Ahmed Hasan is a current second year MFA student at Penn Design at the University of Pennsylvania. Starting his journey as a self-taught illustrator, in 2008 he received an art scholarship to the United States, graduating from the School of Visual Arts, NY with a BFA in illustration in 2013. He is a recipient of the SEAF fellowship (Cohort 3) a partnership with the Rhode Island School of Design. His multidisciplinary work — focusing on sculpture, installation, and performance — critiques, celebrates and highlights human developed cultures and experiences, particularly Arabian and eastern focused, and is driven by personal experiences.