Ibrahim Quraishi, Foto: Anna van Kooij Ibrahim Quraishi
Ibrahim Quraishi (1973 Nairobi, Kenya), is a visual artist who works with various media, including photography, photo painting, video, film and performance installation.
In his work, he explores the understanding of visual performativity and its relationship to broader cultural perspectives. The human body is a central element in his work, where the borders between the physical body, observed reality and unconsciousness are blurred. Quraishi examines the dynamics of migration, dispossession and cohabitation within the highly rigid socio-political spheres of imagined communities. He was a participating artist for the Framer Framed group exhibition Crisis of History #1 in 2014, curated by Robert Kluijver.
Quraishi divides his time between New York, Paris and Amsterdam. Apart from his work as a visual artist, Quraishi is also active as a researcher and teacher and has worked for institutions like the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, the Asia Society in New York, Biennale in Bonn, the Rotterdam Art Fair and the Bastakiya Art Fair in Dubai. He has participated in several exhibitions including Parliament of Bodies at Documenta 14, Kassel, Germany (2017); Liquid Loft, Antidote art.design, Dubai, UAE (2016); Museo Nacional de Arte, Mexico City, Mexico; Kochi-Muziris Biennial India, Kerala, India (2013); Urban Stories – Black Swans, X Baltic Triennial, Vilnius, Lithuania (2009) and Impulstanz, KunsthalleWien, Vienna, Austria (2008). Selected solo shows include Islamic Violins, Mitchell Center for the Arts, Houston, USA (2015); 5 Streams, National Museum, Singapore (2013); The Myth of Proportional Response, SAVVY Contemporary, Berlin, Germany (2013) and Wild Life Take Away Station, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, Netherlands (2012). He had won several awards and grants including the Mondriaan Fonds grant in 2016 and the Ö1 Prix Jardin d’Europe Prize in 2008 for his installation Islamic Violins at Kunsthalle, Wien.
Quraishi currently lives and works in the Netherlands.
Exhibitions
