Artworks by Idris Khan at Sean Kelly Gallery on artnet

Idris Khan

(British, born 1978)

Idris Khan

A living mind; is never concluding, 2023

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Idris Khan

A quiet room, 2023

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Idris Khan

Greed is a sign of Poverty, 2024

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Idris Khan

I’ll find you in every lifetime, 2023

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Idris Khan

Above the field, 2023

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Idris Khan

A hard-silenced tear, 2023

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Idris Khan

After The Prodigal Son, 2022–2024

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Idris Khan

Blossfeldt..... After Karl Blossfeldt 'Art Forms in Nature', 2019

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Idris Khan

Lines of hope, 2024

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Biography

Timeline

1978: Born in Birmingham. England
1997 - 1998: Walsall College of Art and Technology, BTEC National Diploma Foundation in Art and Design, Walsall
1998 - 2000: BA Photography, First Class. The University of Derby
2002 - 2004: MFA with Distinction For Research. Royal College of Art, London
: Research Posts and Awards
: 2004 Artist Lecture. The University of Derby.
: 2004 The Photographers’ Gallery Prize.
: 2004 Hooper’s Gallery Commission 2004.
: 2003 Part Time Visiting Lecturer The University of Derby.
: 2002 British Student ‘Tom Gower Award’ Institute of Photography.

Exhibitions

2015: By the Book, Sean Kelly, New York, New York
: The Memory of Time: Contemporary Photographs, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
: Overture, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, New York (solo)
: Conflicting Lines, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, United Kingdom (solo)
2014: Under Erasure, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
: Special presentation of works by Conrad Shawcross, Idris Khan & Yayoi Kusama, Schloss Sihlberg, Zurich, Switzerland
: Clear, Gagosian Gallery, Beverley Hills, California
: what marcel duchamp taught me, The Fine Art Society Contemporary London, United Kingdom
: The Plot Thickens, Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, California
: Idris Khan: Beyond the Black, Victoria Miro, London, United Kingdom (solo)
: Idris Khan: Beginning at the End, Gallery van den Eynde, Dubai (solo)
: Une exposition parlée, Jeu de Paume, Paris, France
2013: Slow: Marking Time In Photography And Film, MOCA, Jacksonville, Florida
: TIME, Bas Museum, Miami, Florida
: The Unphotographable, Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, California
: Writing Without Borders, Lehman Maupin Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2012 - 2013: Photographs and Drawings, Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin, Germany (solo)
: Idris Khan: The Devil’s Wall, The Whitworth Art Gallery, The University of Manchester, Manchester, England (solo)
: British Group Exhibition, London Arts Club, London, United Kingdom
: RESISTANCE: Subverting the Camera, Fine Arts Society - Contemporary, London, England
2012: Hajj: Journey to the Heart of Islam, The British Museum, London, United Kingdom
2010 - 2011: No New Thing Under the Sun, Royal Academy of Arts, The Tennant Gallery, London, UK
2010: Haunted, Guggenheim Museum, New York
: Victoria Miro Gallery, London (solo)
: Victoria Miro Gallery, London (solo)
: Kunsthaus Mürz, Mürzzuschlag, Austria
: Still Revolution: Suspended in Time, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, Canada
: Silent Writings, Espace Culturel Louis Vuitton, Paris, France
: The Collection, Victoria Miro Gallery, London
: Silent Writings, Espace Culturel Louis Vuitton, Paris
: Natural Wonders: New Art from London, Baibakov Art Projects, Moscow
2009: Order from Chaos: Ori Gersh/Idris Khan/Boo Ritson, Convento de Santa Inés, Seville
: Order from Chaos: Ori Gersh/Idris Khan/Boo Ritson, CAF-Andalusian Center of Photography, Spain
: Art Park, Art Dubai
: Yours, Mine, Ours, University Gallery, University of Essex, Colchester
: P2P, Casino Luxembourg, Forum d’art contemporain, Luxembourg
: Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery, England
: Sound of Art, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
: Fragile, 7 Howick Place, London, England (solo)
: Bookish - When books become art, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork, Ireland
2008: Under Erasure, Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Dublin, Ireland
: Every…, K20, Dusseldorf (solo)
2007: Mario Testino at Home (curated by Mario Testino), Yvon Lambert Gallery, New York
: All Tomorrow’s Pictures, ICA, London
: Yvon Lambert Gallery, New York (solo)
: Thomas Schulte Galerie, Berlin (solo)
2006: A Memory After Bach’s Cello Suites, film installation, Yvon Lambert Gallery, Paris (solo)
: A Memory After Bach’s Cello Suites, film installation, inIVA, London (solo)
: Victoria Miro Gallery, London (solo)
: Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco (solo)
: Imposing Order: Contemporary Photography and the Archive, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
: Photography 2005, Victoria Miro Gallery, London
: Young Masters, 148a St. John Street, London
: Regeneration – 50 Photographers of Tomorrow, Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland / Galleria Corso Como, Milan
: To be continued… Helsinki Kunsthalle, Helsinki, Finland (British Council)
2005: Something of the Night. Leeds City Gallery
: Andmoreagain, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool
2004: Photo Paris represented by The Photographers Gallery
: Project Space: ‘The Truth Society’ Northern Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sunderland
: Arrivals. Pump House Gallery, Battersea, London
: On The Edge, Hiscox Gallery, London
: Summer Show, Hoopers Gallery, Clerkenwell, London
: Show 1 MA, Royal College of Art
: Photography 2004, Royal College of Art
2003: Auslander. The Dahl Gallery, Lucerne Switzerland
: Essen Arts Festival, Folkwang Museum, Essen Germany
: Another Way Is Possible, Royal College of Art, London
2001: Future Focus, The Q Gallery, Derby (solo)
2000: Courts, The City Gallery, Leicester (solo)

Public Collections

: Philadelphia Museum of Art
: Saatchi Gallery, London
: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
: Arts Council Collection, London
: Art Gallery of New South Wales
: The British Museum, London
: Centre Pompidou, Paris
: The de Young Museum, San Francisco
: Government Art Collection, London
: Musée National des Beaux Arts, Québec
: The National Gallery of Art, London
: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
: National Gallery of San Francisco

Literature

2015: Jumabhoy, Zehra. “Central London,” Art Forum, May 31, 2015.
: “Where the Middle East’s super-rich buy their art,” The Times, March 24, 2015.
: Greenough, Sarah. The Memory of Time: Contemporary Photographs at the National Gallery of Art, Acquired with the Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schaud Fund Washington D.C.: National Gallery of Art, Washington; Thames & Hudson, 2015.,
: Jacques, Adam. “Idris Khan & Charlie Mortimer: 'I've got all sorts of health issues and Idris is a hypochondriac',” The Independent, May 3, 2015.
: “Idris Khan: Conflicting Lines,” TimeOut London, April 2015.
: “Idris Khan - Conflicting Lines,” BBC, May 2015.
: Grimm-Weissert, Olga. “Doppelschlag in den Emiraten,” Handelsblatt, March 20, 2015.
: “Exhibition commemorates the 25th anniversary of the National Gallery of Art’s photography program,” Art Daily, May 2015.
: “Everyman, Paul Abbott, Idris Khan, Beyond the Marches,” BBC, May 2015.
: Cartwright, Justin “Idris Kahn: blurred lines” The Guardian, May 4, 2015.
: Bolwell, Sarah. ”Our pick of this week‘s art events: 1-7 May,” The Royal Academy of Arts, May 1, 2015.
: Compton, Nick. “Human Traces: Idris Kahn Explores the horrors of war in haunting new show,” Wallpaper, May 5, 2015
: “What do children’s bedrooms say about them? Six photographers find out,” The Telegraph, May 2015.
: “Victoria Miro presents Idris Khan at Art Dubai: 18-21 March 2015,” Art Update, March 16, 2015.
: “The Anxiety of Fatherhood,” T Magazine, March 26, 2015.
: Seaman, Anna. “Your guide to Art Dubai 2015,” The National, March 16, 2015.
: “One on One with Idris Khan,” Daily Canvas, March 19, 2015.
: O’Hagan, Sean. “Gasworks wonder...,” the guardian, June 14, 2015.
: Milliard, Coline. “Art Dubai Mixes Big Money, Strong Sales and Edgy Art As Conflict and Edgy Art As Conflict Engulfs Arab World,” artnet news, March 18, 2015.
: Maciejowska, Kasia. “Idris Khan at Victoria Miro, London,” Ocula, May 25, 2015.
: Kahn, Idris. “My Masterpiece Collection: Idris Kahn,” Apollo Magazine, June 26, 2015.
: Auda, Mersa. “Idris Khan: Conflicting Lines at Victoria Miro,” The Upcoming, May 1, 2015.
: Tattersall, Hannah. “Scottish pride meets the art of whisky,” The Age, July 18, 2014.
: Tedeschi, Bob. “Photographers Snoop on Their Kids’ Bedrooms,” The New York Times, October 10, 2014.
: Notations: Choreography of Wayne McGregor, Christian Spuck and Marco Goeke, Zurich: Ballet Zurich, 2014.
: Fraenkel, Jeffrey, ed. The Plot Thickens, San Francisco: Fraenkel Gallery, 2014. Image Music Text, Portland, Oregon: Nazraeli Press, 2014.
: Campany, David. Time Present – Photography from the Deutsche Bank Collection,Singapore: Deutsche Bank, 2014.
: Moskowitz, Shaina. “Glenmorangie Launches its Rarest Whisky with Chic Soirée,” Examiner, July 12 2014.
: Marks, Thomas. “Idris Khan ’40 UNDER 40’,” Apollo Magazine, August 27, 2014.
: “Lid is Lifted on ‘rarest’ Ross-shire Dram- With a Price Tag to Match!,” Ross-shire Journal, July 10 2014.
: Jumabhoy, Zehra. “Idris Khan: Victoria Miro,” Artforum, January 2014.
: Gottschalk, Molly. “Trending Artists Under 40 at Frieze London,” Artsy, October 14, 2014.
: Chen, Katie. “Dedicated to the Craft: Glenmorangie Unveils its Rarest Whiskey,” whitewall, July 16, 2014.
: “Business of Pleasure,” The Economic Times, July 25 2014.
2014: Arsenovic, Aleksandra. “Pride 1978 – Glenmorangie’s Most Expensie Whiskey to Date,” Extravaganzi, July 14 2014.
: Idris Khan: Beyond the Black, London, United Kingdom: Victoria Miro Gallery, 2013.
: “Video: Idris Khan, “Beyond the Black,” Artinfo, September 20, 2013.
: Seaman, Anna. "What we loved at Dubai's Lawrie Shabibi, Isabelle van den Eynde, Green Art and Grey Noise," The National, March 26, 2013.
: Risch, Conor. "Idris Khan on Exploring the Creative Process Through Imagery," PDN, May 1, 2013
: Higgins, Jackie. Why It Does Not Have to Be In Focus: Modern Photography Explained, New York: Prestel, 2013.
: Himelfarb, Ellen. “Idris Khan’s ‘Beyond the Black’ at Victoria Miro,” Wallpaper, September 23, 2013.
: "50 Under 50: The Next Most Collectible Artists,” Art + Auction, June 2013.
2013: Himelfarb, Ellen. “Idris Khan’s ‘Beyond the Black’ at Victoria Miro,” Wallpaper, September 23, 2013.
: Kalsi, Jyoti. “UK artist Idris Khan: ‘Beginning at the End,’ in Dubai,” Gulf News, April 4, 2013
: Walters, Sarah. "Journey to the heart of the Hajj: Sarah Walters talks to renowned artist Idris Khan," Manchester Evening News, February 17, 2012.
: Ryan, Kathy. “This Sunday: London in Pictures,” The Sixth Floor – The New York Times, March 3, 2012.
: O’Shea, Chris. "New York Times Magazine London Cover is Great," Fishbowl NY,March 2, 2012.
: MacDonald, Kerri. “Postcard from a New London,” Lens – The New York Times,March 1, 2012
: “Lost in Paradise. Du spirituel dans l’art actuel” at the Espace Sévigné," AMA Newsletter, September 21, 2012
: "Idris Khan, The Devil's Wall, At The Whitworth Art Gallery," Manchester Confidential, February 9, 2012.
: East, Ben. “The artist Idris Khan encourages contemplation with work inspired by the Jamarat,” The National, March 11, 2012.
: Adams, Tim. "Hajj: Journey to the Heart of Islam – review," The Guardian | The Observer, January 28, 2012.
2012: Amirsadeghi, Hossein. Sanctuary: Britain’s Artists and their Studios, London: Thames & Hudson, 2012.
: Huston, Carol. “A Pilgrimage of Self-Discovery | Idris Khan: The Devil’s Wall | Whitworth Art Gallery | Manchester,” Carol Huston Online, March 22, 2012.
2011: "Artist’s Palate: Idris Khan," Wallpaper, December 16, 2011.
: Stewart, Garrett. Bookwork: Medium to Object to Concept to Art, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2011.
: Whitbread, Dean. “Idris Khan at Victoria Miro,” The Other Side of Everything, March 21, 2010
: Sherwin, Skye. “Artist of the week 80: Idris Khan,” guardian.co.uk, March 25, 2010.
2010: Idris Khan, London: Victoria Miro, 2010.
: Boora, Catherine. “Idris Khan,” Flash Art, March/April 2010.
: Hodgson, Francis. “Idris Khan, Victoria Miro, London,” Financial Times, March 2010.
2009: Vali, Murtaza. “Reviews: Idris Khan at Element, Dubai,” Art Asia Pacific, Sept /Oct 2009.
2008: Anderson, Magnus. “Interview: Idris Khan,” Kopenhagen.dk, February 11, 2008.
: “Belles Lettres, Idris Khan and Thierry Bal” Modern Painters, May 2008.
: Idris Khan every…, K20, Dusseldorf, Germany, 2008.
: Helen Sumpter, Time Out, In the Studio: Idris Khan, 5 – 11 June 2008
: Idris Khan every…, K20, Dusseldorf
: Sherwin, Skye. “Play It Again: Idris Khan, ArtReview, October 2007.
: Schmerler, Sarah. “At Home,” Time Out Magazine, July 26- August 1, 2007.
: “Idris Khan,” Mac Creative Lifestyle, May 2007.
: Hanman, Natalie. “A lot of art people hate Photoshop... bollocks to that,” Guardian Unlimited, August 31, 2007.
: Fuss, Adam. “Portfolio: Idris Khan,” BOMB Magazine Literary Supplement, Fall 2007.
: Miranda Gavin, British Journal of Photography, The Ideas Factory, 20 June 2007
: Leo Benedictus, The Guardian, Idris Khan’s best shot, 2 August 2007
: The New Yorker (arts events), Idris Khan, 24 October 2007
: Aoife Rosenmeyer, Art World, Idris Khan, October/November 2007
2007: Idris Khan, Yvon Lambert Gallery, New York
: Nick Hackworth, Quintessentially, Idris Khan, Summer 2007
: Ticky Hedley-Dent, Evening Standard Magazine, The Hot List, 21 April 2006
: Kenneth Baker, San Francisco Chronicle, Letting go of handlebars with artist’s echoes of Duchamp, 10 June 2006
: Paul Fitzpatrick, Aesthetica, Idris Khan, Issue 14, August/Sept/October 2006
: Mark Rappolt,Art Review, Born of Frustration: Idris Khan’s Icons of Iconoclasm, Issue 2, August 2006
: Brian Dillon, Tate etc, The Revelation of Erasure, Issue 8, Autumn 2006
: Nick Hackworth, Evening Standard, Ghosts in the Gallery, 5 September 2006
: Geoff Dyer, Guardian, Between the Lines, 2 September 2006
: Michael Glover, Independent, A real maelstrom of talent, 20 September 2006
: Eliza Williams, Art Monthly, Review, October 2006
: Mark Durden, Next Level, Unfreezing Photography: Idris Khan, Ed 01, Volume 05, 2006
: Matt Price, Flash Art, Idris Khan, November/December 2006
: Vitamin PH: New Perspectives in Photography, pp142-143, text by Alison Green
2006: Lucy Soutter, Source, The Collapsed Archive, Issue 49, Winter 2006
: Sally O’Reilly, Time Out, Idris Khan, 13 September 2006
: Fisun Guner, Metro London, Much ado about Nothingness, 18 January 2005
: Sue Steward, Evening Standard, A focus on six of the best, 19 January 2005
: Joanna Pitman, The Times, Young and Original: Six visual artists in the frame, 19 January 2005
: Peter Chapman, The Independent, Private View
: Previews, Dazed and Confused, January 2005
: Creative Review, February 2005
: Brian Dillon, Modern Painters, Photography 2005, March 2005
: Alicia Miller, Source, A Generational Statement, April 2005
: William Ewing, Nathalie Herschdorfer, Jean-Christophe Blaser, ‘Regeneration’ Thames and Hudson, June 2005
: Huma Qureshi, Libas, Under the Layers, Vol. 18. Issue 4, 2005
: Charles Darwent, Art Review, Look to the future, August 2005
: V&A Magazine, The underexposed: Seven leading photographers and commentators tip the photographic stars of the future, Winter 05/06
2005: Michael Glover, Independent Magazine, Talent 2006, 31 December 2005
: Mark Durden, Photoworks, Susan Sontag 1933-2004 On On Photography, April 2005
: Art Review: Top 25 Young London Artists, June 2004
2004: Portfolio. Catalogue of Contemporary Photography, Issue 40 December 2004
: Next Level, Edition No.2, vol. 3, November
: Royal College of Art Magazine, Contemporary Photography 2004
: Nick Hackworth, Dazed And Confused, October 2004
: Ken Edwards, Blueprint, A Fresh New Crop, Issue No. 221, July 2004
: Charlotte Edwards, Independent, Cream of the Crop, 4 July 2004
: Metro London, Royal College of Art, Pick of the Best, June 2004

Idris Khan

(British, born 1978)

Idris Khan

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Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Public Collections

Literature

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