Judges

Jeff Pike

Atlanta native Jeff Pike has been entertaining, singing and playing music for a living since 1984. An accomplished guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and keyboardist with over 15 CDs to his credit, Jeff has performed thousands of shows, traveled the globe and played many styles of music.

His vast and extensive song list covers Jeff’s original music, classic rock and soft rock standards, easy listening oldies, acoustic classics, deep cuts and favorites dating back to the 1960′s.

Aside from performing and recording as a solo artist Jeff performs with his Original Trop Rock Band, A1A. A1A are known world wide as “The Official and Original Jimmy Buffett Tribute Show – Since 1992.”

Jeff also co-produces and engineers a weekly internet radio program entitled “The Paul Leslie Hour” and is one of the three co-founders of The Atlanta Trop Rock Alliance

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Asma Arshad Mahmood

Asma Arshad Mahmood is a Toronto based artist. Born in Lahore, Pakistan Asma completed her initial education in arts in Islamabad under the tutelage of noted artist Mansoor Rahi. She trained as a ceramic and pottery artist in Bogota, Colombia after she moved there in 1985. She held her first professional show in 1991 in Bogota.

After returning to Pakistan in 1991, she was accepted as apprentice by Raja Changez Sultan to develop her figurative artwork. She extensively exhibited her figurative paintings that had distinct influence of Changez.

She moved to Canada in 1999 and has been exploring the contemporary practice of installation and multi-media art besides painting. Asma plays an important role in activism through arts on various levels in Canadian Diaspora. She has exhibited her work at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Royal Ontario Museum and Harbourfront Centre in Toronto.

Asma has served on the Board of Directors for SAVAC (South Asian Visual Arts Collective) and community editorial board of Toronto Star. At present she serves on the board of Masala, Mehndi, Masti’s annual arts festival at Harbourfront, heads Canadian Community Arts Initiative, chairs ArtCity in Toronto and acts as Project Director for Cre8iv80 Studio. She is also the Festival Director for Mosaic, the South Asian Heitage Festival of Mississauga.