Javid Jah is an artist and architect exploring the sacred dimension of geometry. Operating as a BIPOC design-build studio, he authors temporary and permanent sculptures that marry traditional knowledge with contemporary approaches to fabrication. His public art practice is interested in making permanent, large-scale experiences that express a sense of Unity and infinity simultaneously. The principle of the practice is intersectionality - finding a balance between light and form that speaks to the correspondence between human and cosmos.
Over the past decade, Javid has completed over a dozen architecture projects, ranging from modular to post and beam construction, residential to commercial and place of worship. Gaining experience in small studios such as Steven Fong Architect, Ian Starkey Architect and Zak Ghanim Architect, Javid is interested in the notion of a “hierophany” - a language of design that speaks to the sacred within a secular framework. HIs passion for studying the principles of traditional art forms, from the Anishinaabe to Islam, inspire his spatial concepts which seek to balance material and light within a universal context.
