Baseera Khan lives and works in Queens, New York. Khan’s practice uses the lens of their own body to investigate and disrupt social and capitalist systems. Much of this inquiry revolves around the experience of both power and surveillance in public space. Khan translates these observations into formal and material artworks that intersect the constructed spiritual self, gender, and desire. Khan's High Line Art Commission, Painful Arc II (Shoulder-High), 2023, is currently on view at the High Line Park until May 2024. Recent solo exhibitions include: Statements with Simone Subal Gallery, Art Basel, Switzerland (2023); Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C (2023); High Line, New York, NY (2023); Georgetown University, Washington D.C. (2023); Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH (2022); Moody Center For The Arts, Houston, TX (2022); Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY (2021); Simone Subal Gallery, New York, NY (2019), and Participant Inc, New York, NY (2019). Selected group exhibitions include: Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY (2024, Forthcoming); Am Schwarzenbergplatz, Vienna, Austria (2024); North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC, US (2024); Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi, India (2023); Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE (2022); the Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH (2021); NOMA, New Orleans, LA (2020); The Kitchen, New York, NY (2018); SculptureCenter, Queens, NY (2018); and Aspen Art Museum, CO (2018). Khan was also the winner of the recent docu-series "The Exhibit" broadcast on MTV, and Smithsonian Channel (2022). Baseera Khan’s work is in the public collections of the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY; Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH; Kadist, Paris, France and San Francisco, CA; New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA; The Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art; Providence College, Providence, RI; Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; and the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN.
Baseera Khan - CVSelected Exhibitions
15.02.2024
From Alpha to Creation: Religion in the Deep South, SECCA (North Carolina Museum of Art), Winston-Salem, NC
Museum Show
02.01.2024
Artnet News: In Their ‘Epic’ Lofted Studio, Artist Baseera Khan Paints, Collages, Draws, and Dreams
Press
02.01.2024
BNN Breaking: Baseera Khan: A Confluence of Art, Identity, and Sociopolitical Narratives
Press
16.06.2023
Galerie: Discover the Best Installations from Art Basel’s 2023 Edition
Press
05.05.2023
Art Basel : Artists of the Asian diaspora turn hybridity into resilience at Art Basel
Press
04.05.2023
Baseera Khan: The Liberator, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.
Museum Show
10.04.2023
Artnet News: ‘The Exhibit’ Finale Recap: Behold, the Reality Show Has Crowned the Next Great American Artist
Press
09.02.2023
The New York Times: Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Tries Reality TV to Find ‘the Next Great Artist’
Press
08.02.2023
Body Image: A Conversation featuring Baseera Khan and Mecca Jamilah Sullivan at Gerogetown University
Event
08.02.2023
Pop South Asia: Artistic Explorations in the Popular, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, Delhi, IN
Museum Show
19.01.2023
Baseera Khan: Cloak and Dagger, Georgetown University Art Galleries, Washington D.C.
Museum Show
30.09.2022
Baseera Khan: Weight on History, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
Museum Show
24.08.2022
Artnet News: See the Freshly Commissioned Artworks That Meta Is Unveiling at Its Sprawling New Headquarters in New York’s Moynihan Station
Press
24.08.2022
The Art Newspaper: Meta puts analogue art front and centre in sprawling new Manhattan office
Press
19.07.2022
Artforum: Critics' Picks: Houston, Baseera Khan, Moody Center for the Arts
Press
07.07.2022
Performance: Baseera Khan Presents I Am an Archive, Thursday, July 7 at 7PM
Event
23.06.2022
Artnet: See How Artist Baseera Khan Makes Her Bright and Cozy Brooklyn Apartment Double as an Art Studio
Press
03.06.2022
Baseera Khan: Weight on History, Moody Center for the Arts, Houston, TX
Exhibition
01.05.2022
OutSmart Magazine: Baseera Khan Opens a Solo Exhibition at Moody Center for the Arts
Press
08.02.2022
Art in America: Collecting Fingerprints: Baseera Khan at the Brooklyn Museum
Press
17.01.2022
The Art Newspaper: How US museums are celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day, from coast to coast
Press
09.11.2021
Curbed by New York Magazine: Baseera Khan’s Fever-Induced Works About Home
Press
02.10.2021
Artist's Eye: Baseera Khan, Brooklyn Museum, Saturday October 2nd, 2–3PM
Event
01.10.2021
Sight Lines: Reflecting hope: The Houston segment of the 2021 Texas Biennial bears witness to potentiality
Press
01.10.2021
Opening today: Baseera Khan, I Am an Archive, Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY
Museum Show
22.09.2021
Albawaba: Look How Contemporary Artists Negotiate Sacred and Profane on Prayer Rug
Press
21.09.2021
Artsy: These Muslim Artists of the West Are Reenvisioning the Prayer Rug
Press
21.09.2021
TEXTiles, curated by Deborah Goodman Davis, Bookstein Projects, New York, NY
Exhibition
06.09.2021
Visionary Artistry Magazine: Baseera Khan: Finding Home Through Body and Space
Press
14.06.2021
The New York Times, T Magazine: Artists on Artists to Watch, and Maybe Even Collect
Press
13.05.2021
Light curated by Rico Gatson at Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
Gallery Show
12.05.2021
Fall 2021: Baseera Khan upcoming solo exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY
Museum Show
02.05.2021
The San Diego Tribune: Artist Baseera Khan on searching for meaning and identity
Press
13.04.2021
The Lantern: The Wexner Center for the Arts Held Discussion on Public Safety and the Public Health Crisis of Racism
Press
08.04.2021
KBPS: San Diego Weekend Arts Events: Baseera Khan, Flower Fields Theater, Dances To Strings, ‘Hype Man’ And Wood Type Prints
Press
07.04.2021
Columbus Underground: Art Review: Climate Changing: On Artists, Institutions, and the Social Environment
Press
02.03.2021
Escape Routes, FIAC Online Viewing Rooms with Simone Subal Gallery
Fair
01.03.2021
The Brooklyn Rail: Elia Alba, Baseera Khan, Sola Olulode, and Maya Varadaraj: Home Body
Press
01.02.2021
Kitchen OnScreen: In Conversation with the Cast and Crew of “By Faith”
Press
30.01.2021
Climate Changing: On Artists, Institutions, and the Social Environment at Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio
Museum Show
01.01.2021
Baseera Khan: Artist in Residence, Lux Art Institute, San Diego, CA
Residency
01.01.2021
Baseera Khan joins collection at Providence College, Providence, RI
Acquisition
07.12.2020
Brooklyn Reader: Brooklyn-Based Artist Baseera Khan Awarded Brooklyn Museum’s UOVO Prize
Press
09.10.2020
Baseera Khan joins collection at Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Acquisition
01.10.2020
We Fight to Build a Free World: An Exhibition by Jonathan Horowitz at The Jewish Museum, New York, NY
Museum Show
01.10.2020
Flash Art: The Kitchen’s new residency programs: Autumn Knight at 512 West 19th Street and Baseera Khan at Queenslab
Press
10.03.2020
Catalyst, Art and Social Change at Gracie Mansion Conservancy, New York, NY
Museum Show
01.01.2020
Baseera Khan: Denniston Hill Performance Commission, Triangle Arts, Brooklyn NY
Event
06.12.2019
4Columns: Baseera Khan: In snake skin, the tricky quest for meaningful transformation
Press
28.11.2019
Tell me about yesterday tomorrow at Munich Documentation Centre for the History of National Socialism, Munich, Germany
Museum Show
09.10.2019
An Evening of Performance Art with Nooshin Rostami and Baseera Khan, inconjunction with Beyond Geographies: Contemporary Art and Muslim Experience, BRIC, Brooklyn, NY
Event
10.09.2019
Observer: Reflecting on What It Means to Be Muslim Today, 8 Artists Share Experiences in a New Exhibition
Press
09.09.2019
The New York Times: A Sound-and-Art Show Fills a Void for Muslims in Brooklyn
Press
28.06.2019
ACE: Art on Sports, Promise, and Selfhood at Albany Museum, University of Albany State University of New York, Albany, NY
Museum Show
31.05.2019
Artnet News: Settle Into Summer With These 5 Shows by Some of Our Favorite New Emerging Artists
Press
26.04.2019
Free to Be (two-person exhibition with Rico Gatson) at Jenkins Johnson, Brooklyn, NY
Gallery Show
22.02.2019
Baseera Khan: Artist Talk at Night at the Museum: Bruce Nauman Closing Party, MoMA PS1, Queens, NY
Event
14.02.2019
The Value of Sanctuary at St. John the Divine Church, New York, NY
Museum Show
25.01.2019
The Offing: Not For Everybody: Baseera Khan, Gloria Maximo and Hadi Fallahpisheh
Press
16.10.2018
Baseera Khan: Summer of Know, Artist Talk, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Event
07.10.2018
Baseera Khan and Sophia Marisa Lucas curate Queens International 2018: Volumes, Queens Museum, New York, NY
Event
27.06.2018
On Whiteness, curated by Lumi Tan, in collaboration with The Racial Imaginary Institute, at The Kitchen, New York, NY
Museum Show
21.06.2018
SEED, curated by Yvonne Force at Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
Gallery Show
02.06.2018
Carry Over: New Voices from the Global African Diaspora, curated by Kalia Brooks, at Smack Mellon, New York, NY
Museum Show
02.06.2018
TAILBONE, curated by Tenaya Izu and Henry Murphy at 47 Canal, New York, NY
Gallery Show
11.05.2018
Baseera Khan: Braidrage Performance, Fine Arts Center at Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
Event
03.03.2018
iamuslima (third installment), curated by Polly Nordstrand, at Colorado Springs Fine Art Centers, Colorado
Museum Show
25.02.2018
Long, Winding Journeys: Contemporary Art and the Islamic Tradition curated by Elizabeth Rooklidge at Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
Museum Show
05.02.2018
HyphenAmerican, curated by Rex Delafkaran and Tsedaye Makonnen, at Gallery 102, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
Museum Show
29.01.2018
In Practice: Another Echo, curated by Allie Tepper at Sculpture Center, New York, NY
Gallery Show
22.01.2018
VICE: The Artist Creating a ‘Karaoke Spiritual Center’ to Explore South Asian Identity
Press
19.01.2018
Mane N’ Tail', curated by Katherine Simone Reynolds at Luminary, St. Louis, MI
Museum Show
16.01.2018
LOVE 2018: Purple Hearts, curated by Rachel Stern at LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY
Museum Show
01.01.2018
Baseera Khan joins collection at Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Acquisition
01.01.2018
Blessed Be: Mysticism, Spirituality, and the Occult in Contemporary Art curated by Ginger Shulick Porcella, at MoCA Tucson, AZ
Museum Show
15.12.2017
Rituals, curated by Courtenay Finn at Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
Museum Show
10.09.2017
Other Romances, curated by Em Rooney at Rachel Uffner, New York, NY
Gallery Show
21.07.2017
Acoustic Sound Blankets (performance), Sessions, at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Museum Show
02.07.2017
Acoustic Sound Blankets (performance), Fatal Love, at Queens Museum, New York, NY
Museum Show
28.03.2017
ArtFCity.com: Climbing Generations of Trauma and Muslim Heritage: Baseera Khan’s “iamuslima” at Participant Inc
Press
27.03.2017
Baseera Khan: Mourning my Freedom (performance), Abrons Art Center, New York, NY
Event
26.02.2017
iamuslima (first installment) curated by Lia Gangitano, at Participant Inc. Gallery, New York, NY
Gallery Show
01.01.2017
Baseera Khan: Artist Talk and Workshop, Youth Insights Program, Whitney Museum of Art, New York, NY
Event
01.01.2017
iamuslima (second installment), curated by Sara-Jayne Parsons, Moudy Gallery, at Texas Christian University College of Fine Arts, Fort Worth, TX
Museum Show
01.01.2017
Standard Forms, curated by Christian Camacho-Light at The Berrie Center Art Galleries, Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ
Museum Show
14.05.2016
SKOWHEGAN Performs (performance), at Socrates Sculpture Park, New York, NY
Museum Show
03.03.2016
Subject to Capital, curated by Joshua Lubin-Levy, Abrons Art Center, New York, NY
Museum Show
01.01.2016
Baseera Khan: Artist in Residence, AIRspace, Abrons Art Center, New York, NY
Residency
01.01.2014
Baseera Khan awarded Matching Funds Award, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, ME
Award
01.01.2014
Baseera Khan: Artist in Residence, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Program, ME
Residency