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Syed is an interdisciplinary artist born in Atlanta and raised between the United States, Bangladesh, and the United Arab Emirates. His transnational upbringing informs his approach to displacement, spatial politics, and institutional critique. His work has been supported by several grants and residencies, including the Brewhouse Association’s Distillery program (2023). Syed currently lives and works in Pittsburgh, where he is a teaching artist at Assemble PGH.



Syed’s work focuses on spatial interventions that recontextualize everyday materials, creating sites of resistance and reimagination. His installations and sculptural works disrupt expectations of stability, inviting viewers into a state of uncertainty and precarious balance.


"I challenge the perception of hierarchy as the natural order of things by recontextualizing objects, space, and function. I believe hierarchy is a construct—one reinforced through physical structures, cultural and class-based narratives, and deeply embedded belief systems. My work seeks to interrupt these systems, inviting instability and play, engaging with the physics of imbalance and the tension between material weight and conceptual weightlessness."



In 2022, Syed was awarded both the Distillery Residency at Brew House and the Radiant Hall x Boom Concepts Residency, further developing his multidisciplinary practice. He is currently represented by BoxHeart Gallery.


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