Bono Stellar's art-filled journey is driven by music and popular culture

'I think it’s important to be passionate and patient. Most importantly, you need patience,' shares Bono Stellar (aka Nawwar Shukriah Ali), whose humble entrepreneurial beginnings included selling origami, stationery and crafty bookmarks in school. Photos: Handout

Nawwar Shukriah Ali might be a name that you won’t immediately recognise. But if you have been paying attention to the homegrown names in the design and multidisciplinary art community in the last few years, then you might have heard of Bono Stellar.

For the day job, Nawwar, 33, goes by the moniker Bono Stellar.