Solo Exhibitions
2022 - Afghanistan My Love - Aga Khan Museum / Toronto, ON, Canada
2022 - Are We Even - Owens Art Gallery / Sackville, NB, Canada
2022 - A Call Home - Patel Brown Gallery / Toronto, ON, Canada
2021 - There and Then - A Space Gallery / Toronto, CA
2021 - Burning Glass, Reading Stone - Blackwood Gallery / Mississauga, CA
2020 - A Study in Human Error - Patel Brown Gallery / Toronto, CA
2019 - WYSIWYM - Ed Video at Capacity 3 Gallery / Guelph, CA
2018 - Here Now Back Then - Double Happiness Projects / Toronto, CA
2012 - A Failed Revolution - 2 of 2 Gallery / Toronto, CA
2010 - Afghanistan - 2 of 2 Gallery / Toronto, CA
Select Group Exhibitions
2023 - Ornamental Gestures - Doris McCarthy Gallery / Toronto, ON, Canada
2022 - Every Answer is Correct - The Power Plant Contemporary Off-Site Exhibition - EY LLP Tower / Toronto, ON, Canada
2022 - Shifting Ground - DARC Project Space / Ottawa, ON, Canada
2021 - New Acquisitions Exhibition - Burnaby Art Gallery / Burnaby, Canada
2021 - Artifacts of the Horizon - Patel Brown Gallery / Toronto, Canada
2021 - Vers un Imaginaire Numérique - Centre de Design de l'UQAM / Montreal, Canada
2021 - Remediations - Centre[3] for Artistic and Social Practice / Hamilton, Canada
2021 - 8th Bike Tour 2021 - Art Spin / Toronto, Canada
2021 - Fossilised Sunshine - Visual Arts Centre of Clarington / Clarington, Canada
2021 - Studio Practices: Commissioned Artist Videos for the Online Screen Space - A Space Gallery / Toronto, Canada
2021 - Infinite Scroll, part of Vector Festival - Trinity Square Video via Inter Access Gallery / Toronto, Canada
2021 - Dyssica: Connecting People - Curated by Patrice Chou / Teipei, Taiwan
2020 - BigArtTO - Video Projection at Thistletown Community Centre - OCAD University, City of Toronto, Animation & Visual Arts Inc. / Toronto, CA
2020 - 40 Under Forty - Joseph D. Carrier Gallery at Columbus Centre / Toronto, CA
2020 - Fair Adaptation, Gallery Pivots - Patel Brown Gallery / Toronto, CA
2020 - Crossroads - Patel Gallery / Toronto, CA
2020 - Little Squares: The Pixel as Material and Metaphor - Gelnhyrst Art Gallery of Brant / Brantford, CA
2019 - Undomesticated - Koffler Centre for the Arts / Toronto, CA
2019 - Summer Group Exhibition - Patel Gallery / Toronto, CA
2019 - CAFKA @ The Walper 2019 - CAFKA at The Walper Hotel / Kitchener, CA
2018 - EQ Bank Emerging Artist Award Exhibition - Trinity Square Video / Toronto, CA
2018 - Ontario Artists Society 145th Annual Juried Exhibition - John B. Aird Gallery / Toronto, CA
2018 - VAM40 Annual Juried Exhibition - Art Gallery of Mississauga / Mississauga, CA
2017 - Salon A Cote #1 - A Cote Studio / Toronto, CA
2015 - Realized - 5 year celebration of Digital Painting Atelier - Ada Slaight Student Gallery / OCAD University / Toronto, CA
2015 - Until Exhibition - Good Fellas Gallery / Toronto, CA
2015 - Experiencing Perspectives - Mercedes Benz Juried Exhibition / Toronto, CA
2014 - Hazelton Lanes Art Festival - Juried Group Exhibition / Toronto, CA
2014 - Deck the Walls: 2nd Annual Salon Art Show - Project Gallery / Toronto, CA
2014 - Frontier Art Exhibition - Project Gallery / Toronto, CA
2014 - Optic Elixir IV - Project Gallery / Toronto, CA
2013 - Abstract Implications III Part 1 & 2 - Project Gallery and Gallery 1313 / Toronto, CA
2010 - A Regime of Chaos - Gallery 1313 / Toronto, CA
2009 - Disfigured - Gladstone Hotel Gallery / Toronto, CA
Art Fairs
2022 - Art Toronto Art Fair with Patel Brown Gallery - Metro Toronto Convention Centre / Toronto, Canada
2022 - Dallas Art Fair with Patel Brown Gallery - Dallas Arts District / Dallas, USA
2021 - Nicosia Pop-up Festival via NiMAC - City Plaza / Nicosia, Cyprus
2021 - Dallas Art Fair with Patel Brown Gallery - Dallas Arts District / Dallas, USA
2021 - Art Toronto Art Fair with Patel Brown Gallery - Metro Toronto Convention Centre / Toronto, Canada
2021 - NADA House Art Fair with Patel Brown Gallery - Governors Island / New York, USA
2021 - Whaaaaats: International Contemporary Art Fair - Curated by Patrice Chou / Teipei, Taiwan
2019 - Booth U 16 - Untapped Artist at Artist Project 2019 / Toronto, ON, Canada
Education
2011 - Bachelors of Fine Arts - OCAD University / Toronto, CA
Residencies
2015 - Digital Painting Atelier - OCAD University / Toronto, CA
2014 Self Directed Residency - Artscape Gibraltar Point / Toronto Island, CA
Panel Discussion
How Much?! Demystifying Pricing & Editioning 2D Work - CEAD at OCAD University / Toronto, CA
OCAD Alumni: Navigating the Contemporary World - The Artist Project 2014 : Art Chat / Toronto, CA
Awards
2019 - Untapped Emerging Artist - Artist Project 2019
2018 - Finalist for EDAA - EQ Bank Emerging Digital Artist Award
2018 - Best Font Choice - BUMP Television Launch and Awards
Grants
2020 - Ontario Arts Council - Exhibition Assistance Grant
2018 - Ontario Arts Council - Exhibition Assistance Grant
2016 - Ontario Arts Council - Emerging Artist Grant
Publications
'From Microsoft Word, to a Kabul workshop, to the Aga Khan Museum: Exhibit showcases Afghan art, culture and resilience' / Ismaila Alfa / CBC Metro Morning Radio / 2022
‘Weaving different cultural perspectives into Is, But Will Be’ / Tiana Dunkley / The Medium.ca / 2021
‘Six art exhibitions to check out (safely) at Ontario galleries right now’ / Roise Prata / The Globe and Mail / 2020
‘Pixelated: How Shaheer Zazai Digitalized Afghan Carpets’ / Saba Askary / Ajam Media Collective / 2019
‘Tie it Off & Count Again’ / Rowan Lynch / Exhibition Essay and Curated Works / 2018
‘How to weave an Afghan rug...using Microsoft Word’ / Leah Collins / CBC Arts / 2018
‘Here Now Back Then’ / Mariam Nader / Exhibition Book Foreword / 2018
‘How 20 Artists See the Color Red’ / Curated by Format Team / Format Magazine / 2018
‘Meet the 2018 Emerging Digital Artists Award Finalists’ / Canadian Art / 2018
‘Rivet 4’ / Exhibition Publication / OCAD University / 2013
‘A game of patient logic vs. manic impulse - in paint’ / R.M. Vaughan / The Globe and Mail: The Exhibitionist / 2012
‘Art Agenda: Robert Mapplethorpe at Olga Korper, Kristen Smith at Gallerywest, Joe Hambleton at Pari Nadimi and Shaheer Zazai at 2 of 2’ / Matthew Purvis / BlogTO Arts / 2010
