about ahamed
Warning: Reading optional
(artistic style(s))
Absurd Realism, Realistic Absurdism, Maximalism
(current projects)
Fast Trash In
Creation Bay/Cape Destruction
I, Dartboard
Yearbook series
Signature Piece series
Name Say
Silver, Leg
Tall Model
Cardboard Snake
This is not art
Color not textbook
(artistic media)
all, primarily photo, video, drawing, painting, collage, sculpture and whatever else there is
(influences and themes)
Portraiture, nature, aging,absurdity, humor, beauty, faces, distortion, sight, color, humidity, humanity, huge manatees, human fragility, snakes, hip hop, shame, confidence, wisdom, pain, loneliness, suffering, joy, presence, repetition, repetition, repetition, irony, gravity, meaning, meaninglessness, good, evil, religious beliefs, religious doubt, sales, marketing, accounting, human resources, drugs, nudity, sensitive topics, misunderstanding, comprehension, futility, and consciousness.
(art education)
Photography 101, Figure Drawing 101 Temple University
(non-art education)
Epic, Thomas Mifflin and KD Markley Elementary,General Wayne Middle, Great Valley High, Temple University, Santa Clara Law, Penn State Dickinson Law
(favorite artists)
[fill in later]
(instagram blurb)
Making art and being healthy*
timeline
Includes only notable and less notable events fill in as time permits
1981 Born in Ramanathapuram,Tamil Nadu, India
1984 Arrived in Birmingham, Alabama, USA
1986? Arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
1987? Moved to Malvern, Pennsylvania, USA
1996 I listen to the Score by the Fugees for the first time. It becomes my favorite album.
1998 Temple University, met my future wife Robyn as neighbors on the Honors floor, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill is released, it becomes my favorite album
2005 Started law school at Santa Clara and started this photo blog: The World of Ahamed. It has not been modified since.
2010 Human child Zavi Iqbal is released onto the planet after a joint development project by myself and Robyn
2012 Moved to Seattle, Washington, USA
2021 Moved to Potomac, Maryland, USA
2025 Canine Pembrooke Welsh Corgi Alfie Iqbal is released onto the planet to two dog parents I can’t remember right now
2026 Started working at Glenstone
4662 The 2681st anniversary of my birth
(education)
About Ahamed (friends)
[include statements from friends and friend adjacent people here] If you’re a friend reading this, don’t feel any pressure to send me a message but it would be nice to hear from you. And to be clear- it’s REALLY not a big deal.
About Ahamed (from his wife Robyn)
About Ahamed (from his son)
About Ahamed (Names called/spelled)
[redacted], [redacted],Ahamed, Basheer, Iqbal, Ackmed, Ashamed, Ed, Iqbal, Taqbal, Q ball, Iqubal, Ickbal, Igbal, Ikeball, Ahmed, Mohamed
Human (currently living)