EDUCATION
2012 MFA, School of Architecture, Art, and Planning, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2005 BFA, Visual Arts Design & Sociology, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
RESIDENCIES
2018-19 Artist in Residence, Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, NY
2016-17 Artist in Residence, AIRspace, Abrons Art Center, New York, NY
2015 International Travel Fellow, Israel/Palestine, Apexart, New York, NY
Artist in Residence, Process Space, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, NY
2014 Artist in Residence, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Program, MA
2009-12 Participant, Robert Flaherty Film Seminar, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
Open Wounds by Josetxo Cedán, Work by Dennis Lim, Witnesses, Monuments, Ruins by Irina Leimbacher
2004-05 Artist in Residence, CentralTrak, the University of Texas at Dallas, TX
TEACHING
2018 - __ Summer Faculty, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2017- __ Adjunct, New York University, New York, NY
2017- __ MFA Mentorship, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2015- 18 Part-time Faculty, Parsons, The New School for Design, New York, NY
2014 - 16 Teaching Fellow, Studio Lab, Abrons Art Center, New York, NY
2010 - 12 Teaching Fellow, Architecture, Art, and Planning, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
AWARD & ACHIEVEMENT
2016 Nomination, Rema Hort Mann Foundation Award
2014 Matching Funds Award, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
Nomination, Art Matters Artist Grant, New York, NY
2012 Michael Rapuano Memorial Award, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2010 Nomination, Whitney Museum of American Art Biennial, New York, NY
2009-10 Experimental Television Center Grant, New York, NY
2005 Arch and Anne Giles Kimbrough Award, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
Nomination, Artpace Artist in Residence, San Antonio, TX
EXHIBITIONS
2018
Long, Winding Journeys: Contemporary Art and the Islamic Tradition, closes June17, curated by Elizabeth Rooklidge, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
iamuslima (3rd installment), March 03 - June 24, curated by Polly Nordstrand, Colorado Springs Fine Art Centers, CO
TAILBONE, June 02 - June 29, curated by Tenaya Izu and Henry Murphy, 47 Canal, New York, NY
SEED, June 21 - August 10, curated by Yvonne Force, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
precious not precious, May 30 - June 29, curated by Cay Sophie Rabinowitz, OSMOSaddress, New York, NY
Carry Over: New Voices from the Global African Diaspora, June 01 - June 30, curated by Kalia Brooks, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY
On Whiteness, June 27 - August 03, curated by Lumi Tan, in collaboration with The Racial Imaginary Institute and The Kitchen, New York, NY
Standard Forms, curated by Christian Camacho-Light, The Berrie Center Art Galleries, Ramapo College of New Jersey, NY
Reading Room On Purpose, organized by Participant Inc, New Art Dealers Alliance, Miami, FL
Mane N’ Tail, curated by Katherine Simone Reynolds, Luminary, St. Louis, MO
ROYGBIV, Kate Werble Gallery, NYC
I am no bird..., ltd los angeles, CA
In Practice: Another Echo, curated by Allie Tepper, Sculpture Center, NYC
Rituals, curated by Courtenay Finn, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
LOVE 2018: Purple Hearts, curated by Rachel Stern, LeRoy Neiman Gallery at Columbia University, NY
HyphenAmerica, curated by Rex Delafkaran and Tsedaye Makonnen, Gallery 102, George Washington University, DC
2017
Reading Room on Purpose, organized by Participant Inc, New Art Dealers Alliance, Miami, FL
Standard Forms, curated by Christian Camacho-Light, The Berrie Center Art Galleries, Ramapo College, New Jersey, NY
iamuslima (2nd installment), curated by Sara-Jayne Parsons, Moudy Gallery, at Texas Christian University College of Fine Arts, Fort Worth, TX
Other Romances, curated by Em Rooney, Rachel Uffner, New York, NY
iamuslima (1st installment), curated by Lia Gangitano, Participant Inc. Gallery, New York, NY
Acoustic Sound Blankets, Sessions, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Otherwise, you don’t see me, curated by Rachel Steinberg, SOHO20, Brooklyn, NY
Situational Conflict, curated by Nick Faust, 13th Street Repertory Theatre, New York, NY
Acoustic Sound Blankets, New Art Dealers Alliance: Presents, New York, NY
Leaving Home, curated by David Dixon and Cathouse Funeral, Beacon, NY
Acoustic Sound Blankets, Fatal Love, Queens Museum, Queens, NY
Acoustic Sound Blankets, curated by Robb Jamieson, Art-POP Montréal International Music Festival, Canada
2016
BRIC Biennial, Weeksville Heritage Center, Brooklyn, NY
SKOWHEGANPerforms, at Socrates Sculpture Park, New York, NY
Subject to Capital, curated by Joshua Lubin-Levy, Abrons Art Center, New York, NY
2015
Of Gentle Birth, curated by Jonathan Allen, Brooklyn Arts Council, Brooklyn, NY
Walk With Me, organized by 21st Projects, Critical Practices Inc., New York, NY
Prisoner of Love Performance, Open Text, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, NY
2014
Arrivals, Out to See, curated by Sara Reisman, NYC Department of Cultural Affair’s One Percenet 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, New York, NY
PUBLICATIONS
2017
Provocations - TDR, by Julie Tolentino, The MIT Press
Acoustic Sound Blanket, Unbag, New York, NY
10 Breakout Artists to Watch at Art Basel Miami Beach 2017
Climbing Generations of Trauma and Muslim Heritage: Baseera Khan’s “iamuslima” at Participant Inc, by Emily Colucci, ArtFCity.com
Baseera Khan’s iamuslima, by Terence Trouillot, bombmagazine.org
Baseera Khan’s iamuslima on view at Participant Inc: Interview with the Artist, by Kate Menard, ArteFuse.com
Nada Presents: Acoustic Blankets, audio recording by KNOW WAVE, New York, NY
Inside iamuslima: An Interview with Baseera Khan, by Julia Monte, Informality Art and Culture Blog
Osmos Magazine #12, by Tom McDonough
Baseera Khan, by Jane Ursula Harris, Art in America Magazine, June review online
Baseera Khan, by Annie Godfrey Larmon, ArtForum Magazine, Summer 2017, Reviews, in print
ARTnews Magazine, in print
Fatal Love: Where Are We Now, ArtAsiaPacific, by Tausif Noor
2016
14 Emerging Women Artists to Watch in 2017, by Sarah Cascone, news.artnet.com
Bomb Artist Profiles, by David Everitt Howe, bombmagazine.org
Subject to Capital Catalog, by Joshua Lubin-Levy, Abrons Art Center, New York, NY
2015
Fellowship Talk, and Travel Journal, organized by Steven Rand, apexart.org
2013
TX*13: An Independent Survey of Contemporary Art in Texas, Exhibition Catalog
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2018
Queens International 2018: Volumes, opens October 07, co-curated with Sophia Marisa Lucas, Queens Museum, NY
2016
The Others (series), artist's studio exhibitions, 56 Bogart, Brooklyn, NY
2015-12
Artist and Archives Research Fellow, Participant Inc., New York:
Vaginal Davis: HAG-Small, contemporary, haggard
The Lookout: Luther Price
Greer Lankton: LOVE ME
2013
On Mourning Art and Politics: Facebook Feed Experimental
2012
Organized Talks, Departments of German Studies and Art, Architecture, and Planning at Cornell Univeristy, Ithaca, NY
The Now and the Visual Arts: Contemporary & Historical Figurations of the Present, organized with Anna Horakova, and Hannah Mueller
2011-08
Assistant Curator and Gallery Manager, BRIC Arts Media Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY:
Neo Nomads: What travels with you? Co-Curated with Aileen Wilson and Al Fayard,
Real NonFiction with co-curated with Jon Lutz
A Wild Gander: Artists from the South Asian Women’s Creative Collective
Heterotopias: Kenneth Anger, Lilliana Porter, and James June Schneider,
A New Deal, Art and Currency
Artist Portraits: Charlie Ahearn and Matt Wolf
A Wrinkle in Time, Artists from the Registry, co-curated with Johanna Taylor
Grotesque Histories, co-curated with Elizabeth Ferrer
2009
Moonlighting, Art Worker by Day, Artist by Night, Hosfelt Gallery, New York, NY
PANELS AND TALKS
2017 Pratt
Abrons Art Center
Parsons
Columbia University
Early Bard College
Harvard University
Abrons Art Center
School of Visual Arts
Williams College
Texas Christian University
Art Pop Montreal International Music Festival
2016 Teacher’s College, Columbia University
2014 Cornell University, Guest Lecture
2013 International Center for Photography - Bard Symposium, Life/Work, Moderation with: Aay Kay Burns, Sharon Louden, and Mark Stafford
Parsons The New School for Design, NY Integrative Seminar I: Memory and Monuments, Artist Talk
Dine and Discourse, an Ideas Party, Brooklyn, Group Talks over dinner
2011 Pratt Institute of Art and Design, Brooklyn Campus, NY, Process/Practice/Portfolio: A seminar for emerging artists. Presentation and discussion of curatorial works and art projects.