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'''Huma Bhabha''' (born 1962, [[Karachi]], [[Pakistan]]) is a Pakistani [[Sculpture|sculptor]] based in [[Poughkeepsie, New York|Poughkeepsie]], New York.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.getty.edu/vow/ULANFullDisplay?find=&role=&nation=&prev_page=1&subjectid=500294125|title=Union List of Artist Names Online (ULAN) Full Record Display for Bhabha, Huma|last=|first=|date=|website=www.getty.edu|publisher=Getty Research|access-date=2017-01-09}}</ref> Known for her uniquely grotesque, figurative forms that often appear dissected or dismembered, Bhabha often uses found materials in her sculptures, including styrofoam, cork, rubber, paper, wire, and clay. Many of these sculptures are also cast in bronze.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.salon94.com/artists/detail/huma-bhabha|title=Huma Bhabha (Artist Page)|last=|first=|date=|website=Salon94|publisher=Salon94|access-date=2017-01-09}}</ref> She is equally prolific in her works on paper, creating vivid pastel drawings, eerie photographic collages, and haunting print editions (published by the master printer Niels Borch Jensen in [[Copenhagen]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nielsborchjensen.com/skill/huma-bhabha/|title=Huma Bhabha (Artist Page)|last=|first=|date=|website=www.nielsborchjensen.com|publisher=Niels Borch Jensen Gallery & Editions|access-date=2017-01-09}}</ref>
'''Huma Bhabha''' (born 1962, [[Karachi]], [[Pakistan]]) is a Pakistani sculptor based in [[New York City]]. Her sculptures are composed from basic construction media and found objects. She is known for grotesque, figurative work sculptures, often featuring bodies that appear dissected or dismembered.


== Work ==
== Career ==
Bhabha studied at the [[Rhode Island School of Design]] (BFA, 1985)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://our.risd.edu/post/43411445998/hip-hop-era-giacometti|title=Hip-Hop-Era Giacometti|website=Our RISD|access-date=2016-11-13}}</ref> and [[Columbia University]] (MFA, 1989).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://arts.columbia.edu/huma-bhabha-89-icp-triennial|title=Huma Bhabha ('89) in ICP Triennial|last=|first=|date=2013-05-13|website=Columbia University, Visual Arts Program|publisher=|access-date=2016-11-13}}</ref>
Huma Bhabha received her BFA at the [[Rhode Island School of Design]] (1985)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://our.risd.edu/post/43411445998/hip-hop-era-giacometti|title=Hip-Hop-Era Giacometti|website=Our RISD|access-date=2016-11-13}}</ref> and her MFA from [[Columbia University]] (1989).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://arts.columbia.edu/huma-bhabha-89-icp-triennial|title=Huma Bhabha ('89) in ICP Triennial|last=|first=|date=2013-05-13|website=Columbia University, Visual Arts Program|publisher=|access-date=2016-11-13}}</ref> She is represented by Salon 94, New York; Stephen Friedman Gallery, London; C L E A R I N G, New York & Brussels; and has worked with GRIMM Gallery, Amsterdam.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stephenfriedman.com/artists/huma-bhabha/|title=Huma Bhabha (Artist Page)|last=|first=|date=|website=www.stephenfriedman.com|publisher=Stephen Friedman Gallery|access-date=2017-01-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.c-l-e-a-r-i-n-g.com/artists/huma-bhabha/|title=Huma Bhabha (Artist Page)|last=|first=|date=|website=www.c-l-e-a-r-i-n-g.com/|publisher=C L E A R I N G Gallery|access-date=January 8, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://grimmgallery.com/artists/huma-bhabha/work/|title=Collaborations & Projects: Huma Bhabha|last=|first=|date=|work=|newspaper=GRIMM Gallery|access-date=2017-01-09|via=}}</ref>


Bhabha has been widely exhibited internationally, and has been included in several important shows including “Greater New York” at MoMA PS1 Contemporary Art Center and [[MOMA]] in New York, and “USA Today” at the [[Royal Academy]] in London. Her work had been included in the 2015 [[Venice Biennale]], the 2010 Whitney Biennial,<ref>{{Cite web|title = Huma Bhabha {{!}} Whitney Museum of American Art|url = http://www.whitney.org/Exhibitions/2010Biennial/HumaBhabha|website = www.whitney.org|accessdate = 2015-12-17}}</ref> the 2008 Gwangju Biennial, the 2010 Whitney Biennial and the 2012 Paris Triennial. She was also featured in ''From Nothing, Something'', a documentary film on the creative process that has screened at multiple film festivals including the [[Newport Beach Film Festival]].<ref>[http://fromnothingsomething.com/ ''From Nothing, Something''] film web site, accessed 2013-04-29.</ref> She recently had her first solo exhibition in New York Huma Bhabha: Unnatural Histories<ref>{{Cite web|title = MoMA PS1: Exhibitions: Huma Bhabha: Unnatural Histories|url = http://momaps1.org/exhibitions/view/361|website = momaps1.org|accessdate = 2015-12-17}}</ref> at MoMA PS1 from November 18, 2012 – April 1, 2013.<ref>{{Cite news|title = ‘Huma Bhabha: Unnatural Histories’ at MoMA PS1|url = http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/07/arts/design/huma-bhabha-unnatural-histories-at-moma-ps1.html|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 2012-12-06|access-date = 2015-12-17|issn = 0362-4331|first = Karen|last = Rosenberg}}</ref>
The [[Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum]] in [[Ridgefield, Connecticut]], awarded its 2008 Emerging Artist Award to Bhabha. The award came with a $5,000 prize and a solo exhibition at the museum (September 14, 2008 – February 8, 2009).<ref>{{citation|title=Aldrich Award Goes to Sculptor Huma Bhabha|date=March 6, 2008|url=http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/27003/aldrich-award-goes-to-sculptor-huma-bhabha/|publisher=ARTINFO|accessdate=2008-05-19}}</ref> Her first solo museum exhibition in New York was in 2012 at [[MoMA PS1]]: ''Huma Bhabha: Unnatural Histories'' was organized by Peter Eleey, Curator, MoMA PS1, with Lizzie Gorfaine, Curatorial Assistant (November 18, 2012 – April 1, 2013).<ref>{{Cite web|title = MoMA PS1: Exhibitions: Huma Bhabha: Unnatural Histories|url = http://momaps1.org/exhibitions/view/361|website = momaps1.org|accessdate = 2015-12-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title = ‘Huma Bhabha: Unnatural Histories’ at MoMA PS1|url = http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/07/arts/design/huma-bhabha-unnatural-histories-at-moma-ps1.html|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 2012-12-06|access-date = 2015-12-17|issn = 0362-4331|first = Karen|last = Rosenberg}}</ref>


Bhabha was featured as one of sixteen creative thinkers in the 2012 film ''From Nothing, Something: A documentary on the creative process'', which has screened at multiple film festivals including the [[Newport Beach Film Festival]].<ref>[http://fromnothingsomething.com/ ''From Nothing, Something''] film web site, accessed 2013-04-29.</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Cawley|first=Tim|title=From Nothing, Something: A Documentary on the Creative Process|date=2012-05-02|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2273237/|last2=Bamford|last3=Bawendi|last4=Bhabha|first2=Maria|first3=Moungi|first4=Huma|accessdate=2017-01-09}}</ref>
[[Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum]] in Ridgefield, Conn., awarded its 2008 Emerging Artist Award to Bhabha. The award came with a $5,000 prize and a solo exhibition at the museum, from September 14, 2008 to February 8, 2009.<ref>{{citation | title= Aldrich Award Goes to Sculptor Huma Bhabha | publisher=ARTINFO | date= March 6, 2008| url=http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/27003/aldrich-award-goes-to-sculptor-huma-bhabha/| accessdate=2008-05-19 }}</ref>


In 2013 Bhabha was awarded a [[Berlin Prize]] Fellowship at the [[American Academy in Berlin]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.americanacademy.de/home/person/huma-bhabha|title=Huma Bhabha|website=American Academy in Berlin|accessdate=2015-12-17}}</ref> In 2016 she was honored by the [[Museum of Modern Art]], New York during the museum's annual "Party in the Garden" celebration,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://observer.com/2016/06/momas-annual-party-in-the-garden-draws-celebs-half-the-rockefeller-fam/|title=MoMA’s Annual ‘Party in the Garden’ Draws Celebs, Half the Rockefeller Fam|last=Weisblum|first=Vida|date=June 2, 2016|website=observer.com|publisher=The Observer|access-date=January 9, 2017}}</ref> and also served on the jury of the prestigious Nasher Prize, awarded by the [[Nasher Sculpture Center]], Dallas (the prize was awarded in 2017 to artist [[Pierre Huyghe|Pierre Huygue]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nashersculpturecenter.org/pages/news-press/press-releases/news?id=103|title=Nasher Sculpture Center Announces Pierre Huyghe as Winner of the 2017 Nasher Prize {{!}} News & Press - Press Release|last=Center|first=Nasher Sculpture|website=www.nashersculpturecenter.org|access-date=2017-01-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/27/arts/design/pierre-huyghe-wins-nasher-sculpture-prize.html|title=Pierre Huyghe Wins Nasher Sculpture Prize|last=Kennedy|first=Randy|date=2016-09-26|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2017-01-09}}</ref>
Huma Bhabha is represented by Salon 94, Greener Pastures Gallery in Toronto, Stephen Friedman Gallery in London and Grimm Gallery in Amsterdam.


Bhabha has exhibited internationally, and has been included in major group exhibitions including ''Greater New York'' at [[MoMA PS1]] (2005 and 2015)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.salon94.com/assets/artists/Huma_Bhabha_CV.pdf|title=Huma Bhabha CV|last=|first=|date=|website=www.salon94.com/|publisher=Salon94|access-date=January 8, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://momaps1.org/exhibitions/view/403|title=MoMA PS1: Exhibitions: Greater New York (2015)|last=|first=|date=|website=momaps1.org|publisher=|access-date=2017-01-09}}</ref>; ''USA Today: New American Art from the Saatchi Gallery'' at the [[Royal Academy of Arts]], London (2006; traveled to the [[State Hermitage Museum]], St. Petersburg, Russia, 2007)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.saatchigallery.com/artists/usa-today/|title=USA Today|last=|first=|date=|website=www.saatchigallery.com|publisher=Saatchi Gallery|access-date=2017-01-09}}</ref>; the 2008 [[Gwangju Biennale|Gwangju Biennial]]; the 2012 Paris Triennial; the [[MoMA|Museum of Modern Art]], New York (2010 and 2011)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/1073?locale=en|title=Contemporary Art from the Collection {{!}} MoMA|website=The Museum of Modern Art|access-date=2017-01-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/3563?locale=en|title=Contemporary Collection {{!}} MoMA|website=The Museum of Modern Art|access-date=2017-01-09}}</ref>; the 2010 ''[[Whitney Biennial]]'' at the [[Whitney Museum of American Art]], New York<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/2010Biennial|title=2010 Whitney Biennial|last=|first=|date=|website=whitney.org|publisher=Whitney Museum of American Art|access-date=2017-01-09}}</ref>; and the 2015 [[Venice Biennale|''Venice Biennale'']]. <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://u-in-u.com/en/venice-biennale/2015/tour/all-the-worlds-futures-3/huma-bhabha/|title=Huma Bhabha . All the World's Futures: Giardini|website=u-in-u.com|access-date=2017-01-09}}</ref>
She was awarded a 2013 [[Berlin Prize]] Fellowship at the [[American Academy in Berlin]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = Huma Bhabha|url = http://www.americanacademy.de/home/person/huma-bhabha|website = American Academy in Berlin|accessdate = 2015-12-17}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 06:09, 9 January 2017

Huma Bhabha
Born1962 (age 61–62)
Karachi, Pakistan
NationalityPakistani
EducationRhode Island School of Design,
Columbia University
Known forSculpture

Huma Bhabha (born 1962, Karachi, Pakistan) is a Pakistani sculptor based in Poughkeepsie, New York.[1] Known for her uniquely grotesque, figurative forms that often appear dissected or dismembered, Bhabha often uses found materials in her sculptures, including styrofoam, cork, rubber, paper, wire, and clay. Many of these sculptures are also cast in bronze.[2] She is equally prolific in her works on paper, creating vivid pastel drawings, eerie photographic collages, and haunting print editions (published by the master printer Niels Borch Jensen in Copenhagen).[3]

Career

Huma Bhabha received her BFA at the Rhode Island School of Design (1985)[4] and her MFA from Columbia University (1989).[5] She is represented by Salon 94, New York; Stephen Friedman Gallery, London; C L E A R I N G, New York & Brussels; and has worked with GRIMM Gallery, Amsterdam.[6][7][8]

The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, Connecticut, awarded its 2008 Emerging Artist Award to Bhabha. The award came with a $5,000 prize and a solo exhibition at the museum (September 14, 2008 – February 8, 2009).[9] Her first solo museum exhibition in New York was in 2012 at MoMA PS1: Huma Bhabha: Unnatural Histories was organized by Peter Eleey, Curator, MoMA PS1, with Lizzie Gorfaine, Curatorial Assistant (November 18, 2012 – April 1, 2013).[10][11]

Bhabha was featured as one of sixteen creative thinkers in the 2012 film From Nothing, Something: A documentary on the creative process, which has screened at multiple film festivals including the Newport Beach Film Festival.[12][13]

In 2013 Bhabha was awarded a Berlin Prize Fellowship at the American Academy in Berlin.[14] In 2016 she was honored by the Museum of Modern Art, New York during the museum's annual "Party in the Garden" celebration,[15] and also served on the jury of the prestigious Nasher Prize, awarded by the Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas (the prize was awarded in 2017 to artist Pierre Huygue).[16][17]

Bhabha has exhibited internationally, and has been included in major group exhibitions including Greater New York at MoMA PS1 (2005 and 2015)[18][19]; USA Today: New American Art from the Saatchi Gallery at the Royal Academy of Arts, London (2006; traveled to the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2007)[20]; the 2008 Gwangju Biennial; the 2012 Paris Triennial; the Museum of Modern Art, New York (2010 and 2011)[21][22]; the 2010 Whitney Biennial at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York[23]; and the 2015 Venice Biennale. [24]

References

  1. ^ "Union List of Artist Names Online (ULAN) Full Record Display for Bhabha, Huma". www.getty.edu. Getty Research. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  2. ^ "Huma Bhabha (Artist Page)". Salon94. Salon94. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  3. ^ "Huma Bhabha (Artist Page)". www.nielsborchjensen.com. Niels Borch Jensen Gallery & Editions. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  4. ^ "Hip-Hop-Era Giacometti". Our RISD. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
  5. ^ "Huma Bhabha ('89) in ICP Triennial". Columbia University, Visual Arts Program. 2013-05-13. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
  6. ^ "Huma Bhabha (Artist Page)". www.stephenfriedman.com. Stephen Friedman Gallery. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  7. ^ "Huma Bhabha (Artist Page)". www.c-l-e-a-r-i-n-g.com/. C L E A R I N G Gallery. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  8. ^ "Collaborations & Projects: Huma Bhabha". GRIMM Gallery. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  9. ^ Aldrich Award Goes to Sculptor Huma Bhabha, ARTINFO, March 6, 2008, retrieved 2008-05-19
  10. ^ "MoMA PS1: Exhibitions: Huma Bhabha: Unnatural Histories". momaps1.org. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
  11. ^ Rosenberg, Karen (2012-12-06). "'Huma Bhabha: Unnatural Histories' at MoMA PS1". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
  12. ^ From Nothing, Something film web site, accessed 2013-04-29.
  13. ^ Cawley, Tim; Bamford, Maria; Bawendi, Moungi; Bhabha, Huma (2012-05-02), From Nothing, Something: A Documentary on the Creative Process, retrieved 2017-01-09
  14. ^ "Huma Bhabha". American Academy in Berlin. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
  15. ^ Weisblum, Vida (June 2, 2016). "MoMA's Annual 'Party in the Garden' Draws Celebs, Half the Rockefeller Fam". observer.com. The Observer. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
  16. ^ Center, Nasher Sculpture. "Nasher Sculpture Center Announces Pierre Huyghe as Winner of the 2017 Nasher Prize | News & Press - Press Release". www.nashersculpturecenter.org. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  17. ^ Kennedy, Randy (2016-09-26). "Pierre Huyghe Wins Nasher Sculpture Prize". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  18. ^ "Huma Bhabha CV" (PDF). www.salon94.com/. Salon94. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  19. ^ "MoMA PS1: Exhibitions: Greater New York (2015)". momaps1.org. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  20. ^ "USA Today". www.saatchigallery.com. Saatchi Gallery. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  21. ^ "Contemporary Art from the Collection | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  22. ^ "Contemporary Collection | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  23. ^ "2010 Whitney Biennial". whitney.org. Whitney Museum of American Art. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  24. ^ "Huma Bhabha . All the World's Futures: Giardini". u-in-u.com. Retrieved 2017-01-09.


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