Shaheer Zazai, 1114.9, 2019, unframed digital print on watercolour paper, produced in Microsoft Word, 11 x 14 in, edition of 10.

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Shaheer Zazai’s practice focuses on exploring the development of cultural identity in the present geopolitical climate and diaspora. His digital works revolve around imagery drawn from traditional Afghan carpets that are rendered in Microsoft Word. Through mimicking carpet-making methods, Zazai creates his own designs in which every knot of carpet is translated into a typed character. While the digital is a process based in exploration, Zazai’s paintings are an internal investigation into vulnerability and fear. Zazai is a recipient of Ontario Arts Council grants and he was a finalist for EQ Bank’s Emerging Digital Artist Award in 2018. Since graduating for OCAD University in 2011, Zazai has had several solo and group exhibitions such as those at the Capacity 3 Gallery, CAFKA Biennial 2019, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant., Double Happiness Projects, and Patel Brown Gallery.