The Meaning of Death Original Manuscript
Other
2024—06       
Houston, TX





Mixed Media


One-of-a-kind 200-page leatherbound aged sketchbook filled with mixed media art. Originally created as a response to a song by Ramy Essam, created as a tribute to Rwandan singer/songwriter Kizito Mihigo and in opposition to genocide and discrimination, resulting in a work of video art that also doubles as a video.

Houston Utopias
Other, Graphics
2022—09       
Houston, TX





Pencil and Ink on Paper + Photoshop + Illustrator


Speculative reimagining of a Houston working towards future-proofing itself against the ravaging effects of climate change. Created in collaboration with anthropologist Dominic Boyer and one of his classes at Rice University, the project imagines six megaprojects that could ostensibly transform Houston into a true utopia capable of surviving the ages. The project also doubles as a branding excercise for a city that has no strong or unified branding to speak of. The city’s informal HTX abbreviation was chosen as the very basis upon which to build the campaign‘s imagery.
“And I Must Scream” Gallery Talk
Talk, Other
2022— 02-4      
Atlanta, GA

Gallery Talk with curator Amanda Hellman for the exhibition AND I MUST SCREAM and the work I created for it; MACABRE BY DESIGN.
George Clooney
Other
2021—04       
Houston, TX





Ink on Paper + Digital Color
Digital Print

Celebrity portraits may not be what I typically do, but I was more than honored to do this commission of George Clooney, as he’s a man whose artistry I greatly respect (especially in regards to films he’s directed himself). Face is made up of key scenes from (or symbolic references to) his vast filmography (it helps that I know the films so well), in the same vein of the Walter Hill portrait I did a few years back for the forthcoming book by Walter Chaw, which was the first time I’d experimented with this approach.
The Tanta Museum of White History
Illustration, Graphics, Other
2021—01       
Houston, TX + Las Vegas, NV
+ Berlin, DE





Mixed Media on Paper + Photoshop 

Climate change results in the flood of the Global North and a terrible pandemic has decimated White populations. In comes a museum in the Egyptian city of Tanta to commemorate the history of white people now reduced to a minority in need of serious aid. 

Ahmed Naji writes and Ganzeer draws for ARTS OF THE WORKING CLASS out of Berlin, Germany.