EDUCATION

2022 Ontario College Graduate Certificate with Honors in Digital Product Design, Sheridan College, Oakville, ON.
2018 Bachelor of Design in Illustration with Distinction, Ontario College of Art and Design University, Toronto, ON. 

EXHIBITIONS

2019 Society of Illustrators 61, Museum of American Illustration, New York, NY
2018     103B: A Year In Review, Toronto, ON
2018     OCAD GradEx, Toronto, ON
2017     Homework, Artscape, Toronto, ON  
2016     The Magic Gumball Machine of Fate, OCAD U, Toronto, ON
2012     Great Masters Art Show, Wexford CSA, Toronto, ON
2011      Great Masters Art Show, Wexford CSA, Toronto, ON
2011      Papermill Art Show, Toddmorden Gallery, Toronto, ON

AWARDS  

2023 Future Classic, Bookstagang Best of 2023
2023 National Magazine Award, Illustration, Nominee
2023 Ruth & Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award, Nominated, Journey of the Midnight Sun
2022 Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection Award, Journey of the Midnight Sun
2022 Best Muslim Non-Fiction Book, Muslim Bookstagram Awards 2022
2021 National Magazine Award, Honorable Mention
2018 Society of Illustrators 61, Book and Exhibit
2018     Applied Arts, Student Award
2018     3x3 Illustration Annual No. 15, Merit   
2018     401 Richmond Career Launcher Prize, OCAD University
2018     Project 31 Award, OCAD University
2018     American Illustration 37, Chosen
2017     Adobe Design Achievement Awards, Semifinalist
2017     Adobe Design Achievement Awards, Semifinalist
2017     3x3 Illustration Annual No. 14, Merit
2012     Ada Slaight Scholarship, OCAD University 

ILLUSTRATION ANNUALS 

Society of Illustrators 61 , 2019
Applied Arts, 2018  
3X3 Illustration Annual No. 15
3x3 Illustration Annual No. 14

PRESS 

Publisher’s Weekly - Fall 2023 Children's Sneak Previews
Shortlists for the 2023 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards
Demetres
The Globe and Mail
CBC Books
CBC Northbeat April 27, 2022
National Magazine Awards 2021
Alberta Magazine Awards 2021-2022
Kirkus Reviews
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs - Middle East Books and More

CLIENTS

AUDI; RBC; Orca Book Publishers; Sleeping Bear Press; Reader’s Digest Canada; New Trail; The Walrus; Cottage Life Magazine; UHN (University Health Network); OCAD University; University of Toronto; Ripple Foundation; Brookfield Institute for Innovation + Entrepreneurship; The Strand Magazine; Demetres Desserts; Smithsonian Magazine; Toggl; Culture Trip; THIS Magazine; The Georgia Straight; The Vancouver Foundation, Chatelaine.