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WHO’S WHO

changing relationship with the universe
and the artist. He hopes his work can
provide healing for not only his family,
but anyone that sees themselves in him.
Khaerisman would like to thank A nana, Da
Iman, Sarah, Risvia, Rania, his parents, his
wonderful sisters in law, Megan & Marium,
and his nephews Alan and Luqman. There
is nothing impossible when Allah is in your
corner. Keep pushing for greater heights.
Demand more seats in the table. And
above all else honor the stories you tell
like your life is on the line, especially the
narratives that are not yours to tell. Move
MUHAMMAD F. KHAERISMAN forward with kindness for one another, and
(Performer/Writer) is a Muslim Indonesian- grace for yourself. Bismillah. This one is for
American multidisciplinary artist. Cimahi, Indonesia.
Khaerisman began his journey in the arts
through rap battles at the bus stops of
Alief, in the 8th grade. His entrance into
theatre and acting began after watching
a production of “Kinky Boots” at the
Hobby Center while he was a junior in
high school. His love of performance and
storytelling propelled him to perform on
Broadway at the Minskoff Theatre, in a
Tony Awards style show called the Jimmy
Awards the summer after graduating
high school. Khaerisman is currently
completing his BFA in Acting from the
University of Houston, and hopes that the
push for accountability and mindfulness
in academic artistic spaces will shift
education to nurture young artists,
rather than break them. Khaerisman
pulls inspiration for the creation of
ALHAMDULILLAH from Houston based
artists Lina Habazi, Hedaya Kelani, Tyren
Duncan, and Cary Fagan. Khaerisman is
interested in the intersectionality of poetry
and movement in his work, and thanks
R.J. Wright, Aris K. Brown, Jackson Neal,
Ebony Stewart, and Buddy Wakefield for
teaching him how to take up space in
his writing. Currently Khaerisman creates
art with FACES, a multimedia artistic
collective focused on the development of
storytelling through the visual and auditory
medium. Khaerisman believes that art
has no guarantees, it is instead an ever