Faisal Anwar

Faisal Anwar is a Hybrid Artist, Curator- Karachi Biennial 22, and creative technologist. Founder of CultureLab.art, he explores the intersection of art, science, nature, data, investigating pressing concerns on climate change, sustainability, and shifts in new emerging economies. He is also a co-founder of ArtAddress, mentoring and fostering creative ideas and dialogue. His creative computational thinking, research, and artistic practice branches through interactive installations, immersive environments, data-driven interventions, internet art, HybridNFT, and MetaVerse / Web 3.0. Faisal believes that it is the right time to work collectively and reimagine solutions for climate crisis.In 2019, he was awarded the Labverde Residency at the Amazon rain forest to research and work with scientific climate data. In 2013, he was co-awarded the prestigious Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Insight Development grant for his research project +City. Anwar is a graduate of the Canadian Film Centre’s Habitat-LAB, Interactive Arts Program 2004, and did his bachelor’s in graphic design from the National College of Arts Lahore, Pakistan 1996.