Najjar Abdul-Musawwir is an internationally acknowledged artist who has exhibited in the United States, Africa, Asia and Europe. He currently works as a Professor of studio arts and art history in the School of Art and Design and Africana Studies at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.

Abdul-Musawwir has received distinguish acknowledgments, and among them are: Black Art in America Talks: Artists Panel at BAIA Houston Fine Art Show; Artist-n-Residency/exhibit at N’Namdi Center for Contemporary Art, Detroit, MI; Visions of Our 44th President at Charles H. Wright Museum, Detroit, MI; Underrepresented Minorities Art Exhibition at the Center for Diversity & Inclusion at Washington University, St. Louis, MO; Black Creativity Exhibition at Illinois Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL; TELLING TALES: Narrative Threads of Contemporary African American Art at Mitchell Museum, Mt. Vernon, IL; and Panafest Art Exhibition at Cultural Art Center, Cape Coast, Ghana.