by alina bobrova

SHAAN KEN RAO is an inter-disciplinary artist born and based in New York City. He is half-Japanese and half-Pakistani. Shaan is currently working on his MFA (in Integrated Practices) at Pratt, and prior to that has earned a BFA (in Photography) from Parsons. Along with his large body of documentary / fine art photography, he has an interdisciplinary practice that includes painting, image/ink transfers, collage, and more. Shaan has had a solo show at each of All St Gallery’s two locations (77 Easy 3rd Street, NY, NY 10003 and 119 Hester St, NY, NY 10002), and has taken part in group shows at the Millennium Film Foundation (167 Wilson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11237), and at the Gala Art Center (15-08 121st St, Queens, NY 11356). Otherwise he has worked for various photographers; notably, Victoria Sambunaris, William Wegman, and Kenji Toma, doing things like assisting shoots, post processing/retouching, darkroom processing video editing, etc.  Shaan is also the frontman of the band, DINHO DINHO(https://open.spotify.com/artist/5oKN0BL4kOjno9nNW1JfTk) which has played at classic NYC venues like Mercury Lounge, Bowery Electric, Nublu 151, Nicki’s Unisex, Berlin NYC, etc.