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 code as his medium, Fahad builds systems that explore human culture in new and dynamic ways. 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 received his formal education in computer science at Cornell University and has been practicing art for over a decade. His work has been collected and exhibited internationally, including with Art Blocks Curated (Season 8), NFT ART CDMX / Bright Moments Gallery, 0x.17 Gallery (NYC), Consensus 2023 (Austin, TX), Annka Kultys Gallery (London), and Zona Maco 2024 (Mexico City). He was shortlisted for the Lumen Prize 2023 for his Aztec-inspired project Pohualli.
Prior to pursuing art full-time Fahad worked in software, building distributed systems to support electronic trading and to connect financial institutions around the world.