Huma Bhabha
| Huma Bhabha | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1962 (age 54–55) Karachi, Pakistan |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Education |
Rhode Island School of Design, Columbia University |
| Known for | Sculpture |
Huma Bhabha (born 1962) is a Pakistani sculptor based in Poughkeepsie, New York. 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. 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).
Huma Bhabha was born in Karachi, Pakistan. She received her BFA at the Rhode Island School of Design (1985) and her MFA from Columbia University (1989). She lives and works in Poughkeepsie, NY.
Bhabha describes her sculptures as “characters” that, through their materiality, rough construction, and references to the history of sculpture, become rich screens for projections of psychological depth. Bhabha's work draws from a broad and eclectic range of influences, incorporating art-historical references to everything from classical and African sculpture to the works of modernists like Picasso, Brancusi, and Giacometti. At the same time, the works also recall elements of popular culture, especially the dystopic visions of science-fiction pioneers Philip K. Dick and J.G. Ballard. 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.
Bhabha's work has been featured in exhibitions widely in North America and Europe, including major group exhibitions such as "Fourth Plinth Shortlist Exhibition" at the National Gallery, London,Greater New York at MoMA PS1 (2005 and 2015);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); the 2008 Gwangju Biennial; the 2012 Paris Triennial; the Museum of Modern Art, New York (2010 and 2011); the 2010 Whitney Biennial at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; and the 2015 Venice Biennale. The artist’s first solo museum exhibition took place in 2008 at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum. She has also had solo exhibitions at MoMA PS1 (2012–13), Collezione Marmotti, Reggio Emilia, Italy (2012), and the Aspen Art Museum in Aspen (2011).
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