Huma Bhabha View Profile
Since the 1990s, Huma Bhabha (b. 1962, Karachi, Pakistan) has become known for layered and nuanced work that centers on reinvention of the figure and its expressive possibilities. Her formally inventive practice encompasses sculpture, drawings, and photography. Born in Karachi, Pakistan, Bhabha moved to the United States in 1981 to attend Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, from which she received her BFA in 1985. She later studied at the School of the Arts at Columbia University, New York, from which she received her MFA in 1989. The artist presently lives and works in Poughkeepsie, NY.
Bhabha has been the recipient of notable awards, such as The American Academy in Berlin’s Berlin Prize, the Guna S. Mundheim Fellowship (2013), and the Emerging Artist Award from The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut (2008). In 2022, Bhabha was elected as a National Academician by the The National Academy of Design, New York. In 2023, the artist was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York.
Bhabha has exhibited in museums around the world, including solo exhibitions: Huma Bhabha: LIVIN’ THINGS M Leuven, Belgium (2023, traveled to MO.CO., Montpellier, France, 2023, as Huma Bhabha: A fly appeared, and disappeared); Touching Earth (curated by Nicholas Baume), Fundación Casa Wabi, Puerto Escondido, Mexico (2022–23); Huma Bhabha: Against Time, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, England (2020); and Huma Bhabha: They Live, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (2019), and published an accompanying catalog. An installation of the artist’s work, Huma Bhabha: We Come in Peace, was commissioned by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, in 2018, for their roof garden. Additional solo exhibitions have taken place at prominent institutions such as The Contemporary Austin, TX (2018); MoMA PS1, Long Island City, NY (2012); Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia, Italy (2012); Aspen Art Museum, CO (2011); and The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT (2008), among others. Bhabha’s work has also been included in numerous group exhibitions internationally, including the 2019 Yorkshire Sculpture International, Wakefield, England; the 56th Venice Biennale (2015); and the Whitney Biennial 2010, New York City.
(as of 2024)
