Saba Hasan is an Indian contemporary artist who is based in Goa and New Delhi.

Saba Hasan
Hasan in 2020
Born
New Delhi, India
OccupationArtist
Years active1996–present
Websitewww.sabahasan.com

She has a BA (Honours) in Economics from Delhi University, New Delhi and a Masters in Cultural Anthropology from Syracuse University New York. She has also trained in art at the Ceruleum - Ecole d’arts Visuels, Lausanne[1] and art history at the University of Cambridge, UK.[2][3]

Her work includes painting, photography, book installations, voice works and film.[4] Her works are with collectors in India, UK, Switzerland, Sri Lanka, Japan, Holland, USA, Spain and France.[5]

Shows and exhibitions edit

An active artist since 1996, Hasan has participated in several art shows, exhibitions, biennale's, photo exhibitions and film festivals. Some of these include:

Year Event Venue
2023 Cinemistica Festival (Official Selection: Art Film Category) Corrala de Santiago, Granada, Spain [6]
2023 Amarcort Film Festival (Finalist: Experimental Films) Amarcort Film Festival, Rimini, Italy [7]
2022 International Experimental Film and Video Festival (Official Selection: Artist Film Category, Catalog 2022) Bideodromo, Bilbao Arte Fundazio, Bilbao, Spain [8]
2022 Festival of Experimental Videos & Films (Official selection) Fisura (2022) Centro de Cultura Digital Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico [9]
2022 Posthumous Dialogues With Artist FN Souza (Curator: Sabitha Satchidanandan) The Museum of Goa (MOG), Pilerne, Goa, India [10][11]
2021 National Exhibition of Women Artists (Curator: Uma Nair) National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi, India [12]
2019 Short film The Saba Bandagi Shah Project Official selection at the 12the International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala, India [13]
2019 Short film Burnt Books 6 Part of Cinema of Resistance collective at the 12the International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala, India [14]
2018 Short film Twilight On The Lake Official selection at the Chelsea Film Festival, New York, USA [4]

Official selection at Balinale, the Bali International Film Festival, Indonesia [15]

2017 The Universe of Interconnected Experiences Alliance Française, New Delhi, India [16]
2016 Video and Photography Show Tenshin Okakura Gallery, Japan Foundation, New Delhi, India [17]
2015 Video project Saba Hasan Reads Her Poems Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Kochi, India [18]
2014 Video project Haqeeqat/The Truth/La Verite Exhibition of Celeste Art Prize Finalists at Assab One, Milan, Italy [4]
2013 Song of a Departing Day La Biennale di Venezia, 55th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy [19][20]
2013 The Sketchbook Project Brooklyn Art Library, New York, USA [21]
2013 Sound program Audio Portraits in Space Osso Radio Sound Festival, Lisbon, Portugal [22]
2011 Visual Ventures Emami Chisel Art, Calcutta, India [5]
2010 Contemporary Drawings Emami Chisel Art, Calcutta, India [5]
2010 Sound Installation Oscar Kokoschka Akademie, Salzburg, Austria [18]
2008 Ten Creative Forces Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai, India

Navya Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
Time and Space Gallery, Bangalore, India [5]

2007 Art for Freedom Bonhams Asia House Auction, London, UK [5]
2007 Indifferent History Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai, India [5]
2006 Letters from Baton Rouge Paris, France [5]
2005 Florence Biennale Florence, Italy [5]
2004 The Written Word Apparao Galleries, Chennai, India [5]
1996 Debut Solo Show India International Centre, New Delhi, India [5]

Awards and recognition edit

Some of Hasan's awards and accolades include:

  • 2023: Vienna International Film Awards, Austria [23]
  • 2023: Mannheim Arts and Film Festival, Germany [24]
  • 2022: Indo-French International Film Festival, Pondicherry, India [25]
  • 2022: Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, USA [26][27]
  • 2014: MIFA: Moscow International Foto Awards, Moscow, Russia [28]
  • 2014: Celeste Contemporary Art Prize Nomination, Milan, Italy [4]
  • 2008: RPG Art Residency, Madh Island, India [29]
  • 2007: Award for Painting, Raza Foundation, India [30]
  • 2006: Residency in Paris, Government of France [31]
  • 2002: Residency, George Keyt Foundation, Colombo, Sri Lanka [29]
  • 1998: Ceruleum : Ecole D’Arts Visuels - Academie, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • 1986: Fellowship in Culture Studies, Syracuse University, New York, USA

Bibliography edit

  • Saba Hasan : undeciphered fates, Barefoot publishers, New York
  • The Indian Art Collectors Handbook by Dr Alka Pande, India
  • Ten Creative Forces by Keshav Malik, Ravi Kumar Publishers,Paris
  • International Contemporary Artists by Olga Antoniadou,
  • Islamic Art, Past and Modern by Nuzhat Kazmi, Roli Books
  • Samvaya published by the Raza Foundation, India
  • Hidden Art Treasures, International Art, United Kingdom

References edit

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  8. ^ "BIDEODROMO international experimental film and video festival". www.bideodromo.com. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
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  10. ^ Ilavia, Perin (18 May 2022). "Through the eyes of renowned modernist Indian artist, FN Souza". Gomantak Times. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
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  12. ^ "Around Town: Theatre, art, music and more". The Indian Express. 13 March 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
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  14. ^ "Cinema of Resistance: Curated by Amrit Gangar – IDSFFK Online". Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  15. ^ "Twilight on the Lake – International Shorts – Balinale". Retrieved 6 September 2019.
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  23. ^ "VIFA Vienna International Film Awards". www.viennainternationalfilmawards.com. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  24. ^ "Winners 2023 – Mannheim Arts and Film Festival". Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  25. ^ "death will come like a shadow". FilmFreeway. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  26. ^ "Indian artist Saba Hasan wins Pollock Grant 2022". Times of India Blog. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
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  31. ^ "Artists". 4 October 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2023.