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Through painting, sculpture and installation, he questions how colonial histories persist within social systems, cultural understanding and collective consciousness.He has undertaken residencies at the New Futures Arts Collaborative in Johannesburg and Art Saraye in Lahore, and received the AABP Practitioners Fellowship Grant supporting research into the contested cultural and architectural histories of Sindh. Ali is a recipient of the Young Artist Award in Lahore and currently serves as a facilitator at Initiatives of Change USA. 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