Basil KINCAID

Born in 1986

Lives in Novi Mi. 

Works in Novi, Mi. St Louis, Mo. Greater Accra Region Ghana.

EDUCATION

  • 2010    BA | Concentration: Studio Art (Drawing & Painting) | Colorado College | Colorado Springs CO

PUBLIC COLLETIONS

  • 2018   JP Morgan Chase Art Collection | 4 works

AWARDS

  • 2018   Regional Arts Commission – Artist Support Grant
  • 2016   Regional Arts Commission – Artist Support Grant
  • 2014-15   Arts Connect International Artist In Residence Grant
  • 2012 Roosevelt High School, Founded year long after-school art and fitness program, Saint Louis, MO
  • 2007 Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Workshop Scholarship – Aspen, CO

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2021

  • “The Rolling Fields To My House”, Galería Poggiali, Milán

2020     

  • «A Restful Place», Galería Leyendecker, Tenerife, Spain

2019  

  • Carl Kostyal, “Get It How You Live”, Mayfair London UK
  • Part 2 Gallery, “Shamans Dearth” , Oakland CA
  • Pulitzer Arts Foundation, “The Release” Performance, St. Louis, MO

2018  

  • UMSL 210 Gallery, “Gates”, Solo Exhibition, St. Louis MO
  • Missouri Valley College, “Interstices”, Solo Exhibition, Marshall MO

2017  

  • Pulitzer Arts Foundation, Projects Plus & Spacebuster by Raumlaborberlin, “The Summoning”, Performance, St. Louis MO
  • Harvard Westlake Gallery, “Special Exhibition of Recent Work”, Solo Exhibition, Beverly Hills CA
  • Projects + Gallery, “Portraits”, Solo Exhibition, St. Louis MO
  • Regional Arts Commission, “Beyond This Threshold”, Installation & Performance, Collaboration, St. Louis MO

2016  

  • Hawn Gallery, SMU Hamon Arts Library, «Roots & Routes», Installation & Performance, Dallas TX
  • Hoffman LaChance Contemporary, «Inward Quest» Installation & Performance, St. Louis MO
  • Cortex, Murmuration Festival, «Portal», Installation & Performance, St. Louis MO
  • Nebula Coworking, “The Vessel”, Installation & Performance Art Exhibition, St. Louis MO
  • Moy Fincher Chipps, “Love Art”, Solo Exhibition, Los Angeles CA
  • The Luminary, “Reclamation 2: Ghana: A Call Home” Solo Exhibition, St. Louis MO

 

2015  

  • Bernstein Wealth Management, «Reclamation Ghana», Boston MA

 

2014  

  • The Box Gallery, “NewCollage: Behind the Veil”, Solo Exhibition, Chicago IL

 

2013  

  • 2720 Cherokee St Gallery,“Praxis: Freedom” Solo Exhibition,-St. Louis, MO
  • Portfolio Gallery and Education Center, “Reclamation” Art Show and Album Debut, St. Louis, MO

 

2012  

  • BlankSpace, “Double Consciousness”, Solo Exhibition, St. Louis, MO,

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022

  •   «The New Bend»,  Hauser & Wirth, NY

2021

  • “Reclaiming Magic”, Royal Academy of Art, London, UK.
  •  “Beyond Binaries”, Fridman Gallery, Beacon, NY


2020

  • «Ambra Nera», Breeder Gallery, Athens, Greece

2019  

  • Coral Gables Museum, «America Weaves», Coral Gables FL
  • Rule Gallery, «In The Fold» , Denver CO
  • Fjord Gallery, «Embodied», Philadelphia PA
  • Jenkins Johnson, “Spring Selections”, San Fransisco CA
  • Carl Kostyal, «Stockholm Sessions» Stockholm Sweden
  • Carl Kostyal, “Malmo Sessions”, Malmo Sweden
  • Mindy Solomon Gallery, “I Am My Story”, Maimi FL
  • Phillips, American African American Curated by Arnold Lehman, New York, NY
  • Jenkins Johnson Gallery, Winter Selections, San Francisco CA
  • Blurider Art Gallery, Tapestry Art, Taipei Taiwan

2018  

  • Johnson Gallery, “On the Road: Curated by Larry Ossei Mensah”, New York NYKravets Wheby Gallery, Interwoven, New York, NY
  • Kavi Gupta Gallery, “ParallelLives”, Chicago IL
  • Boca Raton Museum, “Nomadic Murals: Contemporary Tapestries and Carpets», Boca Raton, FL
  • Steven Kasher Gallery, “Refraction: New Photography of the African Diaspora” New York NY
  • St. Louis Artists Guild, “All Colors” , St. Louis MO
  • Intersect Art Gallery, “Ebb & Flow Artists of St. Louis”, St. Louis MO
  • TechArtista, “In Living Color”, St. Louis MO
  • Magnify Art Gallery, “Too Black for America, Too American For Africa”, St. Louis MO

 

2017

  • Le Mat galerie, «Mutinerie 3D», Montpellier, France
  • Larson Gallery, Columbia College, “Show-Me States: A Survey of Missouri Photography”, Columbia MO
  • Krantzberg Arts Center, “Taking it To The Streets”, St. Louis MO
  • St. Louis University, McNamee Gallery, Invitational Exhibition, St. Louis MO
  • UMSL University, 210 Gallery, Taking It To The Streets, Juried Group  Show, St. Louis MO

 

2016

  • Lesley University, “Justice In Process” + Symposium, Boston MA
  • BlankSpace, Clothesline “Non-Fiction”, St. Louis MO
  • Touhill Performing Arts Center- Spring to Dance, “Tributary”, Costume Design and Construction, St. Louis MO

 

2015  

  • Grammy Museum, Blackout Festival, Installation, Los Angeles CA
  • Boston City Hall, “Emerge”, Installation, Boston MA
  • Lawn On D, BEANfest, Art and Music Festival, Installation, Boston MA
  • Nabuke Foundation, “Voyage of [Re]Discovery”, Group Exhibition, Accra Ghana
  • Smack Mellon, “RESPOND”, Juried Group Show, Brooklyn NY

 

2014

  • District Hall, City Awake Social Impact Festival- Art Inclusion Salon, Group Show, Boston MA

 

ART FAIRS

2021

  • Galería Leyendecker, «Feria de Arte Contemporáneo ESTAMPA», Madrid, Spain

 

2019   

  • Mindy Solomon Gallery, “Design Miami” Miami FL
  • Kavi Gupta, «Expo Chicago», Chicago IL
  • Kavi Gupta, “Frieze Art Fair : New York”, New York NY
  • Mindy Solomon Gallery, “1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair”, London
  • Jenkins Johnson Gallery, Untitled San Francisco, San Francisco CA

 

2018

  • Art Basel, (Kavi Gupta Booth), Miami FL
  • Expo Chicago, Kavi Gupta and Jenkins Johnson Gallery, Chicago IL
  • SPRING/BREAK Art Show, with Projects Plus Gallery, “Overview Is A Place” , New York NY

 

2017

  • Prizm Art Fair, Miami FL

RESIDENCES, WORKSHOPS AND OTHER RELATD WORK

2019  

  • Great Rivers Biennial Finalist
  • Carl Kostyal Draw Jam, Puglia Italy
  • Pulitzer Foundation: Stitch and Gather Sewing Workshop

 

2018  

  • JP Morgan Artist in Residence
  • JP Morgan “Art At Work Live” Commission
  • Missouri Valley College Artist Talk, Marshall MO
  • Artist Talk, John Burroughs Highschool, MO
  • UMSL Artist Talk, St. Louis MO

 

2017  

  • Print by Print Group, Fiber Talks Panelist & Workshop Facilitator, New York NY
  • Harvard Westlake School, Guest Speaker, Beverly Hills CA
  • The Fountainhead Residency, Artist in Residence, Miami FL
  • St. Louis Art Museum, Panelist, “Hip-hop & Fashion: From the Streets to the Runway”, St. Louis MO
  • Colorado College, Artist Talk and Senior Critique Series, Colorado Springs CO
  • St. Louis Artists’ Guild, Juror, Displacement & Migration, St. Louis MO

2016  

  • Harvard Graduate School of Education, Guest Speaker, Arts In Education Program, Boston MA
  • Commissioned Muralist for XQ Super School Project –St. Louis, MO
  • Babson College, Speaker, Re-Imagining Inclusion Conference, Wellesley MA
  • Arts Connect International – Artist Consultant – Boston MA

 

2015  

  • Harvard University, Art for Cultural Inclusion Symposium, Boston MA

 

2014 – 15

  • Arts Connect International –Artist-In-Residence – Reclamation Ghana

 

2013  

  • BlankSpace, Planned, Funded and Implemented “Cherokee
  • Street Reach” Free Youth Art Camp – St. Louis, MO

 

2013 – 14

  • Kipp Believe College Prep, Middle School Art Teacher