This is a portrait of Zainub Verjee.

After the “50 Years of Migration” exhibition, a crowdsourced community project that toured across Canada after debuting at the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, I recycled some of the panels into a series of painted portraits of Canadian Ismaili Muslims called “Pluralist Portraits.”

This portrait of Zainub Verjee – 36 x 66 inches – features remixed images from her storied career, layered on top of panels from this project. Special thanks to Noordin Karmali for arranging to transport the panels to me after the cross-country tour, to the entire team who contributed to and implemented the project, and to my parents who immigrated to Canada (Vancouver) in the 1970s for a better life.