Ali Kazim Children of Faith series (olive branch printed shirt) Year 2023 Medium Watercolour pigments on paper Dimensions 30 x 23 cm About the work It is fascinating how beliefs change one’s appearance; one gets more aware of one’s own religious identity. The portraits from Man of Faith series and Children of Faith series reflect upon how our beliefs shape our identity, how we choose to make these legible and understood. Often misunderstood. Date and country of birth 1979, PK Career Highlights Born 1979 Pakistan, Ali Kazim lives and works in Lahore. Graduated from the Slade School of Fine Art, London (2011); and National College of Arts, Lahore (2002). His work is in the collection of Metropolitan Museum NYC; Asia Pacific Museum, USA; Rose Art museum, USA; British Museum UK; Victoria and Albert Museum UK; Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; Queensland Art Gallery Australia; Qatar Museums, Qatar; Burger Collection Hong Kong; Creative Cities Collection, Beijing; Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi, India; Devi Art Foundation, Delhi, India; Samdani Foundation, Dhaka; Durjoy Foundation, Dhaka ; Kemal Lazar Foundation, Tunisia, Islamabad Airport, Pakistan.