1971 |
Born in Karachi, Pakistan
Lives and Works in Karachi and New Delhi |
EXHIBITIONS |
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2009 |
AiM International Biennale, Marrakech, Morroco
Freedom is Notional, Experimenter, Kolkatta, India
Xth Lyon Biennale: The Spectacle of the Everyday,France
Hanging Fire: Contemporary Art from Pakistan , Asia Society, New York
The View From Elsewhere, Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation and Queensland Art Gallery, Sydney
Lines of Control, Green Cardamom at VM Gallery, Karachi |
2008 |
7th Gwangju Biennale 2008, South Korea
5th Seoul International Media Art Biennale, Media City, Seoul 2008
Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 2008, Toronto, Canada
Six Degrees of Separation: Chaos, Congruence & Collaboration in South Asia'.
Khoj International Artists Residency, Delhi, India
Usable Pasts, Concerted Forgettings, SMART Project Space, Amsterdam
POL1T1C, VIVO Media Arts Center, Vancouver, Canada
‘By All Means’, Scope Basel, Basel, Switzerland
(Solo) Bani Abidi- Recent Works Gallery Ske, Bangalore, India
(Solo) ‘Standing Still Standing Still Standing..’ Green Cardamom, London, UK
Bani Abidi & Ayaz Jokhio, NCA Art Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
Crossroads, Elementa Art Gallery, Dubai, UAE
Art Dubai, Green Cardamom (B52), Dubai, UAE
Destination Asia: Non Strict Correspondance, Dubai, UAE
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2007 |
Art Miami, Gallery Haines, Booth 341, Miami, USA
LUSH curated by Gallery Ske & Tilton Gallery, NY, Miami, USA
Simulasian: Refiguring Asia for the 21st Century, Special Exhibition, Asian Contemporary Art Fair, New York, USA
Tri Dimensional Scene, Platform China Contemporary Art Institute Art Beijing International Art Fair, Beijing, China
(Solo)‘The Boy Who Got Tired of Posing’ – Bani Abidi, TPW Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Contemporary Art from Pakistan, Thomas Erben Gallery, NY, US
GeoPoetics, Centro Jose Guerrero, Granada, Spain
Thermocline of Art- New Asian Waves, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
The Communism of Forms, Gallery Vermelho, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Destination Asia: Non Strict Correspondance, Soros Center for Contemporary Art, Kazakhstan |
2006 |
Singapore Biennale 2006, Singapore
Artists Cinema, Frieze Art Fair, London, UK
ART 212, Haines Gallery, Contemporary Art Fair, New York, USA
Bani Abidi ,Haines Gallery, San Fransisco, USA
Sub-Contingent- The South Asian Sub Continent in Contemporary Art, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy
Asia Contemporary Art Week, Asia Society, New York, USA
(Solo) Bani Abidi- Shan Pipe Band Learns the Star Spangled Banner, Gallery Oberwelt, Stuttgart, Germany
2006 Contemporary Commonwealth, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
(Solo) Bani Abidi – The Boy who Got Tired of Posing, V. M Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan |
2005 |
3rd Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale, Fukuoka, Japan
Something Purple- Digital Art from Pakistan, Artists Commune, HongKong
Cinemascope – Scope Art Fair, St Martins Lane Hotel, London, UK
Bollywood Chaat, SAVAC, Toronto, Canada
Puppet in a Box, Group Show, Kunstiftung Baden- Wurttemberg, Stuttgart, Germany
Beyond Borders, Art from Pakistan, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, India |
2004 |
Old Masters, Young Voices, SAARC Artists Group Show, Alhamra Art Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
LA Freewaves’ Festival of Film, Video and New Media , Los Angeles, USA
Aar Paar 3, Mumbai, Karachi
Mateela Film Festival, Lahore, Pakistan
A Place Called Home - Group Show, National South African Gallery, Durban, Cape Town, Johannesburg, South Africa
Along the X-Axis - Digital Art from India and Pakistan, Apeejay Media Gallery, New Delhi, India |
2003 |
Darmiyaan, Nehar Ghar Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
3rd I South Asian Film Festival, Roxie Theatre, San Fransisco, USA
BOLLY>LOLLY>HOLLY>TOLLY- SAVAC Group Show, York Quay Center, Toronto, Canada
Peace with India, Group Show, Nehar Ghar Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
Around the Miniature too- Group Show - Nairang Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan |
BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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Reviews |
Enoch Cheng in conversation with Bani Abidi, Diaaalogue, Feb, 2010, Asia Art Archive
Kamila Shamsie, ‘Pakistan, Bangladesh and India through a lens’, The Guardian, Jan 6, 2010
Sarah Suzuki, ‘Bani Abidi – Security Barriers A-L’, art on paper, November/December 2009
Jane Perlez, ‘Pakistani artists find a contemporary voice’, NY Times, Sept 28, 2009
Russell Harris, Desperately Seeking Paradise, LIBAS, Volume 21, 2008, Issue 2
Francesco Cincotta, Featured Artist: Interview with Bani Abidi, Naked Punch, Issue 10, Spring 2008
Giridar Khasnis, Waiting Game, The Hindu, April 24, 2008
Pavitra Jayaraman, Spotlight:Bani Abidi, Live Mint, May 17, 2008
Akshay Mahajan, Art Reflects Traffic, Indian Express
Marta Jacimowicz, Staging the stage of power, Deccan Herald, May 12, 2008
Virginia Whiles, Profile: Bani Abidi, Art Monthly, April 08, No 315
Jessica Lack, Exhibitions Preview, The Guardian Guide, Pg 36 March 8-14, 2008
Simone Wille, Bani Abidi: When Posing Becomes Intriguing, Universes in Universe, Nafas Art Magazine, Jan 2008
Fran Schecter, Behind Pakistans Scene, NOW, Nov. 8-14 2007
Adnan Madani, Shanaakthi Card, Nukta Art, Vol 2 2007
Felicity Fenner, Report from Singapore I, Art in America, April ,2007
Sonia Campagnola -From Singapore To Gwangju, Flash Art, Jan-Feb 2007
Barbara London, Critics List - Best Films of 2006, ART FORUM, Dec 2006
Pamela M. lee, 2006 Singapore Biennale, ART FORUM, Nov 2006
Walter Robinson, UNIQUELY SINGAPORE, ArtNet, Nov 2006
Kenneth Baker, San Fransisco Chronicle, Sept 16, 2006
Cecilia Elamani PICKS, Turin -Sub Contingent The Indian Sub Continent in Contemporary Art, ART FORUM Aug 2006
Salwat Ali, New Wave Art, Newsline, April 2006
Marjorie Hussain ‘Symbolic Art’ Callery, DAWN April 8, 2006
Quddus Mirza, Fact for Fiction, Encore – The News
Stephen Wright, Beyond Borders Art of Pakistan, Para-Para PARACHUTE 10/11/12 2005 - 120
Nancy Adajania, Art,beyond borders, The Hindu, Apr 10, 2005
Gabi Ngcobo Home: a place in the making, ART THROB, ISSUE #84_08.04
Quddus Mirza, Cross Connecting Identities, Art India
Art Pick, Mail & Guardian, South Africa, Nov 12, 2004
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Catalogs |
Thermocline of Art: New Asian Waves, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
Belief – Singapore Biennale 2006 Published by The Singapore Arts Council
Sub Contingent, The Indian Sub Continent in Contemporary Art. Electa/ Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo
2006 Contemporary Commonwealth, National Gallery of Victoria
3rd Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale 2005, Published by the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan
Old Masters - Young Voices, 2004 Alhamra Art Gallery
Art of Pakistan Beyond Borders, Published by the National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai
Bolly Holly Lolly Tolly, 2003, Published by SAVAC, Toronto
A Place called Home, 2003 Published by One, Durban, CapeTown |
RESIDENCIES |
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2005
2003
2001
2000 |
Fukuoka Artist Exchange Program, Fukuoka, Japan
Darmiyaan- Nehar Ghar Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
Khoj International Artists Residency, Delhi, India
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine, USA
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PUBLIC COLLECTIONS |
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Margulies Collection, Miami
Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo,Turin
Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
Devi Art Foundation, New Delhi |