Smithsonian Natural History Museum, Discovery, Showtime, VIASA, Ajinomoto and Sesame Workshops. I am a recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship and support from the Jerome Foundation, and have served as a Fulbright Specialist, under which I conducted my Imagination Workshops in Pakistan.
In my academic career I designed, directed, consulted on, and launched new programs at Pratt Institute, Columbia University, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design and College for Creative Studies. Invited by Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, I spearheaded the curriculum design and building concept for the new School of Art, Design & Media. Afterwords, I oversaw establishment of a new School of Technology for the Arts, Singapore. I have conducted my Imagination Workshops across the globe, including Malaysia, Israel, Pakistan, Costa Rica, Japan, Germany, Sweden, Poland, Cuba, China, UAE, Turkey, and the United States.
Upcoming and Recent Events
UPCOMING: July 2026
Arts Society of Kingston, Solo Exhibition “Hidden Spaces” in Kingston NY.
UPCOMING: April 2026
Art Expo NY 2026, Showing at Pier 36 in New York City April 9-12. Booth S505.
March 2026
UPCOMING: Arts Society of Kingston, Member Exhibition “H2O” in Kingston NY.
Feb-March 2026
Hudson Valley MOCA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Juried Exhibition “In-Security” in Peekskill NY.
January 2026
Westchester Photographic Society, Video presentation “Retrospective of a Creative Journey Across Time & Spaces”.
January 2026
Global Art Times, Published by the Asset Times. Jan 2026 New Year edition, cover and feature article on “Hidden Spaces” series.
January 2026
Woodstock Artist Association and Museum, Member Exhibition “Small Works A-E” in Woodstock NY.
December 2025
Woodstock Artist Association and Museum, Member Exhibition “Gratitude” in Woodstock NY.
October 2025
Woodstock Artist Association and Museum, Exhibition “Sanctuary” at the gallery in Woodstock NY.
October 2025
The CAPA Space “Through Other Eyes”, Group Exhibition in Yorktown Heights NY.
September 2025
Woodstock Artist Association and Museum, Exhibition “Object Poetry” at the gallery in Woodstock NY.
August 2025
Arts Society of Kingston
Member Show A-L,
Exhibition of two photographs at the gallery in Kingston NY.
July 2025
The Sketchbook Gallery,
Exhibition “Sketchbooks: Working Out Ideas” at the gallery in Saugerties NY.
May 2025
Arts Society of Kingston Member Show, Exhibition of Large Works at the gallery in Kingston NY.
May 2025
Woodstock Artist Association and Museum, Member Show of
Small Works A-F at the gallery in Woodstock NY.
April 2025
NY Art Expo,
Exhibited with World Wide Art at Booth 107, April 2025.
April 2025
Czong Institute for Contemporary Art (CICA Museum), South Korea Exhibiting in “Nature 2025”
February 2025
Arts Society of Kingston
Member Show A-L,
Exhibition of “Relativity” at the gallery in Kingston NY.
February 2025
Center for Photography Woodstock, Member Show “Free For All” in Kingston NY.
October 2024
Global Art Times, Published by the Asset Times. October 2024 edition, cover and feature article devoted to my creative activities.
September 2024
Summit International Award: “Imaginopolis” Silver Award for the “Best Idea Never Produced”
August 2024
Museum Mile Contemporary
and In the Net,
online publications. Article published August 2024.
February 2024
International Virtual Art Exhibition, “Boundles Echoes”, at spatial.io in the Metaverse. Created by Eunoia, The Curators Collective.
February 2024
Catalogue for the International Virtual Art Exhibition, “Boundless Echoes”. Created by Eunoia, The Curators Collective.
January 2024
Contemporary Art Curator Magazine (CACM) Interview about my philosophy as it relates to my creative and academic practices.
December 2023
ARTVENTUROUS Magazine,
distributed worldwide and focused on international Art & Design events. Article published December 2023.
October 2023
M.A.D.S. Gallery International Exhibition “Message from (h)eart”.
“Torment” + “Equilibrium” projected on giant digital billboard @ Time Square, NYC
October 2023
M.A.D.S. Gallery International Exhibition “Message from (h)eart”. Montage of physical gallery, metaverso and Time Square, NYC
September 2023
Summit International Award: “Museorbium” Bronze Award for the “Best Idea Never Produced”
August 2023
IPPAWARDS-iPhone Photography Awards, Honorable Mention in 2023 Architecture Category
August 2023
M.A.D.S. Gallery Worldwide Exhibition “CAOS”, Will exhibit two of my artworks
August 2023
Creative Quarterly (CQ71). Winner and 2 runner-up for my 3 artworks. Issue 71 published and exhibited August 2023.
February 2023
M.A.D.S. Gallery International Exhibition “Interferences”, Exhibited three of my artworks
February 2023
M.A.D.S. Gallery International Exhibition “Interferences”, Video of Interactive Screen allowing exploration of artworks
2023
ARTVENTUROUS Magazine,
distributed worldwide and focused on international Art & Design events. Article published Spring 2023.
May 2023
Global Art Times, Published by the Asset Times. May 2023 edition, article devoted to my creative activities including five of my artworks.
Early 2023
Fulbright Special Program,
Grantee Announcement for UHE in Pakistan.
2023-2024
US. Department of State, Global Ties, U.S. Office of Alumni Affairs. “Impact of Exchange: Nationwide Exhibition includes my 3 photographs from Pakistan, Opening Fall 2023 till Fall 2024.
September 2022
ARTVENTUROUS Magazine, focused on international Art & Design events, distributed worldwide. Article published Fall 2022.
September 2022
QIAF 2022 International Art Festival, Doha, Qatar,
Invitation to exhibit my art, photography and drawings.
September 2022
QIAF 2022 International Art Festival, Doha, Qatar,
Invitation to conduct a Master Class, “Imagine”.
June-Oct 2022
AIAPI Human Rights? #No Gap, Italy, exhibited “Equilibrium” at this International event organized in collaboration with UNESCO.
May 2022
Villa R – Residency for Artists and Creative Minds, Invitation to International Artist Residency, Messina, Sicily, Italy.
April 2022
VIDAK 2022 International Invitation Exhibition, Seoul, South Korea, Invitation to exhibit my poster art.
August 2021
EIS ’21 Emerging Innovation Summit, Australia. Invitation to present “Imagine”.
October 2020
MvVO international Exhibition at the Oculus, Westfield World, World Trade Center, NYC.
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