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  Born 1982, Frederick, MD
Lives and works between Washington, DC, New York, NY and Lahore, Pakistan


EDUCATION

2008 MFA; Visual Art, Columbia University, New York, NY
2004 BA; Visual Art, Yale University, New Haven, CT


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2012
Hanged Man, Tracy Williams, Ltd., New York, NY (forthcoming)

2010
Dar al-, Holster Projects, London, UK 

2009
To Have, Hold, Tracy Williams, Ltd., New York, NY
Lay in the Reins, Bellwether, New York, NY


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011
In Visible Ink, Court Square, Long Island City, NY 
The centre cannot hold, Grey Noise, Lahore, Pakistan 
India Art Summit, courtesy of Grey Noise, New Delhi, India
The Open Daybook Project, curated by David Earle, LACE, Los Angeles, CA

2010
Looking Back: The Fifth White Columns Annual, curated by Bob Nickas, White Columns, New York
Art Basel Miami Beach
(with Simryn Gill and Murad Khan Mumtaz), courtesy of Tracy Williams, Ltd., Miami, FL
The Art of Captivity, Center Gallery, Fordham University, New York, NY
New Language, Ogilvy & Mather, New York, NY
Philagraphika: New Prints Part II, University of Pennsylvania School of Design, Philadelphia, PA
Art Los Angeles Contemporary, courtesy of Tracy Williams, Ltd., Los Angeles, CA
New Prints: 2010/Winter, International Print Center, New York, NY

2009
Workspace Program 2008-9: New work in handmade paper by emerging artists in residence, Dieu Donné, New York, NY
The Open, Deitch Projects, Long Island City, NY
DESIRE, Holster Projects, London, UK
Unaddressed Circumventions: Folds from a Failed Suicide, curated by Ajay Kurian, Gresham's Ghost, New York, NY
In Search of the Miraculous, Ochi Gallery, Ketchum, ID
Nota Bene, Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL
The Practice of Joy Before Death: It just would not be a party without you (A Die Störung Situation), Scaramouche c/o Fruit and Flower Deli, New York, NY

2008
Lost in Your Eyes, curated by Dominic Mangila and Apolinario Cuyson, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY
The New Academy, Robert Lehman Art Center, North Andover, MA
Summer Mix Tape Volume One, Exit Art, New York, NY
Zero Zone, curated by David Hunt, Tracy Williams, Ltd., New York, NY
Opportunity as Community: Artists Select Artists, Dieu Donné, New York, NY
Columbia MFA Thesis Exhibition, Fisher Landau Center for Art, Long Island City, NY
Face Forward, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY

2007
Text Messages, Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York, NY
First Year MFA Exhibition, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY

2005
No Nouns Allowed (Drawing as a Verb), LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY


GRANTS, AWARDS, AND RESIDENCIES

2012
Keyholder Residency, Pyramid Atlantic, Silver Spring, MD
Artist-in-residence, Signal Fire Arts, La Grande, OR

2011
Artist-in-residence, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM

2010
Artist-in-residence, Ucross Foundation, Ucross, WY

2009
NYFA Fellowship in Printmaking, Drawing and Book Arts

2008
Workspace Residency, Dieu Donné, New York, NY

2007
Andrew Fisher Fellowship, Columbia University
LeRoy Neiman Fellowship, Columbia University

2004
Marshall-Allison Travel Award, Yale University
Richard B. Sewall Prize, Yale University

2003
Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship, Yale in Norfolk Residency
John Boit Morse and Richter Travel Fellowships, Yale University


PRESS / BIBLIOGRAPHY

2011
Origin, Departure, (in collaboration with Murad Khan Mumtaz), Triple Canopy, Issue 13
Raaj, Neelam. "Spotlight on young Pak talent," The Times of India, January 22, 2011

2010
The Open Daybook (catalogue), edited by David P. Earle
Heinrich, Will. "Curation's Onslaught: White Columns Annual and Larry Poons," New York Observer, December 14, 2010
Charlesworth, J.J. "Edel Assanti/Jack Bell Gallery/Holster Projects," Time Out London, August 2010
"Under the Influence," interview in Tokion Magazine, April 2010
d'Amecourt, Gilles. "ALAC Fair 2010," BOMBLog, February 8, 2010

2009
Rosenberg, Karen. "Yes, There Still is Avant-Garde Art in Soho," New York Times, December 4, 2009
Étapes: 172, September 2009
Brooklyn Review, Issue 26
BLACK IS THE COLOR (Special Project), NYFA Current, May 2009
Nichols, Matthew. Art in America, April 2009
Cotter, Holland. "The Practice of Joy Before Death; It just would not be a party without you," New York Times, April 17, 2009
Doran, Anne. "The Practice of Joy Before Death; It just would not be a party without you," Time Out New York, April 2009

2008
Coburn, Tyler. “The Rundown: Columbia University’s 2008 MFA Thesis Exhibition,” Rhizome.org, May 14, 2008
Costello, Marie. The New Academy: 2008 Graduates of the Columbia University MFA Program (exhibition catalogue)
Withrow, Joel. “2008 Columbia MFA Thesis Exhibition,” Flavorpill, May 4, 2008.