About the work

“…But I’m a million different people   

From one day to the next…”

Date and country of birth

1962, PK

About the artist

Born 1962 Karachi, Huma Bhaba lives and works in Poughkeepsie. Graduated from BFA Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (1985); and MFA Columbia University, New York (1989).

Bhabha is a sculptor first and foremost. Her poetic assemblages are born out of tactile materials such as Styrofoam, air-dried clay, wire, cork and scraps of construction material. Often referred to as ‘post- apocalyptic’ in their aesthetic, these works combine figuration with abstract architectural elements and a sense of landscape.

Her works are held in public and private collections including Tate, London; The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The Maramotti Collection, Reggio Emilia; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; The David Roberts Art Foundation, London; Saatchi Gallery, London; The Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; and Hammer Museum, Los Angeles.

Select solo exhibitions include They Live, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (2019); Other Forms of Life, The Contemporary, Austin (2018-19); We Come in Peace, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (2018); Study #16. What is Love, David Roberts Art Foundation, London (2017); Unnatural Histories, MoMA PS1, New York (2012-13); Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia (2012); and Aspen Art Museum (2011). Select group exhibitions include Carnegie International 57th Edition, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh (2018); Give Up the Ghost, Baltic Triennial 13, Lithuania and Latvia (2018); Fourth Plinth Shortlist Exhibition, National Gallery, London (2017); Stranger, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland (2016); All the World’s Futures, 56th International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia, Venice (2015); America is Hard to See, Whitney Museum of Art, New York (2015); Atopolis, WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels (2015); and Land Marks, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (2013).

Awards and fellowships include the Berlin Prize, Guna S. Mundheim Fellowship, The American Academy in Berlin (2013); and The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum Emerging Artist Award, Ridgefield (2008).