KOMAIL AIJAZUDDIN'S "Queer Childhood" series examines the artist's early memories of joy and wonder as child, conveying a unique visual language of the past. Finding pleasure, subversion, and confidence in early memories, the artist employs a deliberate aesthetics of blur that suggest both the haziness of memory, as well as the digitally-inflected sensation of remembering. Reflecting on his childhood in Lahore, Aijazuddin's glimpses of the past are both affectionately nostalgic and rooted in the visual styles of the present.

KOMAIL AIJAZUDDIN (b. 1984) is a visual artist and writer. He holds degrees in Art & Art History from New York University and an MFA from the Pratt Institute, NY. His debut book "Manboobs: A memoir of Musicals, Visas, Hope & Cake" is coming Fall 2024, published by Abrams Press (US) and Transworld/DoubleDay Books (Internationally). He lives and works in New York City.