EVERYTHING IS ARCHITECTURE
He believes the beauty of calligraphy transcends faith, ideology, and culture to nurture flourishing communities. His contemporary and deconstructed approach to the tradition brings different scripts to life - on and off the canvas.
Throughout his career, Daniyal has crafted one-of-a-kind commissioned paintings and partnered with global brands such as Disney, Meta, and Google to bring calligraphy to all corners of the globe. He also launched exclusive clothing and accessory lines with Rastah and NOMINAL
Daniyal is an artist born in Dubai and based in New York
I work in images – capturing them in paint and celluloid film.
My innate disposition drives me to survey the world around me, like all humans - to etch memories, to share thoughts and ideas, and to tell stories.
In addition to my impulse in sharing/recording the mementos of my life, I use my background in architecture to investigate form, function and relationships between the people, stories and objects that inspire me.
I use the camera like charcoal, like setting up a sketch in charcoal. Architecture as a form of scriptwriting - implicitly you actually describe a scene or you describe a relationship
Education and experience in the field aside, my interest lies in the exploration of what’s beyond architecture. To use it as a metaphor for storytelling, and to explore its capacity for semantics and allusion. I’ve never been interested in buildings and i’m still not. I love telling stories and I use architectural principles as my medium. i’m interested in history, cinema,
