- City
- Srinagar, Kashmir and Melbourne, Australia
- Artistic Residency
- Connect India
- Year
- 2026
Moonis Ahmad is a visual artist from Kashmir working across installation, sculpture, sound, video, and programming.
His practice explores the afterlives of the dead, conjuring specters that challenge established power, linear time, and territorial boundaries while investigating alternative temporalities and marginalities at the edges of visibility and exception.
He completed his doctoral research at the University of Melbourne in 2021. Ahmad has exhibited nationally and internationally, with residencies including Stadtgalerie & HSLU, Switzerland (with the support of Pro Helvetia), Akademie Schloss Solitude Fellowship (2023–24), and the FICA Emerging Artist Award (2017–18). He was part of the Kochi Biennale 2025 and works between Kashmir and Melbourne.
In 2026, Shah was selected for the Connect India dual residency alongside artist Marie Matusz.
