Visual Artist & Art Educator
Visual artist and educator from Ghazni, Afghanistan, with extensive experience in fine arts, music, and art education. Over a decade of teaching in Kabul’s Institute of Fine Arts and active participation in international exhibitions and festivals. Currently based in Germany, working as an art teacher and lecturer.
07.10.2025 – Present — Art Teacher at Kunstwerkstatt Kolleg St. Blasien
10.09.2025 – Present — Salesperson at Reiss Beck
06.10.2025 – 10.10.2025 — Internship at Raiffeisen
29.09.2025 – 10.02.2026 — Lecturer at Kunstwerkstatt Kolleg
15.09.2025 – (date unclear) — Internship at Kolleg St. Blasien e.V.
2014 – Present – Freelance Musician
Participation in Festival of Indigenous Cultures of the World (La Cultura Hazara), Clusone, Italy (2024)
Dambura Festival, Stockholm, Sweden (2023)
Hazara Music Festival, Afghanistan National TV, Kabul
Dambura Festival, Bamyan, Afghanistan (2018)
10.09.2022 – 26.12.2022 — Scholarship holder at “Artist at Risk”, Berlin
01.06.2012 – 09.05.2022 — Art Teacher (Fine Arts), Kabul Institute of Fine Arts, Kabul
01.02.2019 – 30.03.2019 — Book Illustrator for deaf children’s books, Kabul Deaf School
2014 – 2022 – Head of Art Association “Daera-e-Kheyal”
(Art education for all age groups in visual arts and music, Kabul)
2011 – 2012 – Painting Restorer at Arc Aleman, Kuti-e-Baghtcha, Kabul
2008 – 2009 – Ceramics Teacher, project for Afghan women (Help German), Herat
07.09.2025 – 05.10.2025 — Exhibition in Kirchzarten Art Association
2024 — International Folklore Festival, Clusone, Italy
2022 — Exhibition in Berlin (MoosD)
2020 — Art Exhibition, Kabul
2019 — Art Exhibition, Kabul University
2017 — Institute of Fine Arts, Kabul
2017 — Nowruz Exhibition, Tehran
2016 — International Watercolor Society, Tehran
2016 — Institute of Fine Arts, Kabul
2014 — Institute of Fine Arts, Kabul
2013 — Bagh-e-Babur, Kabul
2012 — World Art Day, Institute of Fine Arts, Kabul
2012 — Modern Art Exhibition, French Institute, Kabul
2012 — Art Santa Fe, USA
2011 — Immigrant Art Exhibition, Sydney, Australia
2011 — Rare Traditional Art Exhibition, Babur Gardens, Kabul
2010 — Human Rights Day, Faculty of Fine Arts, Kabul
2010 — Human Rights Exhibition, Faculty of Fine Arts, Herat
2009 — Biennial Art Exhibition, Faculty of Fine Arts, Herat
2018 – 2020 — Master in Visual & Performing Arts, Kabul University
2006 – 2009 — Bachelor in Painting & Calligraphy, Herat
2000 – 2005 — High School Diploma, Ghazni
27.03.2025 – 07.11.2025 — Education and Professional Qualification Program
21.10.2024 – 31.10.2024 — Success Course & Job Application Training, BBQ Freiburg
07/2023 – 06/2024 — German Course at VHS Freiburg (Certificate A2)
17.04.2022 – 21.04.2022 — Classroom Management Training (Capacity Building Program)
2015 — Jury Member, Human Rights Commission, Kabul
2010 — Organized painting exhibitions for human rights in Herat and Kabul
"Art is a universal language that connects cultures and generations."