Baseera Khan

Hand-woven and embroidered prayer rugs
Edition of 13 prayer rugs
Artisans: Gita Rai, Durga Limbu, Bishnu Limbu, Laxmi Rai, Sita Gurung; trained by Rowe Schnure

Baseera Khan is a New York-based artist working across performance, sculpture, and installation. Khan's practice examines materials and their economies, and the effects of these relationships on labor, family structures, religion, and spiritual well-being. Khan mounted their first museum solo exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum (2021–22), and their first solo touring museum exhibition was co-organized by the Moody Center for the Arts, Houston, and the Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati (2022–23). Khan completed a public art commission on the High Line in 2023.

Five Bhutanese refugee artisans living in Cincinnati produced this edition with Khan. Weaving by Gita Rai, Durga Limbu, Bishnu Limbu, Laxmi Rai, and Sita Gurung, with assistance and training from Rowe Schnure. Embroidery by Fabiola Rodriguez.

Baseera Khan (b. 1980) is a New York-based visual artist and educator who uses sculpture, installation, painting, performance, and photography to explore Muslim-American identity and queerness. Khan received an M.F.A. from Cornell University (2012) and completed the Skowhegan School program (2014). Their work is held in the Guggenheim Museum, Whitney Museum, Brooklyn Museum, and Walker Art Center. Khan had a solo exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum (2021) and at the Hirshhorn Museum (2023). They are an instructor at Columbia University's School of the Arts.

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