Abushariaa’s style is influenced by the pioneers of Sudan’s contemporary art scene, including Ibrahim el Salahi and Rashid Diab. In the 1960s their Khartoum School was recognised as an emergent modernist movement, known for its Sudanawiyya style – a synthesis of Western influences and other traditions that captures Sudan’s diversity.
Abushariaa feels the need to share some revolutionary scenarios using his distinctive ink drawings rich with ornamental and patterned symbols of his Nubian culture and occasional Arabic calligraphy