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Basil KINCAID

ES Basil Kincaid (nacido en 1986 en St. Louis, Missouri) es un artista estadounidense post-disciplinario cuyo trabajo integra quilting, collage, dibujo, fotografía, instalación y performance. Utilizando materiales encontrados, rescatados o donados, el arte de Kincaid funciona como una “tecnología espiritual”, reflejando valores fundamentales como la familia, la imaginación, el descanso y la experiencia personal.

Kincaid considera el quilting y otros medios no solo como una técnica artesanal, sino como medios con resonancia espiritual y cultural, que reconectan con tradiciones ancestrales y las reimaginan para las experiencias contemporáneas de las comunidades negras e indígenas. Sus obras encarnan la resiliencia, la memoria colectiva y la liberación a través de una creatividad llena de alegría.

EN Basil Kincaid (b. 1986, St. Louis, Missouri) is an American post-disciplinary artist whose work integrates quilting, collage, drawing, photography, installation, and performance. Drawing from found, salvaged, or donated materials, Kincaid’s art serves as “spiritual technology”, reflecting core values like family, imagination, rest, and personal experience.

Kincaid views quilting and other media not only as craft but as spiritually and culturally resonant mediums, reconnecting with ancestral traditions and reimagining them for contemporary Black and Indigenous experiences. His pieces embody resilience, collective memory, and liberation through joyful creativity.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 

2022

“River, Frog and Crescent Moon”, Venus Over Manhattan, New York, NY

2021

“The Rolling Fields to My House”, Galleria Poggiali, Milan, Italy

2021

“A Restful Place”, Galería Leyendecker, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

2019

“The Release”, Pulitzer Arts Foundation, St. Louis, MO (performance)

2016

Hawn Gallery, SMU Hamon Arts Library, “Roots & Routes”, Installation & Performance, Dallas TX

Nebula Coworking, “The Vessel”, Installation & Performance Art Exhibition, St. Louis MO

Moy Fincher Chipps, “Love Art”, Solo Exhibition, Los Angeles CA

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

2012

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

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024

“Cimientos”, Galería Leyendecker, Tenerife & Lisbon

2022

“The New Bend”, Hauser & Wirth, New York & Los Angeles

2022

“New African Portraiture”, Kunsthalle Krems, Austria

2022

“Dancing the Wind Walk”, Frieze Los Angeles

2021

“Joyful Resistance”, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL

AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS

United States Artists Fellow, 2021

Regional Arts Commission Fellow, St. Louis, 2020

Arts Connect International Residency, Accra, Ghana, 2014–2015

COLLECTIONS

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Rubell Museum

JP Morgan Chase Art Collection

International Quilt Museum

Albertina Museum

Museum of the African Diaspora