A man sitting on a patterned rug in a room filled with framed and unframed photographs and artwork, some leaning against the wall and some on the floor. The photographs include cityscapes, architecture, landscapes, and abstract images.

Simplistic pink drawing of a factory with smoke coming out of its chimney.

Shaun Ilahi makes work from the spaces between — between cultures, timelines, and the deeply private and the universally felt. Drawing on photography, painting, sewing, writing, and projection, his practice weaves nonlinear narratives that resist easy reading, demanding the viewer's active participation to complete them. Rooted in the Midwest and shaped by decades of travel and exchange, his art treats geography not as backdrop but as living material.
2026 - Mountain Plains Salina Art Center Biennial
2026 - Museum of Nebraska Art, Nebraska Now
2026 - Casa Lü Residency and Solo Show - Mexico City
2025 - Epicenter-NYC, Music of Many Colours
2024 - Atlantic Gallery, Generously Seasoned
2024 - Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts
2023 - Art Basel Miami Beach, ABCD Futbol
2023 - NPR KIOS, Live Radio Interview
2020 - Omaha Entertainment and Arts Award, Nominee
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 Reclamation Proclamation, Art House Exhibition, Omaha, NE
2024 Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, NE
2023 Ask About Me, Project Project, Omaha, NE
2022 in : Colour, Fred Simon Gallery, Nebraska Arts Council, Omaha, NE
2022 Sanober Ghar, Islamabad, Pakistan
2020 R A W / B E A U T Y, Fred Simon Gallery, Nebraska Arts Council, Omaha, NE
2019 R A W / B E A U T Y, The Little Gallery, Omaha, NE
2019 R A W / B E A U T Y, Nebraska Innovation Campus, Lincoln, NE
2003 A Day in the Life of in Pakistan, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, New York, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 Nebraska Now, Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, NE
2025 Music of Many Colours, Epicenter-NYC, New York, NY
2024 Generously Seasoned, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
2023. Miami Beach - Art Basel, Miami, FL
2023 The Frame Service, Omaha, NE
2022 Hoff Family Arts & Culture Center, Council Bluffs, IA
2020 Layers, The Petshop Gallery, Omaha, NE (w/ Sculptor, Trudy Swanson)
2020 Creative Pairings, The KANEKO, Omaha, NE
2019 TWO PERSON EXHIBITION, aMErIca, The Little Gallery, Omaha, NE (w/ Sculptor, Trudy Swanson)
2026 - Because I Love You, ArtBank, McCook, NE
2025 - Symphony of the Sequence, UneMed, Catalyst Building, Omaha, NE
2025 - Blueprints of Invention, UneMed, Catalyst Building, Omaha, NE
2025 - The Touch Between Worlds, UneMed, Catalyst Building, Omaha, NE
2025 - One Small Cell for Science, One Giant Leap for Humanity, UneMed, Catalyst Building, Omaha, NE
2024 - Tapestry, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Innovation Design Unit, Omaha, NE
2023 - Invisible Cities, Douglas County Juvenile Center, Omaha, NE
2023 - Home, Douglas County Juvenile Center, Omaha, NE
2023 - Mind and Body, Douglas County Juvenile Center, Omaha, NE
2022 - No Parking / Si, Se Puede, ArtBank, McCook, NE
2021 - Mask, Women’s Center of Advancement, Omaha, NE
2018 - Sea / Fog, Duncan Aviation Headquarters, Battle Creek, MI
Lectures & Talks 2023 - NPR KIOS, Lives Radio Interview 2020 - Speaking Truths: Pulitzer Photographs, The Durham Museum 2020 - Nebraska Arts Council - IN::COLOUR 2019 - 100 People Project by Muralist – Watie White 2017 - Nani (Grandmother), 7 Doctors Project – Nebraska Writer’s Collective, The Slowdown Venue, Omaha, NE
Music 2009 - Eveything is Everything, Album 2009 - Malaal, Music Credit, Television Series, HUM TV 2008 - Doraha, Music Credit, Television Series, HUM TV 2005 - Pehchaan, Music Credit, Television Series, HUM TV 2004 - New York Stories, Music Credit and Opening Track, Television Series

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