Shahzia Sikander

*1969 / Pakistan

Works

Solo exhibitions

The Last Post

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington (US)
3 Jul 2025 – 8 Nov 2026
Weeping Willows, Liquid Tongues

Sean Kelly Gallery, New York (US)
5 Nov 2020 – 19 Dec 2020
Parallax

Linda Pace Foundation, San Antonio (US)
8 Oct 2014 – 7 Mar 2015
Parallax

BildMuseet, Ume (SE)
30 Mar 2014 – 18 May 2014
Parallax

Pilar Corrias Gallery, London (GB)
22 Feb 2013 – 28 Mar 2013
Sift, Rift, Drip, Shift

Sikkema Malloy Jenkins, New York (US)
21 Oct 2011 – 4 Dec 2011
The exploding company man and other abstractions

San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco (US)
23 Apr 2011 – 25 Jun 2011
I'm also not my own enemy

Pilar Corrias Gallery, London (GB)
16 Oct 2009 – 21 Nov 2009
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Pilar Corrias Gallery, London (GB)
16 Oct 2009 – 21 Nov 2009
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Para Site, Hong Kong (CN)
2 Sep 2009 – 30 Sep 2009
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Ikon Gallery, Birmingham (GB)
30 Jul 2008 – 14 Sep 2008
Nemesis

The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield (US)
19 Sep 2004 – 2 Jan 2005

Group

The Audacity of Scale

Sean Kelly Gallery, New York (US)
13 Jun 2026 – 8 Aug 2026

with John Baldessari, James Casebere, Julian Charriere, Laurent Grasso, Aki Inomata, Idris Khan, Anthony McCall, Frank Thiel, Janaina Tschaepe, Sun Xun
Much Unseen is Also Here

MoCP Contemporary Photo, Chicago (US)
3 Jun 2021 – 29 Aug 2021

with An-My Le
Eye to I: Self-Portraits from 1900 to Today

National Portrait Gallery, Washington (US)
2 Nov 2018 – 18 Aug 2019

with Imogen Cunningham, Joan Jonas, Evan Roth, Lucas Samaras, Molly Soda, Jessie Tarbox Beals
Fearless

contemporary South Asian art

Art Gallery NSW, Sydney (AU)
21 Jul 2018 – 13 Jan 2019

with Huma Bhabha, Shilpa Gupta, Reena Saini Kallat, Nalini Malani, Pushpamala N., Dayanita Singh
SELECTED

Sean Kelly Gallery, New York (US)
23 Jun 2017 – 28 Jul 2017

with Marina Abramovic, Bernd & Hilla Becher, James Casebere, Awol Erizku, Douglas Gordon, Antony Gormley, Laurent Grasso, David Hammons, Tehching Hsieh, Marine Hugonnier, Idris Khan, Joseph Kosuth …
Come As You Are: Art of the 1990s

Blanton Museum of Art, Austin (US)
21 Feb 2016 – 15 May 2016

with Doug Aitken, Nikki S. Lee, Shirin Neshat, Catherine Opie, Gabriel Orozco
BEYOND BELIEF

100 YEARS OF THE SPIRITUAL IN MODERN ART

SF Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco (US)
28 Jun 2013 – 27 Oct 2013

with Wallace Berman, Bruce Conner, Mona Hatoum, Gary Hill, Nam June Paik, Daniel Reeves, Kiki Smith, Alfred Stieglitz, Bill Viola
13th International Istanbul Biennial

Mom, am I barbarian?

Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts, Istanbul (TR)
14 Sep 2013 – 20 Oct 2013

with Sener Oezmen, Murat Akaguenduez, Jananne Al-Ani, Alice Creischer & Andreas Siekmann, Halil Altindere, Bertille Bak, Yto Barrada, Guillaume Bijl, Hanna Farah Kufr Birim, Annika Eriksson, Didem Erk, Ayse Erkmen …
Sharjah Biennial 11

<em>Re:emerge</em> - Towards a New Cultural Cartography

Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah (AE)
13 Mar 2013 – 13 May 2013

with Ravi Agarwal, Francis Alys, Jananne Al-Ani, Nevin Aladag, Carlos Amorales, Burak Arikan, Ismail Bahri, Matthew Barney, Tony Chakar, Tiffany Chung, David Claerbout, Thomas Demand …
The Power of Doubt

Curator: Hou Hanru

Guangdong Times Museum, Guangzhou (CN)
18 Dec 2011 – 6 Feb 2012

with Hamra Abbas, Adel Abdessemed, Shaun Gladwell, WONG Hoy Cheong, Tsang Kin-Wah, Wangechi Mutu, Dan Perjovschi, Nedko Solakov, Sun Xun, DU Zhenjun, JIANG Zhi
Patria o Libertad! On Patriotism, Immigration and Populism

MOCA Contemporary Art, Toronto (CA)
9 Sep 2011 – 30 Oct 2011

with Adel Abidin, Maja Bajevic, Nezaket Ekici, Elena Kovylina, Santiago Sierra
The More Things Chang

SF Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco (US)
20 Nov 2010 – 16 Oct 2011

with Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Tauba Auerbach, Matthew Buckingham, Tacita Dean, Omer Fast, Beate Guetschow, Paul Graham, Ryan Trecartin
VIDEOSPHERE: A NEW GENERATION

Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo (US)
1 Jul 2011 – 9 Oct 2011

with Brian Alfred, Cory Arcangel, Jeremy Blake, Phil Collins, Edith Dekyndt, James Drake, Gianfranco Foschino, Isaac Julien, Sarah Morris, Bruce Nauman, Joao Onofre, Tony Oursler …
Perverted by Theater

Apex Art, New York (US)
22 Oct 2008 – 6 Dec 2008

with Ryan McGinley, Mickalene Thomas
Global Feminisms

Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art

Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn (US)
23 Mar 2007 – 1 Jul 2007

with Pilar Albarracin, Arahmaiani, Rebecca Belmore, Zoulikha Bouabdellah, Tania Bruguera, Lee Bul, Mary Coble, Joan Jonas, Sonia Khurana, Sigalit Landau, Tracey Moffatt, Priscilla Monge …
2006 Taipei Biennial

Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei (TW)
4 Nov 2006 – 25 Feb 2007

with Jonas Dahlberg, CAO Fei, Emily Jacir, Yeondoo JUNG, An-My Le, Nalini Malani, Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook, Werner Rhode, Vivan Sundaram, Francesco Vezzoli
The Venice Biennial - 51st International Art Exhibition

Directors: María de Corral and Rosa Martínez

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
12 Jun 2005 – 6 Nov 2005

with Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Pilar Albarracin, Helena Almeida, Vasco Araujo, Ahmed Askalany, Miriam Baeckstroem, Rebecca Belmore, Guy Ben-Ner, Blue Noses, John Bock, Candice Breitz, Tania Bruguera …
Fatal Love: South Asian American Art Now

Queens Museum of Art, New York (US)
27 Feb 2005 – 5 Jun 2005

with Annu Palakunnathu Matthew, Ibrahim Quraishi
Beyond East and West: Seven Transnational Artists

Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown (US)
12 Feb 2005 – 15 May 2005

with Jananne Al-Ani, Ghada Amer, Mona Hatoum, Walid Raad (The Atlas Group), Michal Rovner
Aldrich at the Movies

The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield (US)
19 Sep 2004 – 2 Jan 2005

with Robert Arnold, Marco Brambilla, Jeanne Dunning, Jenny Perlin, Shannon Plumb
8th International Istanbul Biennial

"Poetic Justice"

Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts, Istanbul (TR)
19 Sep 2003 – 16 Nov 2003

with Can Altay, Alexander Apostol, Knut Asdam, Kutluğ Ataman, Fikret Atay, Txomin Badiola, Zarina Bhimji, Monica Bonvicini, Tania Bruguera, Gerard Byrne, Filipa Cesar, Attila Csoergoe …

Events

London Gallery Weekend

London Gallery Weekend, London (GB)
5 Jun 2026 – 7 Jun 2026

with Bruce Conner, Sara Cwynar, Jimmy Desana, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Lisa Jahovic, Shaniqwa Jarvis, Samir Laghouati-Rashwan, Maria Lassnig, Ted Le Swer, Rachel Maclean, Paola Pivi, John Riddy …
The Venice Biennale - 51st International Art Exhibition

Directors: María de Corral and Rosa Martínez

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
12 Jun 2005 – 6 Nov 2005

with Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Pilar Albarracin, Helena Almeida, Vasco Araujo, Ahmed Askalany, Miriam Baeckstroem, Rebecca Belmore, Guy Ben-Ner, Blue Noses, John Bock, Candice Breitz, Tania Bruguera …