Hassan_Khan_(artist)

Hassan Khan (artist)

Hassan Khan (artist)

British–Egyptian conceptual artist (born 1975)

Hassan Khan (born 1975) is a British-born Egyptian multimedia artist, musician, and writer who works with choreography, music, performance, sound, and video to create narratives. He resides and works in Cairo.[1]

He received a BA and an MA in English and comparative literature from the American University in Cairo.[2][3]

In 2017 Khan won the Silver Lion for the "most promising young artist in the central exhibition" at the 57th Venice Biennale for his piece "Composition for a Public Park (Music composed and recorded by the artist, text written and recorded in various voices by the artist, computer and multi-track software, audio interface, multichannel sound system, public park)".[4][5]

Khan created the exhibition "keys top the Kingdom" organized the Reina Sofia in Madrid, Spain which ran at the Palacio de Cristal in Retiro Park from October 18, 2019 to March 1, 2020.[6]

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    "Hassan Khan".
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    "The Guggenheim Museums and Foundation".
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    "Hassan Khan".
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    "Hassan Khan wins Silver Lion of the Venice Biennale".
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    "Hassan Khan. Viva Arte Viva, 57th Venice Biennale 2017".
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    "Hassan Khan | Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía".
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