Bilaal is a Colombo-based visual artist and architectural designer. He holds an MA from the RCA, London, and a BA from the University of Hong Kong. He has worked on projects with OMA and the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design, and collaborates on design initiatives at Hatch Makers Studio.

His practice explores global visual culture at the intersection of current affairs, spirituality, cultural identity and technology through painting and mixed media pieces. He has exhibited in Hong Kong, London, Colombo, Jeddah, Berlin, Goa and Islamabad; his pastel drawing Beruwala Blues is in the Lahore Museum collection of contemporary paintings.