About

Fahad Karim (b. 1990) is a South Asian new media artist who has lived a nomad’s life across the globe, moving between Switzerland, India, Bangladesh, Egypt, the Philippines, Mexico, and the US.

Using technology as his medium, Fahad builds systems to explore and examine human culture in a dynamic, modern context. His work often reimagines the traditional through automation, ranging across themes such as architecture, folklore, our relationship with technology, and the passage of time. Fahad employs a continuously evolving set of tools in his practice, including self-developed code-based systems, generative A.I., machine plotters, and blockchains.

Fahad received his formal education in computer science at Cornell University. His work has been collected and exhibited internationally, including at Sotheby's, Christie’s London, Zona Maco (CDMX), Art Blocks Curated (Season 8), and Bright Moments Gallery (CDMX & Venice). He was shortlisted for the Lumen Prize 2023 for his Aztec-inspired project Pohualli.

Prior to pursuing art full-time, Fahad led teams that built data-driven distributed systems for global financial institutions. It was during this time that he built a deep appreciation and curiosity for systems-oriented thinking — something that led directly to his approach and early experiments with generative art.