Artist working with painting, text, and performance. He was educated at the Art Academy in Oslo, Al-Neelain University in Khartoum, and Sudan University. Between 2010- 2014 he worked with artist Lars Cuzner on European Attraction Limited, a contemporary rendition of a human zoo named The Congo Village and was part of the 1914 World Fair in Oslo. They re-enacted the village and opened it to the public in May 2014. His recent shows includes Sharjah Biennial 11 (Sharjah), The Museum of Contemporary Art (Oslo), Kunsthall (Oslo), NY Art-book fair (NY), Temporary Gallery (Cologne), Al Riwaq (Manamah), Darat Al Funun (Amman) and The Minnesota Museum of American Art (Minneapolis). He runs Khartoum Contemporary Art Center in Oslo together with Karin Erixon