Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (b. Damascus, 1990) is a visual artist, performer and curator. Bhutto’s work explores complex histories of colonialism that are exacerbated by contemporary international politics and in the process unpacks the intersections of queerness and Islam through a multi-media practice. He has shown work and performed at SFCamerawork, Kampnagel Theater, The Beirut Art Fair, The Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, The Queens Museum and the deYoung Museum . In January 2018 he co-curated The Third Muslim: Queer and Trans Muslim Narratives of Resistance and Resilience at SOMArts Cultural Center in San Francisco. Bhutto has as spoken extensively on the intersections of faith, radical thought and futurity at Columbia University, UC Berkeley, NYU and Stanford University. Bhutto is currently based in California where he received an MFA at the San Francisco Art Institute in 2016.