Painting the world
back together.
Born in England in 1977, educated at Eton and at Oxford University, where he completed a master's degree in Fine Art in 2000, Sacha Jafri found in painting the language that words could not give him: as a child he lived with synaesthesia and dyslexia, and colour became the place where the world made sense. For more than two decades he has made the United Arab Emirates his home, working largely outside the gallery system, giving much of his work and its proceeds to charity, and painting with what he calls art powered by love, empathy, energy and intention. His collectors have included Barack Obama, Sir Richard Branson, Sir Paul McCartney and Leonardo DiCaprio.
Born
Sacha Jafri is born in England on 3 January 1977.
Oxford
He completes a master's degree in Fine Art at Oxford University.
Seven months
He paints Journey of Humanity in the ballroom of Atlantis The Palm, Dubai.
$62 million
Guinness names it the world's largest art canvas, and it sells for $62 million for children's charities.
UNESCO
His Art Maze is unveiled at UNESCO's headquarters in Paris for the World Heritage Convention's 50th anniversary.
Rolls-Royce
The Six Elements, six Phantoms each carrying his art, raise over $1 million for charity.
Burj Al Arab
He paints We Rise Together live for 48 hours on the helipad, 320 metres above the sea.
A Reason to Love
His painting for Social Bite at Gleneagles helps raise over $2.5 million to end homelessness.
