Born in Pakistan, I spent much of my childhood abroad as the son of a U.S. Foreign Services officer. My family settled in Culpeper, Virginia after years of hopping around, where I completed high school. I've been fascinated with art since I was little and always knew that it would play a major role in my life. I followed through with art school, earning a BFA with a concentration in communication arts from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1993. 

I moved to Atlanta, Georgia shortly after graduation, founded an arts & literature publication entitled "Poets, Artists & Madmen" and I've specialized in publication design and art direction for the majority of my career. Debbie and I decided to move to Richmond in 2001. Marriage and a family soon followed and we've happily settled in Richmond's Forest Hill neighborhood.

I found my way back to painting about twelve years ago and have been showing my work ever since. I've been painting everything from figurative work to abstract, and found myself narrowing to two styles: realism and abstraction. Richmond and rural Virginia have become a main source of subject matter for my work.

I am represented by Glavé Kocen Gallery in Richmond and my work can be found in several large collections including the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Ironworks Consulting, Capital One, LandAmerica and NewMarket Corporation.

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St. Catherine's, Richmond, VA, January 6-28, 2011: Small Works Invitational
Glavé Kocen Gallery, Richmond, VA, January 6-28, 2011: Small Works Invitational
Gallery at UNOS, Richmond, VA, September 3-October 28, 2011, "Land and Sea," solo exhibit
Glavé Kocen Gallery, Richmond, VA, January 3-29, 2011: Small Works Invitational
Glavé Kocen Gallery, Richmond, VA, September 3-28, 2010: "1," solo exhibit
Glavé Kocen Gallery, Richmond, VA, January 2010: Small Works Invitational
Glavé Kocen Gallery, Richmond, VA, January 2009: Small Works Invitational
Glavé Kocen Gallery, Richmond, VA, May 2008: "New Works," a solo exhibit
Rentz Gallery, Richmond, VA, January 15-30, 2007: Small Works Invitational
Rentz Gallery, Richmond, VA, September 8-October 15, 2006: "New Works," solo exhibit
Rentz Gallery, Richmond, VA, January 6-30, 2006: Small Works Invitational
43rd Street Festival, Richmond, VA, September 16, 2005
Arts In The Park, Richmond, VA, April 30-May 1, 2005
Centre Gallery/Artworks, Richmond, VA, March 25-April 17, 2005:
    "Pavement," a series of realistic scenes of Richmond
Rentz Gallery, Richmond, VA, January 14-Feb. 28, 2005: Small Works Invitational
DOSE Cafe, November 5-29, 2004: "Real Richmond"
43rd Street Festival, Richmond, VA, September 18, 2004
Artworks, Richmond, VA, January 1-June 30, 2004: Numerous paintings selected
and exhibited for monthly juried exhibits
Shockoe Bottom Arts Center, Richmond, VA, 2003: Numerous paintings
selected and exhibited for monthly juried exhibits
Sacred Grounds Coffee House, Atlanta, GA, May 1999: "Rawalpindi and Beyond"

Richmond Federal Reserve
Capital One
Dominion Resources
NewMarket Corporation
Ironworks Consulting
Landamerica
Williams Mullen

Jo Lord, "Unos Exhibiting 'Land & Sea,'" Richmond Times Dispatch (September 29, 2011)
Susan Winiecki, "Dashboard Days," Richmond magazine, (September 2010)
Ann Harman, "Artist Steve Hedberg's art inspired by ebb and flow of life along U.S. Route 1," Fifty Plus, (September 2010)
Valley Haggard, "40 Under 40," Style (Weekly), (October 2008)
Roy Proctor, "Tale of Two Styles," Richmond Times-Dispatch, (October 2006)