Education
2014 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine
2012 MFA, Sculpture and Performance, School of Architecture, Art, and Planning, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
2005 BFA, Drawing and Painting, Visual Arts Design & Sociology, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
Teaching
2021 - present Adjunct Associate Professor of Visual Arts, Graduate, Columbia University School of the Arts, NYC
2024 - present New York Community Trust Van Lier Fellowship for Visual Artists Mentorship at Abrons Arts Center, NYC
2018 - present Summer Faculty, MFA Art Practice, School of Visual Arts, NYC
2017 - present Visiting Faculty, Graduate, Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, NYC
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2026
Where We Come From, curated by Lisa Tung, Mass Art Museum, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2025
Pocket Diary, Niru Ratnam Gallery, London, U.K.
New Leaf, permanent public art commission, HELP USA’s Art of Resilience Help, Brooklyn, NY
The Armory Show, (two-person exhibition with Jala Wahid), Niru Ratnam Gallery, Javits Center, NYC
2024
Floral Fix, Simone Subal Gallery, NYC
The Safety Game, 10 & Zero Uno, Venice, Italy
2023
Painful Arc (Shoulder High) II, High Line Art, NYC, (2023-24)
The Liberator, curated by Anne Reeve, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
Desire and Surveillance, Simone Subal Gallery, Statements, Basel, Switzerland
Cloak and Dagger, curated by Albey Miner, Maria & Alberto De La Cruz Art Gallery, Georgetown University,
Washington D.C.
2022
Weight on History, curated by Ylinka Barotto, Moody Arts Center Houston, TX, and curated by Amara Antilla,
Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, OH
2021
I Am an Archive, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NYC
Braidrage, public art commission, UOVO, Brooklyn, NY
2020
By Faith, organized by Lumi Tan, The Kitchen, NYC
2019
Snake Skin, Simone Subal Gallery, NYC
Free to Be (two-person exhibition with Rico Gatson), Jenkins Johnson Projects, Brooklyn, NYC
LISTE, (two-person exhibition with Sonia Almedia), organized Simone Subal, Basel, Switzerland
2018
iamuslima, (third installment), curated by Polly Nordstrand, Colorado Springs Fine Art Centers, Colorado
Acoustic Sound Blanket (performance), curated by HOUSING, Gavin Brown’s enterprises, NYC
2017
Reading Room On Purpose, NADA Projects, organized by Participant Inc, New Art Dealers Alliance, Miami, FL
iamuslima, (second installment), curated by Sara-Jayne Parsons, Moudy Gallery, at Texas Christian University College of Fine Arts, Fort Worth, TX
iamuslima, (first installment), curated and organized by Lia Gangitano, Participant Inc, NYC
2015
Walk with Me, curated by Sara Reisman, 21st Projects, Critical Practices Inc, NYC
Selected Group Exhibitions
2026
Wool. Silk Resistance, Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany
(PowerPose) Ascendency, curated by Camillo Alvarez, Mattatuck Museum, Baker Gallery, Waterbury, CT
Useful Objects, curated by Sara Reisman and Kendal Henry, Material for the Arts Gallery, Queens, NYC
Press & Pull: Two Decades at the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, (traveling show), Mass Art Museum, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
Bounty, curated by Sadaf Padder, Sargent’s Daughters, NYC
(tba) , curated by Roseline Michael Neveling, Ruttkowski;68, NYC
2025
An Alchemy of Elsewhere, Niru Ratnam Gallery, London, U.K.
Abu Dhabi Art Fair, Niru Ratnam Gallery, Al Saadiyat Island, Cultural District, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Press&Pull: Two Decades at the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, (traveling show), Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, and The James Gallery, CUNY Graduate Center, NYC
UFO - Unforeseen Feelings Observed, curated by Luisa Schlotterbeck, Ruttkowski;68, NYC
First there was a see, curated by Azra Dawood, Twelve Gates Arts, Philadelphia, PA
What We Carry, Patel Brown, Toronto, Canada
Numbers, Salma Sarriedine, NYC
Powers of the Unseen, Paul Robeson Gallery at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
The Rose, curated by Justine Kurland and Marina Chao, (touring exhibition), Center for Photography at Woodstock, Kingston, NY
My Heart May Be Satisfied, Common Seeing, curated by Alexis Garcia, Focus Gallery, Jordan Schnitzer
Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
2024
Devoted: Religion in Asian American Art, curated by Danielle Wu, Elizabeth Foundation of the Arts, NYC
Don't Touch my Hair, Hannah Traore Gallery, NYC
This Life, Jupiter Gallery, NYC
Fremdkörper, courtesy of artists and KOW/Berlin, LambdaLambdaLambda/Prishtina, Simone Subal, NYC, Am Schwarzenbergplatz, Vienna
From Alpha to Creation: Religion in the Deep South, curated by Maya A. Brooks, North Carolina Museum of Art, NC
A Long Walk from the Train, curated by Joshua Lubin-Levy and Camila Palomina, Abrons Art Center, NYC
New York…Now!, curated by Saam Niami and Gabrielle Richardson, Allen Street pop-up, NYC
Body Freedom for Every(body) [tour bus across American], curated by Jasmine Wahi and Rebecca Pauline Jampol, Co-Directors, Project for Empty Space, Newark, NJ
This Life, Jupiter Arms Gallery, NYC
2023
The Rose, curated by Justine Kurland, (touring exhibition), The Lumber Room, Portland, OR
Femme Friction: Female Artist from the Last 100 Years, curated by C1760, Academy Mansion, NYC
Two Grains of Wheat, curated by Sara Reisman, 601 Artspace, NYC
Weathering, Kai Matsumiya, NYC
Pop South Asia: Artistic Explorations in the Popular, curated by Iftikar Dadi, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi, India (2022-23)
2022
Bajo el sol, Travesia Cuatro, Madrid, Spain
Texan: Part II, Various Small Fires, Dallas, TX
Dysynchronics, curated by Laurel V. McLaughlin, Artspace, New Haven, CT
2021
TEXTiles, curated by Deborah Davis, Bookstein Projects, NYC
In Place of an Index, curated by Ryan N. Dennis, Evan Garza, and Max Fields, Fotofest \Texas Biennial, Houston, TX
Light, curated by Rico Gatson, Miles McEnery Gallery, NYC
Climate Changing: On Artists, Institutions, and the Social Environment, curated by Lucy I. Zimmerman Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio
Home Body, curated by Nico Wheadon, Sapar Contemporary, NYC
2020
Mending the Sky: Creating Space for Care, Collectivity, and Critique, curated by Katie A. Pfohl, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
Catalyst, Art and Social Change, curated by Jessica Bell Brown, Gracie Mansion Conservancy, NYC
Sound Off: Silence and Resistance, curated by Abigail Raphael Collins, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, CA
We Fight to Build a Free World: An Exhibition by Jonathan Horowitz, (touring show), Jewish Museum of Art, NYC
2019
Beyond Geography: Contemporary Art and Muslim Experience, curated by Elizabeth Ferrer, text by Sara Raza, BRIC, Brooklyn, NY
The Value of Sanctuary: Building a House without Walls, The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine, NYC
Harlem Postcard Project, organized by Eric Booker and Alexandra Adams, Studio Museum, NYC
Radical Love, curated by Jaishri Abichandani and Natasha Becker, Ford Foundation Gallery, NYC
ACE: Art on Sports, Promise, and Selfhood, curated by Olga E. Dekalo, Albany Museum, University of Albany State University of New York
NADA House: Baseera Khan and Erick Medel, curated by HOUSING and New Art Dealers Alliance, Governors Island, NYC
Glass Age, organized by Jesse Greenberg, Helena Anrather Gallery, NYC
Tell Me About Yesterday Tomorrow, curated by Nicolaus Schafhausen, Munich Documentation Centre
for the History of National Socialism, Munich, Germany
Wu-Tang Clan X Absolut Art, pop-up, NYC
2018
Not for Everybody, curated by Allie Tepper, Simone Subal Gallery, NYC
How to See in the Dark, curated by Christian Camacho-Light, Cuchifritos, NYC
Blessed Be: Mysticism, Spirituality, and the Occult in Contemporary Art, curated by Ginger Shulick Porcella, (traveling show), MoCA Tucson, AZ
Long, Winding Journeys: Contemporary Art and the Islamic Tradition, curated by Elizabeth Rooklidge, Katonah Museum of Art, NY
TAILBONE, curated by Tenaya Izu and Henry Murphy, 47 Canal, NYC
SEED, curated by Yvonne Force, Paul Kasmin Gallery, NYC
Precious not Precious, curated by Cay Sophie Rabinowitz, OSMOS, NYC
Carry Over: New Voices from the Global African Diaspora, curated by Kalia Brooks, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY
On Whiteness, curated by Lumi Tan, in collaboration with The Racial Imaginary Institute and The Kitchen, NYC
Mane N’ Tail, curated by Katherine Simone Reynolds, Luminary, St. Louis, MO
ROYGBIV, Kate Werble Gallery, NYC
I am no bird..., ltd los angeles, Los Angeles, CA
In Practice: Another Echo, curated by Allie Tepper, Sculpture Center, Queens, NY
Rituals, curated by Courtenay Finn, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
LOVE 2018: Purple Hearts, curated by Rachel Stern, LeRoy Neiman Gallery at Columbia University, NYC
HyphenAmerica, curated by Rex Delafkaran and Tsedaye Makonnen, Gallery 102, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
2017
Standard Forms, curated by Christian Camacho-Light, The Berrie Center Art Galleries, Ramapo College, NJ
Other Romances, curated by Em Rooney, Rachel Uffner, NY
Otherwise, you don’t see me, curated by Rachel Steinberg, SOHO20, Brooklyn, NY
Leaving Home, curated by David Dixon and Cathouse Funeral, Beacon, NY
2016
The Window, organized by BRIC Biennial, Weeksville Heritage Center, Brooklyn, NY
THE ’91 VIOLENCE, curated by Jonathan Allen, Brooklyn Arts Council, NY
Subject to Capital, curated by Joshua Lubin-Levy, Abrons Art Center, NYC
2015
Of Gentle Birth, curated by Jonathan Allen, Brooklyn Arts Council, NY
Prisoner of Love, Open Text, organized by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, NYC
2014
Arrivals, Out to See, curated by Sara Reisman, NYC Department of Cultural Affair’s One Percent for Art Program, NYC
2013
Texas Biennial, 5th Anniversary, Big Medium, Austin, TX
Small Work Big Change Auction, Sylvia Rivera Law Project Collective, Judson Memorial Church, NYC
Selection of Publications
2025
Kurland, Justine, curator. The Rose: A Circular Genealogy of Collage. Lumber Room, 2025.
2024
Alemani, Cecilia. Elevated: Art on the High Line. The Monacelli Press, 2024.
Ratner, Ana, et al., editors. The Other Almanac: Calculated for the Year 2025. OR Books, 2024.
2021
Khan, Baseera. Core-On. Participant Press, 2021.
Klingan, Katrin, and Friederike Stech, editors. Tell Me About Yesterday Tomorrow: About the Future of the Past. Hirmer Verlag, 2021.
2018
Be Careful What You Wish, Chaplet Series, Belladonna, New York
Acoustic Sound Blankets, Unbag, Issue #2, New York
Selection of Awards
2024
Michael Richards Award for Visual Art, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, NYC
2023-24
Hirshhorn NY Gala Artist Honoree, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden | Smithsonian, Washington, D.C.
Colleen Brown Art Prize 2023, BRIC Arts Media, Brooklyn, NY
2022
Art Prize, MTV and Smithsonian Channel, The Exhibit TV docu-series
2020
OUVU Art Prize, Brooklyn, NY
2019
The Joan Mitchell Foundation annual recipient of Painters & Sculptors Grants
2018
NYSCA/NYFA Interdisciplinary Artist Fellow, New York
Art Matters Artist Grant, New York
Nomination, Whitney Museum of American Art, Biennial, NYC
Residencies and Fellowships
2024
Artist Residency, PLOP, London, U.K.
2021
Artist in Residence, LUX Art, San Diego, California
2020
On Screen Series, Artist Residency and Production Space, The Kitchen, New York City
2020
Wexner Center Film/Video Studio Residency, Columbus, OH
2018-19
Artist Residency, Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, New York
Artist-in-Residence, University Art Museum, University at Albany (UAlbany), Albany, NY
2016-17
Artist Residency, AIR space, Abrons Art Center, New York, NY
2015
International Travel Fellowship to Israel/Palestine, Apexart, New York City
Artist in Residence, Process Space, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York City
2014
Artist in Residence, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Program, Skowhegan, Maine
2008-11
Flaherty Film Seminar, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
2004-5
SouthSide on Lamar, Artist in Residence, Dallas, TX
Selected Public Collections
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Kadist, Paris, France and San Francisco, CA
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA
Providence College, Providence, RI
Leslie Lohman Museum of Art, NY
UOVO, New York, NY