Saba Hasan is an Indian contemporary artist who is based in Goa and New Delhi.
Education 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 and art history at the University of Cambridge, UK. 1998: Ceruleum: Ecole D’Arts Visuels - Academie, Lausanne, Switzerland 1986: Fellowship in Culture Studies, Syracuse University, New York, USA
Shows and exhibitions An active artist since 1996, Hasan has participated in several art shows, exhibitions, biennale's, photo exhibitions and film festivals. Some of these include: Her work includes painting, photography, book installations, voice works and film. Her works are with collectors in India, UK, Switzerland, Sri Lanka, Japan, Holland, USA, Spain and France.
Saba's most recent show was a solo exhibition of her book sculptures and multimedia works at the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), New Delhi.
+YearEventVenue2026Silver Award: Super Short Film (Death Will Come Like a Shadow) London Movie Awards, Close-Up Film Centre, London, United Kingdom 2026Jo ġāyab hai, aur hāzir bhi: Solo Exhibition of Book Sculptures and Multimedia Works Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), New Delhi, India 2024FICIMAD Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de Madrid (Official Selection: Micro Movies Category) mk2 Cine Paz & Sala Cátedra Mayor, Madrid, Spain (Winner: Best Screenplay for 'Death Will Come Like A Shadow') 2023Cinemistica Festival (Official Selection: Art Film Category)Corrala de Santiago, Granada, Spain 2023Amarcort Film Festival (Finalist: Experimental Films)Amarcort Film Festival, Rimini, Italy 2022International Experimental Film and Video Festival (Official Selection: Artist Film Category, Catalog 2022) Bideodromo, Bilbao Arte Fundazio, Bilbao, Spain 2022Festival of Experimental Videos & Films (Official selection) Fisura (2022) Centro de Cultura Digital Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico 2022Posthumous Dialogues With Artist FN Souza (Curator: Sabitha Satchidanandan)The Museum of Goa (MOG), Pilerne, Goa, India 2021National Exhibition of Women Artists (Curator: Uma Nair)National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi, India 2019Short film The Saba Bandagi Shah Project Official selection at the 12the International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala, India 2019Short film Burnt Books 6 Part of Cinema of Resistance collective at the 12the International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala, India 2018Short film Twilight On The Lake Official selection at the Chelsea Film Festival, New York, USA Official selection at Balinale, the Bali International Film Festival, Indonesia 2017The Universe of Interconnected ExperiencesAlliance Française, New Delhi, India 2016Video and Photography ShowTenshin Okakura Gallery, Japan Foundation, New Delhi, India 2015Video project Saba Hasan Reads Her PoemsKochi-Muziris Biennale, Kochi, India 2014Video project Haqeeqat/The Truth/La Verite Exhibition of Celeste Art Prize Finalists at Assab One, Milan, Italy 2013Song of a Departing DayLa Biennale di Venezia, 55th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy 2013The Sketchbook ProjectBrooklyn Art Library, New York, USA 2013Sound program Audio Portraits in SpaceOsso Radio Sound Festival, Lisbon, Portugal 2011Visual VenturesEmami Chisel Art, Calcutta, India 2010Contemporary DrawingsEmami Chisel Art, Calcutta, India 2010Sound InstallationOscar Kokoschka Akademie, Salzburg, Austria 2008Ten Creative Forces Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai, India Navya Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
Time and Space Gallery, Bangalore, India 2007Art for FreedomBonhams Asia House Auction, London, UK 2007Indifferent HistoryCymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai, India 2006Letters from Baton RougeParis, France 2005Florence BiennaleFlorence, Italy 2004The Written WordApparao Galleries, Chennai, India 1996Debut Solo ShowIndia International Centre, New Delhi, India
Awards and recognition Some of Hasan's awards and accolades include:
2026: Silver Award: Super Short Film, London Movie Awards, London, United Kingdom 2024: FICIMAD Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de Madrid, Spain 2023: Vienna International Film Awards, Austria 2023: Mannheim Arts and Film Festival, Germany 2022: Indo-French International Film Festival, Pondicherry, India 2022: Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, USA 2014: MIFA: Moscow International Foto Awards, Moscow, Russia 2014: Celeste Contemporary Art Prize Nomination, Milan, Italy 2008: RPG Art Residency, Madh Island, India 2007: Award for Painting, Raza Foundation, India 2006: Residency in Paris, Government of France 2002: Residency, George Keyt Foundation, Colombo, Sri Lanka
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