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Idris Khan
(
British
, born 1978)
Idris Khan
I Thought We Had More Time,
2022
1,750 GBP
Biography
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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)
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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
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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
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