Shaheer Zazai
Patel Brown Gallery
Title: 1114.8
Edition 4/10
Dimensions: 14" x 11"
Medium: Digital print on watercolour paper, produced in microsoft word
Value: $900
Date: 2019
Courtesy of Patel Brown Gallery and the Artist
Shaheer Zazai is an Afghan-Canadian artist with a current studio practice in painting and digital media. He received a BFA from OCAD University and was artist in residence as part of OCADU’s Digital Painting Atelier. Zazai’s material vocabulary has expanded into textile work, site-specific public art installations and video works with his lens becoming self-reflective. He is a recipient of Ontario Arts Council grants, was a finalist for EQ Bank’s Emerging Digital Artist Award and his digital works have been covered by CBC Arts, Ajam Media Collective and Globe and Mail. Recent exhibitions include a solo exhibition at the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, group exhibition at The Power Plant Contemporary and a solo exhibition at Owens Art Gallery as part of a visiting artist program at Mount Allison University in New Brunswick.