Bio

Bio

Scipop (Science Fiction Pop Art) is the alias of London-based artist Nazar Ali Khan, whose bold and impactful artworks contrast modernist abstract art and pop art influences to explore themes of transformation in the digital media age.

A self-taught artist, Nazar was born in London and began his professional career as an architect. Being also active on the music scene as a visual artist and designer brought opportunities to develop his artistic identity, initially under the mentorship of the iconic artist and designer Barney Bubbles.

With the disruptive arrival of digital media, he transitioned from architecture to design digital experiences at creative and media organisations, and the impact of digital media on human behaviour continues to inform many of the themes in his artistic practice.

Nazar has performed under his live techno and sound art alias Stray Transmission in London, Margate and Brighton, and in collaboration with performance troupe The Cult of Rammellzee in 2015 at the Magda Danysz Gallery in London.

His two “Live Transmissions” pop-up gallery events in 2023 at Happenstance Gallery in London showcased his art prints as Scipop alongside his live sound and music performances. Positive reaction to his artworks prompted him to bring his visual arts practice to the fore, and his recent mixed media paintings have been well received.

The course is set for a new era of Scipop artworks.

Artist Statement

Artist Statement

Scipop - Science Fiction Pop Art.

With a passion and empathy for people navigating the digital media age, my art explores and elevates the moments that impact their perception of themselves and of the world around them.

I take a bold campaign-style approach to my works that draws together both my art historical influences and my own experience in popular visual culture and mass media. Like a brand without a product.

My artworks contrast modernism’s white hot abstraction with pop’s cool imagery.

I work with both traditional and digital media. My mixed media paintings explore perceptions of depth and surface, contrasting expanses of expressive colour and abstracted imagery, and my relationship with architecture brings additional spatial dynamics to my works.  

My “Interventions” series asks - what brings us back to the present when we’re focused too far into the future? My “Missions” series looks at everyday empowerment. My planned “Traces” series explores the digital histories that each of us can’t leave behind.

Personal stories framed as universal experiences.