Street art and culture collide at Illume 2023's live graffiti installation with internationally acclaimed artist Javid Jah!

Watch as this interdisciplinary creative powerhouse transforms the Ismaili Centre Parkade into a canvas of his signature style blending Islamic motifs, sacred geometries and the raw energy of graffiti.

As a Toronto member of XYZ Collective and the Khimera Attack Crew, Javid's striking large-scale murals have left their bold mark from Canada to New York, Miami, Colombia and Venezuela. His work explores how marginalized identities shape spaces through vivid optical illusions and radical perspectives.

Now for two days only, immerse yourself in the artistic process firsthand as Javid improvises his latest masterpiece live onsite! Ask questions, snap pics, and gain insights into the passion fueling his boundary-pushing practice.

Street culture meets Islamic tradition like never before thanks to Javid's fearless artistry. Let your mind be awestruck, expanded, and inspired. Don't miss a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see a leading graffiti talent create magic right before your eyes!

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Javid Jah is an interdisciplinary artist based in Toronto. Developing a studio with projects migrating between public art murals and contemporary architecture, Javid’s practice explores how marginal identities (graffiti, Islam) impact spatial design. Much of his work is influenced by Op Art representations of cosmology, using anamorphism to re-imagine traditional, sacred geometries.

As a street artist, Javid is a member of the XYZ Collective - a crew of mural painters based in Toronto. Working closely with Moises Frank aka Luvsumone, XYZ has produced a number of large scale installations locally and internationally, including murals in New York, Baltimore, Miami, Medellin, Bogota and Maracay, Venezuela. In South America, Javid is part of the Khimera Attack Crew (KAC), a collective of international graffiti artists representing Colombia, Brazil, USA, Canada and Switzerland. This past year, Javid was selected as a member of Neo-Gravity, an international collective of graffiti artists exploring geometric abstraction through mural production and fine art.