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
a 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.”