Saba Hasan

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Saba Hasan
Hasan in 2020
Born
New Delhi, India
OccupationArtist
Years active1996–present
Websitewww.sabahasan.com

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

Education[edit | edit source]

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]

  • 1998: Ceruleum: Ecole D’Arts Visuels - Academie, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • 1986: Fellowship in Culture Studies, Syracuse University, New York, USA

Shows and exhibitions[edit | edit source]

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.[4] Her works are with collectors in India, UK, Switzerland, Sri Lanka, Japan, Holland, USA, Spain and France.[3]

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.[5][6][7]

Year Event Venue
2026 Silver Award: Super Short Film (Death Will Come Like a Shadow) [8] London Movie Awards, Close-Up Film Centre, London, United Kingdom
2026 Jo ġāyab hai, aur hāzir bhi: Solo Exhibition of Book Sculptures and Multimedia Works [9] Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), New Delhi, India [10]
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') [11]
2023 Cinemistica Festival (Official Selection: Art Film Category) Corrala de Santiago, Granada, Spain [12]
2023 Amarcort Film Festival (Finalist: Experimental Films) Amarcort Film Festival, Rimini, Italy [13]
2022 International Experimental Film and Video Festival (Official Selection: Artist Film Category, Catalog 2022) Bideodromo, Bilbao Arte Fundazio, Bilbao, Spain [14]
2022 Festival of Experimental Videos & Films (Official selection) Fisura (2022) Centro de Cultura Digital Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico [15]
2022 Posthumous Dialogues With Artist FN Souza (Curator: Sabitha Satchidanandan) The Museum of Goa (MOG), Pilerne, Goa, India [16][17]
2021 National Exhibition of Women Artists (Curator: Uma Nair) National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi, India [18]
2019 Short film The Saba Bandagi Shah Project Official selection at the 12the International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala, India [19]
2019 Short film Burnt Books 6 Part of Cinema of Resistance collective at the 12the International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala, India [20]
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 [21]

2017 The Universe of Interconnected Experiences Alliance Française, New Delhi, India [22]
2016 Video and Photography Show Tenshin Okakura Gallery, Japan Foundation, New Delhi, India [23]
2015 Video project Saba Hasan Reads Her Poems Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Kochi, India [24]
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 [25][26]
2013 The Sketchbook Project Brooklyn Art Library, New York, USA [27]
2013 Sound program Audio Portraits in Space Osso Radio Sound Festival, Lisbon, Portugal [28]
2011 Visual Ventures Emami Chisel Art, Calcutta, India [29]
2010 Contemporary Drawings Emami Chisel Art, Calcutta, India [29]
2010 Sound Installation Oscar Kokoschka Akademie, Salzburg, Austria [24]
2008 Ten Creative Forces Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai, India

Navya Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
Time and Space Gallery, Bangalore, India [29]

2007 Art for Freedom Bonhams Asia House Auction, London, UK [29]
2007 Indifferent History Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai, India [29]
2006 Letters from Baton Rouge Paris, France [29]
2005 Florence Biennale Florence, Italy [29]
2004 The Written Word Apparao Galleries, Chennai, India [29]
1996 Debut Solo Show India International Centre, New Delhi, India [29]

Awards and recognition[edit | edit source]

Some of Hasan's awards and accolades include:

  • 2026: Silver Award: Super Short Film, London Movie Awards, London, United Kingdom [8]
  • 2024: FICIMAD Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de Madrid, Spain [30]
  • 2023: Vienna International Film Awards, Austria [31]
  • 2023: Mannheim Arts and Film Festival, Germany [32]
  • 2022: Indo-French International Film Festival, Pondicherry, India [33]
  • 2022: Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, USA [34][35]
  • 2014: MIFA: Moscow International Foto Awards, Moscow, Russia [36]
  • 2014: Celeste Contemporary Art Prize Nomination, Milan, Italy [4]
  • 2008: RPG Art Residency, Madh Island, India [37]
  • 2007: Award for Painting, Raza Foundation, India [38]
  • 2006: Residency in Paris, Government of France [39]
  • 2002: Residency, George Keyt Foundation, Colombo, Sri Lanka [37]

References[edit | edit source]

  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.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Saba Hasan". The Raza Foundation. Archived from the original on 24 August 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Saba Hasan". LensCulture. Archived from the original on 24 August 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  5. ↑ "'jo ġāyab hai, aur hāzir bhi' Book sculptures of Saba Hasan". KNMA. Retrieved 3 February 2026.
  6. ↑ Nair, Uma. "Saba Hasan's whispered continuum at KNMA". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 3 February 2026.
  7. ↑ "Saba Hasan". www.platform-mag.com. Retrieved 3 February 2026.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Awards, London Movie. "London Movie Awards". London Movie Awards. Retrieved 14 April 2026.
  9. ↑ Nair, Uma. "Saba Hasan's whispered continuum at KNMA". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 3 February 2026.
  10. ↑ "'jo ġāyab hai, aur hāzir bhi' Book sculptures of Saba Hasan". KNMA. Retrieved 3 February 2026.
  11. ↑ "Awards – FICIMAD" (in español). Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  12. ↑ "PROGRAMA / PROGRAMME / 9º FESTIVAL CINEMÍSTICA 2023 ESPEJOS DE AMOR | Blog de ARTE7 CINEMATECA / CINEMÍSTICA" (in español). 26 October 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  13. ↑ [email protected], Fabio Ceccarelli-. "Amarcort Film Festival". Amarcort Film Festival (in italiano). Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  14. ↑ "BIDEODROMO international experimental film and video festival". www.bideodromo.com. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  15. ↑ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  16. ↑ Ilavia, Perin (18 May 2022). "Through the eyes of renowned modernist Indian artist, FN Souza". Gomantak Times. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  17. ↑ Daniya (13 May 2022). "Guftugu |Posthumous Dialogues with F N Souza". Guftugu. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  18. ↑ "Around Town: Theatre, art, music and more". The Indian Express. 13 March 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  19. ↑ "The Saba Bandagi Shah Project". IDSFFK Online. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  20. ↑ "Cinema of Resistance: Curated by Amrit Gangar – IDSFFK Online". Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  21. ↑ "Twilight on the Lake – International Shorts – Balinale". Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  22. ↑ Delhi, Alliance Française de. "Art Exhibition: The Universe of Interconnected Experiences: Works by SABA HASAN". Alliance Française de Delhi. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  23. ↑ Italy, www celesteprize com-Celeste Network-. "saba hasan - About Celeste Network". www.celesteprize.com. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 "AF Delhi Explores a Universe of Interconnected Experiences : AF Magazine India Nepal". Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  25. ↑ "Imago Mundi". www.imagomundiart.com. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  26. ↑ "Imago Mundi". www.imagomundiart.com. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  27. ↑ "Imago Mundi". www.imagomundiart.com. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  28. ↑ "'Abstract art helps express what words can't describe'". The Punch. 30 March 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 29.3 29.4 29.5 29.6 29.7 29.8 admin. "Saba Hasan | The Raza Foundation". www.therazafoundation.org. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  30. ↑ "Awards – FICIMAD" (in español). Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  31. ↑ "VIFA Vienna International Film Awards". www.viennainternationalfilmawards.com. Retrieved 9 November 2023.[permanent dead link]
  32. ↑ "Winners 2023 – Mannheim Arts and Film Festival". Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  33. ↑ "death will come like a shadow". FilmFreeway. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  34. ↑ "Indian artist Saba Hasan wins Pollock Grant 2022". Times of India Blog. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  35. ↑ "Saba Hasan | Works | Pollock Krasner Image Collection". www.pkf-imagecollection.org. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  36. ↑ "Single Winner". MIFA. Retrieved 13 September 2019.[permanent dead link]
  37. ↑ 37.0 37.1 "Imago Mundi Collection". imagomundicollection.org. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  38. ↑ admin. "Saba Hasan | The Raza Foundation". www.therazafoundation.org. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  39. ↑ "Artists". 4 October 2019. Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
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