Saba Hasan

Indian artist (born 1962)

Saba Hasan

Hasan in 2020

Born|

New Delhi, India

Occupation| Artist
Years active| 1996–present
Website| www.sabahasan.com

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

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.[3]

## Shows and exhibitions

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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

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2024  | FICIMAD 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') [5]
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 [23]
2010  | Contemporary Drawings | Emami Chisel Art, Calcutta, India [23]
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 [23]

2007  | Art for Freedom | Bonhams Asia House Auction, London, UK [23]
2007  | Indifferent History | Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai, India [23]
2006  | Letters from Baton Rouge | Paris, France [23]
2005  | Florence Biennale | Florence, Italy [23]
2004  | The Written Word | Apparao Galleries, Chennai, India [23]
1996  | Debut Solo Show  | India International Centre, New Delhi, India [23]

## Awards and recognition

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Some of Hasan's awards and accolades include:

* 2024: FICIMAD Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de Madrid, Spain [24]
* 2023: Vienna International Film Awards, Austria [25]
* 2023: Mannheim Arts and Film Festival, Germany [26]
* 2022: Indo-French International Film Festival, Pondicherry, India [27]
* 2022: Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, USA [28][29]
* 2014: MIFA: Moscow International Foto Awards, Moscow, Russia [30]
* 2014: Celeste Contemporary Art Prize Nomination, Milan, Italy [4]
* 2008: RPG Art Residency, Madh Island, India [31]
* 2007: Award for Painting, Raza Foundation, India [32]
* 2006: Residency in Paris, Government of France [33]
* 2002: Residency, George Keyt Foundation, Colombo, Sri Lanka [31]
* 1998: Ceruleum : Ecole D’Arts Visuels - Academie, Lausanne, Switzerland
* 1986: Fellowship in Culture Studies, Syracuse University, New York, USA

## Bibliography

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* 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

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1. ^ "[Cover image, 'The Book of Disquiet,' by Saba Hasan]". Guftugu: Culture Matters (13). 18 December 2018. Archived from the original on 9 November 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
2. ^ Henry, Claire (13 November 2017). "Art and Visual Culture Summer Programme". www.ice.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
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5. ^ "Awards – FICIMAD" (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 February 2025.
6. ^ "PROGRAMA / PROGRAMME / 9º FESTIVAL CINEMÍSTICA 2023 ESPEJOS DE AMOR | Blog de ARTE7 CINEMATECA / CINEMÍSTICA" (in Spanish). 26 October 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
7. ^ fabio.ceccarelli@amarcort.it, Fabio Ceccarelli-. "Amarcort Film Festival". Amarcort Film Festival (in Italian). Retrieved 27 November 2023.
8. ^ "BIDEODROMO international experimental film and video festival". www.bideodromo.com. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
9. ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
10. ^ Ilavia, Perin (18 May 2022). "Through the eyes of renowned modernist Indian artist, FN Souza". Gomantak Times. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
11. ^ Daniya (13 May 2022). "Guftugu |Posthumous Dialogues with F N Souza". Guftugu. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
12. ^ "Around Town: Theatre, art, music and more". The Indian Express. 13 March 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
13. ^ "The Saba Bandagi Shah Project". IDSFFK Online. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
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.
16. ^ Delhi, Alliance Française de. "Art Exhibition: The Universe of Interconnected Experiences: Works by SABA HASAN". Alliance Française de Delhi. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
17. ^ Italy, www celesteprize com-Celeste Network-. "saba hasan - About Celeste Network". www.celesteprize.com. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
18. ^ a b "AF Delhi Explores a Universe of Interconnected Experiences : AF Magazine India Nepal". Retrieved 14 September 2019.
19. ^ "Imago Mundi". www.imagomundiart.com. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
20. ^ "Imago Mundi". www.imagomundiart.com. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
21. ^ "Imago Mundi". www.imagomundiart.com. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
22. ^ "'Abstract art helps express what words can't describe'". The Punch. 30 March 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
23. ^ a b c d e f g h i admin. "Saba Hasan | The Raza Foundation". www.therazafoundation.org. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
24. ^ "Awards – FICIMAD" (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 February 2025.
25. ^ "VIFA Vienna International Film Awards". www.viennainternationalfilmawards.com. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
26. ^ "Winners 2023 – Mannheim Arts and Film Festival". Retrieved 1 September 2023.
27. ^ "death will come like a shadow". FilmFreeway. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
28. ^ "Indian artist Saba Hasan wins Pollock Grant 2022". Times of India Blog. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
29. ^ "Saba Hasan | Works | Pollock Krasner Image Collection". www.pkf-imagecollection.org. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
30. ^ "Single Winner". MIFA. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
31. ^ a b "Imago Mundi Collection". imagomundicollection.org. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
32. ^ admin. "Saba Hasan | The Raza Foundation". www.therazafoundation.org. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
33. ^ "Artists". 4 October 2019. Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2023.

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