FAIYAZ JAFRI

Faiyaz Jafri was born and raised in rural Holland of Dutch and Pakistani descent. He studied at the Technical University of Delft (MSc) and is a self-taught animation artist and music composer. Jafri’s art explores Jungian archetypes in the modern world, distilling the pop references of mass media and global popular culture into a visual shorthand of neo-archetypes. His work has been exhibited in the form of print, paintings, installations, animations, and sculptures and Jafri’s award-winning films have screened at prestigious festivals and museums around the world. He is also a part-time professor at Parsons School of Design and Queens College in New York.