Aman Aheer (b. 1992, Canada) is a London based artist working with oil, acrylic, gauche and stich. Aheer abstracts the figures and objects in his paintings and works on paper to reflect the fears and anxieties of the unknown and invisible. Borrowing from the dualism of Sufi concepts of seen and unseen, Aheer appropriates symbols of everyday life, such as the bright lights of local kebab shops or the architectural form of the arch. He also focuses on moments of imperceptible or hidden violence, such as landmines, state violence, drowning, and unexploded ordinances. “This unexpected but nevertheless ubiquitous violence is always directed at the lives of marginalized peoples, lives which Judith Butler calls ‘ungrievable’.”
Since graduating with a BFA in Visual Arts from Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver, in 2018, Aheer has worked and lived in London. His work has been exhibited in London, Vancouver and Seattle, and is owned by important private collectors and institutions (Biography courtesy of Just a Studio).