| Bani Abidi |
| Born 1971 in Karachi, Pakistan |
| Lives and works in New Delhi, India |
| 2008 |
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Recent Works, GALLERYSKE, Bangalore
Standing Still Standing Still Standing..., Green Cardamom, London
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| 2007 |
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The Boy Who Got Tired of Posing – Bani Abidi, TPW Gallery, Toronto, Canada |
| 2006 |
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Bani Abidi - Shan Pipe Band Learns the Star Spangled Banner, Gallery Oberwelt, Stuttgart, Germany
Bani Abidi - The Boy who Got Tired of Posing, V. M Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
Bani Abidi, Haines Gallery, San Fransisco
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| 2008 |
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7th Gwangju Biennale 2008, South Korea
5th Seoul International Media Art Biennale, Media City, Seoul
Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 2008, Toronto, Canada
Six Degrees of Separation: Chaos, Congruence & Collaboration, New Delhi
By All Means, Scope Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Bani Abidi & Ayaz Jokhio, NCA Art Gallery, Lahore
Crossroads, Elementa Art Gallery, Dubai
Art Dubai, Green Cardamom (B52), Dubai
Destination Asia: Non Strict Correspondence, Dubai
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| 2007 |
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Art Miami, Gallery Haines, Booth 341, Miami
LUSH curated by GALLERYSKE and Tilton Gallery, Miami
Simulasian: Refiguring Asia for the 21st Century, Special Exhibition, Asian Contemporary Art Fair, New York
Tri Dimensional Scene, Platform China Contemporary Art Institute Art Beijing International Art Fair, Beijing
Contemporary Art from Pakistan, Thomas Erben Gallery, New York
GeoPoetics, Centro Jose Guerrero, Granada, Spain
Thermocline of Art- New Asian Waves, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany (Catalogue)
The Communism of Forms, Gallery Vermelho, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Destination Asia: Non Strict Correspondence, Soros Center for Contemporary Art, Kazakhstan
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| 2006 |
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Singapore Biennale 2006, Singapore (Catalogue)
Artists Cinema, Frieze Art Fair, London
ART 212, Haines Gallery, Contemporary Art Fair, New York
Sub-Contingent- The South Asian Sub Continent in Contemporary Art Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy (Catalogue)
Asia Contemporary Art Week, Asia Society, New York
2006 Contemporary Commonwealth, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (Catalogue)
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| 2005 |
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3rd Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale, Fukuoka, Japan (Catalogue)
Something Purple - Digital Art from Pakistan, Artists Commune, Hong Kong
Cinemascope – Scope Art Fair, St Martins Lane Hotel, London
Bollywood Chaat, SAVAC, Toronto
Puppet in a Box, Group Show, Kunstiftung Baden- Wurttemberg, Stuttgart, Germany
Beyond Borders, Art from Pakistan, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai
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| 2004 |
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Old Masters, Young Voices, SAARC Artists Group Show, Alhamra Art Gallery, Lahore (Catalogue)
LA Freewaves’ Festival of Film, Video and New Media, Los Angeles
Aar Paar 3, Mumbai, Karachi
Mateela Film Festival, Lahore
A Place Called Home - Group Show, National South African Gallery, Durban, Cape Town, Johannesburg, South Africa (Catalogue)
Along the X-Axis - Digital Art from India and Pakistan - Group Show, Apeejay Media Gallery, New Delhi
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| 2003 |
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Darmiyaan- Group Show, Nehar Ghar Gallery, Lahore
3rd I South Asian Film Festival, Roxie Theatre, San Fransisco
BOLLY>LOLLY>HOLLY>TOLLY- SAVAC Group Show, York Quay Center, Toronto (Catalogue)
Peace with India- Group Show, Nehar Ghar Gallery, Lahore
Around the Miniature too- Group Show - Nairang Gallery, Lahore
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Thermocline of Art: New Asian Waves, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
Belief – Singapore Biennale 2006 Published by The Singapore Arts Council
Sub Contingent, The Indian Sub Continent in Contemporary Art. Electa/ Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo
2006 Contemporary Commonwealth, National Gallery of Victoria
3rd Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale 2005, Published by the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan
Old Masters - Young Voices, 2004 Alhamra Art Gallery
Art of Pakistan Beyond Borders, Published by the National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai
Bolly Holly Lolly Tolly, 2003, Published by SAVAC, Toronto
A Place called Home, 2003 Published by One, Durban, CapeTown
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| 2008 |
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Francesco Cincotta, Featured Artist: Interview with Bani Abidi, Naked Punch, Issue 10, Spring 2008
Giridar Khasnis, Waiting Game, The Hindu, April 24, 2008
Pavitra Jayaraman, Spotlight: Bani Abidi, Live Mint, May 17, 2008
Akshay Mahajan, Art Reflects Traffic, Indian Express
Marta Jacimowicz, Staging the stage of power, Deccan Herald, May 12, 2008
Virginia Whiles, Profile: Bani Abidi, Art Monthly, April 08, No 315
Jessica Lack, Exhibitions Preview, The Guardian Guide, Pg 36 March 8-14, 2008
Simone Wille, Bani Abidi: When Posing Becomes Intriguing, Universes in Universe, Nafas Art Magazine, Jan 2008
Fran Schecter, Behind Pakistans Scene, NOW, Nov. 8-14 2007
Adnan Madani, Shanaakthi Card, Nukta Art, Vol 2 2007
Felicity Fenner, Report from Singapore I, Art in America April
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| 2007 |
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Sonia Campagnola -From Singapore To Gwangju, Flash Art, Jan-Feb 2007
Barbara London, Critics List - Best Films of 2006, ART FORUM Dec 2006
Pamela M. lee, 2006 Singapore Biennale, ART FORUM, Nov 2006
Walter Robinson, UNIQUELY SINGAPORE, ArtNet, Nov 2006
Kenneth Baker, San Fransisco Chronicle, Sept 16, 2006
Cecilia Elamani PICKS, Turin -Sub Contingent The Indian Sub Continent in Contemporary Art, ART FORUM Aug 2006
Salwat Ali, New Wave Art Newsline April 2006
Marjorie Hussain ‘Symbolic Art’ Callery, DAWN April 8, 2006
Quddus Mirza, Fact for Fiction, Encore – The News
Stephen Wright, Beyond Borders Art of Pakistan, Para-Para PARACHUTE 10/11/12 2005 - 120
Simone Wille, Evaluating Identity in Pakistani Art Today
Nancy Adajania, Art,beyond borders, The Hindu Apr 10, 2005
Gabi Ngcobo Home: a place in the making ART THROB ISSUE #84_08.04
Quddus Mirza, Cross Connecting Identities, Art India
Art Pick, Mail & Guardian, South Africa, Nov 12, 2004
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| 2005 |
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Fukuoka Artist Exchange Program, Fukuoka, Japan |
| 2003 |
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Darmiyaan- Nehar Ghar Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan |
| 2001 |
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Khoj International Artists Residency, Delhi, India |
| 2000 |
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Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine, USA |
| 2000 |
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MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
| 1994 |
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BFA National College of Arts, Lahore |
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