BIO
Born in 1978, Tripoli, Libya. Lives and works in New York City.
EDUCATION
2003 MFA, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2001 BFA, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1999 Center for Art and Culture through Maryland Institute, Aix-en-Provence, France
AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS AND HONORS
2010 Artist talk, Art Department, Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI
2009 Keynote speaker, Art Education in-service, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD
2008 Lower East Side Printshop, Special Editions Residency
2007 25th Anniversary Benefit Auction, Exit Art, NY
2005 Artist In The Marketplace Residency Program, Bronx Museum of the Arts, NY
2005 Visual Arts Studio Residency Program in Tribeca, Chashama Art Foundation, NY
2003 Visiting Artist, Indus Valley Art School, Karachi, Pakistan
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
Shrine Empire Gallery, New Delhi, India (forthcoming)
Roger Williams University, Video Gallery, Bristol, RI
2008
Fawad Khan, Fast Traveling Passenger, 33 Bond Gallery, New York
Scope New York, Solo Installation Project, 33 Bond Gallery, New York
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
India Art Summit, Shrine Empire Gallery, New Delhi, India (forthcoming)
2010
What The Thunder Said, Lu Magnus, New York (forthcoming)
A Place of Their Own, Gallery BMB, Bombay, India (forthcoming)
Diabolique, Kenderdine Art Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Structures Within An Intervention, The Guild NY, New York
Diabolique, Gallerie de L'Uqam, Montreal, Canada
2009
Good Looking, Greynoise Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
Diabolique, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Beauty Underfoot, Smack Mellon, New York
New Prints 2009/Summer - Portraits, IPCNY, New York
Special Editions 2009, Lower East Side Printshop, New York
Art HK09, The Guild Mumbai, Hong Kong
Wonder What The Others are Upto, Gallery OED, Cochin, India
Whose Territorial Imperative?, The Guild Art Gallery, New York
Winter Exhibition, Lower East Side Printshop, New York
The Armory Show, Lower East Side Printshop, New York
2008
The Labyrinth Wall: From Mythology to Reality, Exit Art, New York
E/AB Fair, Lower East Side Printshop, The Tunnel, New York
A Wrinkle in Time, BRIC Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
On Procession, Indianapolis Museum of Art, through Deitch Projects
Exploding The Lotus, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, FL
2007
Love/War/Sex, Exit Art, New York
Scope Hamptons, 33 Bond Gallery, New York
2006
The Studio Visit, Exit Art, New York
2005
The Art Parade, Deitch Projects, New York
Collaborations, Bebe Benoliel Gallery, Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA
AIM 25, Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York
A Warlike People: Victims or Perpetrators, Monorchid Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2004
Terrorvision, Exit Art, New York
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2009
Cachia, Amanda. "Diabolique.” Exhibition catalogue, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Canada, 2009.
Henderson, Lee. “Shell Shock and Compassion Fatigue: Diabolique” Review, Shotgun Review.CA, 2009.
Manmadhan, Prema. "Caught Between Two Cultures." The Hindu, 27 April 2009.
Ray, Sharmistha. "A Place of Their Own." Art Pulse Magazine, Oct-Nov 2009.
Surekha, K. "A Question of Identity." Indian Express, 25 April 2009.
Thirukode, Meenakshi. "Wonders What The Others Are Upto.” Exhibition catalogue, OED, Cochin, 2009.
2008
Johnson, Paddy. "Scope Exhibits No Truly Horrible Work". Art Fag City, 2 Apr 2008: Online Blog
Linn, John. "Exploding the Lotus: In Bloom." Broward-Palm Beach New Times, 28 Feb 2008
Mak, Gerry. "New Trends/Fawad Khan". Lost At E Minor, 6 Nov 2008: Online Blog
Risch, Conor. “The Machinist: Fawad Khan's Car Bombs”. Cool'eh Magazine, Issue7, Mar 2008.
Rosenberg, Karen. “Uptown, Downtown, Fairs Found All Over.” New York Times, 29 Mar 2008: Weekend Arts.
Sherwin, Brian. “Art Space Talk: Fawad Khan”. MyArtSpace, 16 Aug 2008: Online Blog
Sneed, Gillian. “Broken Boundaries: Fawad Khan”. New York Arts Magazine, Mar-Apr 2008.
Taylor, Johanna and Khan, Baseera, “A Wrinkle in Time” Exhibition catalogue, BRIC Rotunda, Brooklyn, NY, 2008.
Vartanian, Hrag. “Love/War/Sex.” The Brooklyn Rail, Art Seen, Feb 2008.
2007
Cone, Michele C. "War and Sex." Artnet Magazine, 28 Dec 2007: Review.
2005
Abrams, Amy. "Enemy Lines: Civil liberties vs. Homeland Security." Phoenix New Times, 15 Feb 2005.
Cotter, Holland. “Latino Art and Beyond Category.” New York Times, 2 Sept 2005: Cover, Weekend Arts Section.
Genocchio, Benjamin. “Art Review: When Artists Discover Craft-Oriented Kitsch.” New York Times, 21 Aug 2005.
Newsnight CNN with Aaron Brown: “Terrorvision.” Segment 7, CNN. 7 July 2004.
Yehya, Naief. “Reviews: Terrorvision.” Art Nexus, no. 55, Jan 2005.
Yee, Lidya, “AIM 25.” Exhibition catalogue, Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, NY, 2005.