Faisal Anwar: Common Sky

September 11 - December 13, 2025

Pakistani-Canadian hybrid artist and curator Faisal Anwar’s immersive exhibition creates poetic and deeply reflective experiences that highlight the impacts of climate change and the interdependence of ecological systems and our collective future. The exhibition features interactive installations, digital prints, video works, and kinetic sculptures. Rooted in ancient knowledge and driven by predictive futurism, the project explores new ways for artists to create in collaboration with environmental research and data, and opens space to ask new questions and engage audiences more broadly with interconnected ecology.

Common Sky is supported by Hundal Foundation and Ontario Art Council.

Common Sky is made in collaboration with partner scientists and institutions: Joe Siegrist, President/CEO, Purple Martin Conservation Association (PMCA); Dr. Mario Cohn-Haft, National Amazonian Research Institute; Dr. Erika Hingst Zaher, Butantan institute; Dr. Loren Buck, Northern Arizona University; Dr. Kevin Fraser, University of Manitoba and Dr. Jason Fischer, Disney Animals Science and Environment

Common Sky Team: fabricator William D. Nelsen, Shop Time Studios; sound designer Debashis Sinha; and tech team: Muzammal ahmad, Yuno Choi, DJ Kim, Haneul Seo, Gozde Altunbulak.

About the Artist

Faisal Anwar is an award-winning Pakistani-Canadian hybrid artist, curator, and creative technologist working at the intersection of art, design, data, and emerging technologies. His transdisciplinary practice explores space, time, memory, and human connection through immersive installations, public interventions, and data-driven storytelling. Anwar served as the chief curator for the 2022 Karachi Biennial. He founded CultureLab, a studio that investigates climate change, wellness, sustainability, emerging economies, and social change. Anwar co-founded ArtAddress, an artist-led collective fostering creative discourse. Anwar holds a Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design from the National College of Arts, Lahore, and studied at the Canadian Film Centre's Habitat-LAB Interactive Art and Entertainment Program.