Born: City of Wadmadni, Jazira, Sudan,1962

Education: Khartoum Polytechnic College of Fine and Applied Art, Khartoum, Sudan, 1982-87, B.F.A. 1987; Massachusetts College of Art. Boston 1991-93, M.F.A. 1993.

Exhibitions:
1994 Medani Estudio, Galleria de Arte, Madrid, Spain
1995 Renaissance Art and Design Gallery, Boston
1996 AAMARP Gallery, Boston

Career:
Since 1992 Art educator, Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists, Boston. Since 1995 adjunct professor, Boston College and, since 1997, adjunct lecturer, Brown University. Art instructor, Art Institute of Boston, 1995.

Awards:
Sudanese Cultural Foundation Festival Award, 1985; Seventh Arab Youth Festival Award, Khartoum, Sudan, 1989. General Exhibition Award, Abundabi, United Arab Emirates, 1990; First Place Award in Creativity, First Annual African American Show at New England School of Art and Design, 1992; Fine Art Graduate Book Award, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston 1993.

Publications:
"Sudanese Artist Fuses Ancient with Modern" by Edward Stricland, in Bay State Banner (Boston), 2 July 1992; "Artist's Work Proof of 'Nubian Legacy'" by Joanne Silver, in Bay State Banner (Boston), 2 July 1992; "A Triangle of Abstractions" by Edward Stricland, in Jamaica Plain Gazette (Boston), 8 April 1994; "Khalil and Khalid" by Stash Horowitz, in The Back Bay Courant (Boston), 23 July 1996; "Artist Gives Arabian Theme" by Kay Bourne, in Bay State Banner (Boston), 7 March 1996.