Transformations: Enlightenment in a Digital Age

Presented at the Ismaili Centre Toronto in 2016, this four-part exhibition explores entanglements between art, science, technology, religion and philosophy in the selected contemporary art works of Faisal Anwar, Fareena Chanda, Jamelie Hassan and Ali Kazimi who use a modern palette of artistic tools including 3D stereographic video, neon, industrial design, and social media.

Ali Kazimi, Oceans Within/Surface Tension, September 1-28, 2016

Faisal Anwar. Char Bagh: Sensory Garden, October 1–28, 2016

Jamelie Hassan, Light Upon Light, November 1-28, 2016

Fareena Chanda, Zahir/Batin: Rhythms of Being, December 1-28, 2016

Article Published

Muslim Life in the Digital Age: The Art of Ali Kazimi, Faisal Anwar, Jamelie Hassan, and Fareena Chanda, MENA/SWANA Diasporic Art in Canada, ed. T. El-Sheikh, Asian Diasporic Visual Cultures and the Americas, Volume 10 (2024), 21-51.