Saba Hasan


Saba Hasan is an Indian contemporary artist who is based in Goa and New Delhi.
She has a BA 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 and art history at the University of Cambridge, UK.
Her work includes painting, photography, book installations, voice works and film. Her works are with collectors in India, UK, Switzerland, Sri Lanka, Japan, Holland, USA, Spain and France.

Shows and exhibitions

An active artist since 1996, Hasan has participated in several art shows, exhibitions, biennale's, photo exhibitions and film festivals. Some of these include:
YearEventVenue
2024FICIMAD Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de Madrid 'mk2 Cine Paz & Sala Cátedra Mayor, Madrid, Spain '
2023Cinemistica Festival 'Corrala de Santiago, Granada, Spain
2023Amarcort Film Festival 'Amarcort Film Festival, Rimini, Italy
2022International Experimental Film and Video Festival 'Bideodromo, Bilbao Arte Fundazio, Bilbao, Spain
2022Festival of Experimental Videos & Films 'Fisura Centro de Cultura Digital Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
2022Posthumous Dialogues With Artist FN Souza 'The Museum of Goa, Pilerne, Goa, India
2021National Exhibition of Women Artists 'National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, India
2019Short film The Saba Bandagi Shah ProjectOfficial selection at the 12the International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala, India
2019Short film Burnt Books 6Part of Cinema of Resistance collective at the 12the International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala, India
2018Short film Twilight On The LakeOfficial selection at the Chelsea Film Festival, New York, USA
Official selection at Balinale, the Bali International Film Festival, Indonesia
2017The Universe of Interconnected ExperiencesAlliance Française, New Delhi, India
2016Video and Photography ShowTenshin Okakura Gallery, Japan Foundation, New Delhi, India
2015Video project Saba Hasan Reads Her PoemsKochi-Muziris Biennale, Kochi, India
2014Video project Haqeeqat/The Truth/La VeriteExhibition of Celeste Art Prize Finalists at Assab One, Milan, Italy
2013Song of a Departing DayLa Biennale di Venezia, 55th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
2013The Sketchbook ProjectBrooklyn Art Library, New York, USA
2013Sound program Audio Portraits in SpaceOsso Radio Sound Festival, Lisbon, Portugal
2011Visual VenturesEmami Chisel Art, Calcutta, India
2010Contemporary DrawingsEmami Chisel Art, Calcutta, India
2010Sound InstallationOscar Kokoschka Akademie, Salzburg, Austria
2008Ten Creative ForcesTao Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
Navya Art Gallery, New Delhi, India


Time and Space Gallery, Bangalore, India
2007Art for FreedomBonhams Asia House Auction, London, UK
2007Indifferent HistoryCymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
2006Letters from Baton RougeParis, France
2005Florence BiennaleFlorence, Italy
2004The Written WordApparao Galleries, Chennai, India
1996Debut Solo ShowIndia International Centre, New Delhi, India

Awards and recognition

Some of Hasan's awards and accolades include:
  • 2024: FICIMAD Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de Madrid, Spain
  • 2023: Vienna International Film Awards, Austria
  • 2023: Mannheim Arts and Film Festival, Germany
  • 2022: Indo-French International Film Festival, Pondicherry, India
  • 2022: Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, USA
  • 2014: MIFA: Moscow International Foto Awards, Moscow, Russia
  • 2014: Celeste Contemporary Art Prize Nomination, Milan, Italy
  • 2008: RPG Art Residency, Madh Island, India
  • 2007: Award for Painting, Raza Foundation, India
  • 2006: Residency in Paris, Government of France
  • 2002: Residency, George Keyt Foundation, Colombo, Sri Lanka
  • 1998: Ceruleum : Ecole D’Arts Visuels - Academie, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • 1986: Fellowship in Culture Studies, Syracuse University, New York, USA