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