The Unknown, 2018. Two way mirror film, acrylic, chromatic prints. 24 × 18 inches (60.96 × 45.72 cm).
Installation view of Rituals, curated by Courtenay Finn, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado, 2018.
Installation view of Long, Winding Journeys: Contemporary Art and the Islamic Tradition, curated by Elizabeth Rooklidge,
Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York, 2018.
Nike ID #2, 2018 (detail). Nike ID Tag customized Nike Air Force One mid-top shoes.
Nike ID #2, 2018 (detail). Nike ID Tag customized Nike Air Force One mid-top shoes.
Installation view of precious not precious, OSMOS Address, New York, 2018.
Installation view of precious not precious, OSMOS Address, New York, 2018.
Seat #7 [Feat.], 2018. Prayer rugs, artist’s underwear, pleather. 42 x 45 x 3.5 inches.
Installation view of precious not precious, OSMOS Address, New York, 2018.
Seat #10 [Feat.], 2018. Pleather, artist’s underwear, prayer rugs, synthetic hair, 52 x 54 x 3 inches.
Seat #11, 2018. Prayer rugs, artist’s underwear, textiles, pleather, metal chain. 57 x 49 x 3.5 inches.
Installation view of iamuslima, Participant INC., New York, 2017.
Performance documentation, Braidrage, 2017.
99 Holds, 2017. Indoor rock-climbing wall made from 99 unique poured dyed resin casts of the corners of the artist’s body. Embedded with wearable Cuban chains, hair, and hypothermia blankets.
Dimensions variable.
99 Holds, 2017 (detail). Indoor rock-climbing wall made from 99 unique poured dyed resin casts of the corners of the artist’s body. Embedded with wearable Cuban chains, hair, and hypothermia blankets.
Dimensions variable.
99 Holds, 2017 (detail). Indoor rock-climbing wall made from 99 unique poured dyed resin casts of the corners of the artist’s body. Embedded with wearable Cuban chains, hair, and hypothermia blankets.
Dimensions variable.
Handmade wool rugs custom designed by artist, made in Kashmir, 48 × 30 inches, 2017.
Handmade wool rugs (detail) custom designed by artist, made in Kashmir, 48 × 30 inches, 2017.
Acoustic Sound Blankets (performance documentation), 2018. Fort Worth, Texas.
Installation view of iamuslima, Participant INC., New York, 2017.
Fasting (30-day fast by the lunar calendar), 2017. Monotone screen-print, 59 × 50 inches.
Pilgrimage (visiting the Kaaba, which is adorned in black cloth as are so many practicing women), 2017. Monotone screen-print. 59 × 50 inches.
Acoustic Sound Blankets (performance), 2017. Sessions, Whitney Museum of American Art,
New York.
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Baseera Khan was born in Denton, Texas and lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Upcoming solo exhibitions include: Public Art Fund, New York (2021, forthcoming); Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, GA (2021, forthcoming). Selected solo and two-person exhibitions include: The Kitchen, New York (2020); Simone Subal Gallery, New York (2019); Jenkins Johnson, New York (2019); Colorado Springs Fine Art Centers, Colorado (2018); Texas Christian University College of Fine Arts, Fort Worth, Texas (2017); Participant Inc. Gallery, New York (2017). Selected group exhibitions include: Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH (2021, forthcoming); NOMA, New Orleans, LA (2020); Gracie Mansion Conservancy, New York (2020); LACE, Los Angeles, CA (2020); Munich Documentation Centre for the History of National Socialism, Germany (2019); BRIC, New York (2019); Albany Museum, Albany, (2019); Ford Foundation Gallery, New York, (2019); Helena Anrather, New York, (2019); St. John the Divine Church, New York (2019); Simone Subal Gallery, New York, (2018); MoCA Tucson, Arizona (2018); Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York (2018); 47 Canal, New York, (2018); Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York (2018); Smack Mellon, New York (2018); The Kitchen, New York (2018); Kate Werble Gallery, New York (2018); Sculpture Center, New York (2018); Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado (2018); Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2017); Queens Museum, New York (2016); Socrates Sculpture Park, New York (2016); and Abrons Art Center, New York (2016). Baseera Khan has been awarded numerous grants and fellowships including BRIC Colene Brown Art Prize (2019); Joan Mitchell Painters and Sculptors Grant (2019); and Art Matters (2018). Artist residencies include: LUX Art Institute, California (2021, forthcoming); Pioneer Works, New York (2018); AIRspace, Abrons Art Center, New York (2016); and Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Program, Maine (2014). Baseera Khan’s work is part of the following public collections: Kadist, Paris and San Francisco; The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, and Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN.