Haseeb Ahmed 143 Albany st. apt.#001B Cambridge, MA 419-509-3621 HWAhmed@MIT.edu

Formal Education St. John's Jesuit High School Diploma- May 2003 School of the Art Institute of Chicago Bachelors of Fine Art in Studio Art- May 2008 School of the Art Institute of Chicago Bachelors of Arts in Visual and Critical Studies- May 2008 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Masters of Science in Visual Studies- expected May 2010 Selected Exhibitions 2008 New Morning Meet Waradise Gallery, New York City, NY Des.Comp.08 Wolk Gallery-MIT, Boston, MA SAIC Thesis Show Gallery 2, Chicago, IL 2007 Mapping Self Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL The Common Sense Solo Exhibit, Around the Coyote Gallery, Chicago, IL Luggage of the Birth Right Temporary Hotel Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel Probes: Contemporary Pakistani Art Hot House Gallery, Chicago, IL 2006 Around the Coyote Fall Arts Festival Curators Choice, Around the Coyote Gallery, Chicago, IL The World is Flat Life Bomb Gallery, Berlin, Germany Paper Tigers Three Seasons Gallery, Chicago, IL 2005 Airlift Ausstellungsdauer, Zurich, Switzerland Nippon Steel 13 Nippon Steel Head Quarters, Chicago IL 2004 Art Bash Faculty Award, Gallery G2, Chicago, IL 2003 Toledo Area Arts Exhibit Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH Cast Diffusion Solo Exhibit, Canaday Center of University of Toledo, Toledo, OH Architecture and Exhibition Design 2007 Downtown Islamic Center Reading Room Collaboration with Laura Lee Schmidt, Chicago, IL 2006 Disorientation Collaboration with Laura Lee Schmidt, DePaul University Student Center, Chicago, IL Curatorial/Organizing 2007 On Naji al-Ali Lead Curator, Around the Coyote Gallery, Chicago, IL Platypus Interview with Tariq Ali School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL Pedogogical Factory: How We Learn: Building an Educated City Panel Discussion, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL 2006 Re-presenting the Present: Danish Cartoons, Islam, and You School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL Awards, Grants, and Residencies 2008 Presidential Fellowship Massachusetts Institute of Technology BFA Fellowship School of the Art Institute of Chicago 2007 Around the Coyote Fall Artist in Residence Around the Coyote Gallery, Chicago, IL IDSA Student Merit Award Industrial Design Society of North America Office of Multi-Cultural Affairs Diversity Grant School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL 2006 Student Government Artist Grant School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL Peanut Butter and Jelly Student Leadership Award School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL Novy Leadership Award School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL Collaborative Experience 2007 Studio Jeeraan- Co-founder Creates critically address the discourse surrounding contemporary Islamic practice through spatial constructions. Project have included an installation at DePaul University and a reading room for the Downtown Islamic Center, Chicago, IL. Odra Inc.-Lead Designer Lead Designer to incorporate experimental fabrication techniques into the mass production of Muqarnas Blocks I designed. Platypus Affiliated Society- SAIC Student Liaison Officer A investigates the historical trajectory of Marxism. For two years it has run a bi- weekly reading group, a bi-monthly newspaper The Platypus Review, and hosts panel discussions. 2006 Muslim Student Association- Founder and President Founder and president of the MSA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago to host discussions concerning the politics of Islam today. 2005 Ecology in the City Think Tank at DePaul University Researching the concept of “urban wilderness”. I specialized in sustainable design in an urban context. 2004 Fourth Wall Initiative- Art Director As Art Director I oversaw high school students in the creation of murals for the City of Toledo. Publications -Timothy Inklebarger, “Coyote's McMosque,” Chicago Journal, 6 September 2007 -RL, “Peace to all who enter here,” TimeOut Chicago, 6 September 2007 -Mark Lawton, “Gallery get Muslim Transformation,” Booster, 7 September 2007 -Alan Artner, “Fall Art Preview,” Chicago Tribune, 7 September 2007 -Alicia Eler, Common sense, amplified,” CulturalChicago.com, 9 December 2007 -Alicia Chester, “Common Ground,” F News Magazine, 1 November 2007 -Marco Torres, “Review: the Common Sense,” The Platypus Review, 1 November 2007