Basil Kincaid
Midnight Prayers
Midnight Prayers
2022 Quilt: Cotton fibers woven on traditional loom, patchwork of collected dresses, various Ghanian fabrics, embroidery, batting, curtains, knotted sponge, beads on wall 109.2 x 76.2 cm / 43 x 30 in
© Basil Kincaid. Photo: Damian Griffiths
The Journey of Becoming
2022 Quilt: Cotton fibers woven on traditional loom, patchwork of various Ghanian fabrics, embroidery, batting, curtains, sequins on wall 106.7 x 81.3 cm / 42 x 32 in
© Basil Kincaid. Photo: Damian Griffiths
Basil Kincaid
Basil Kincaid (b. 1986, St. Louis, MO; lives and works between the US and Ghana) is a post-disciplinary artist who constructs, contemplates and revises self-imposed and conditioned limitations, exploring their fixity. Through quilting, collaging, photography, installation and performance — made primarily with found, salvaged and donated materials — Kincaid discards social mores while drafting alternative cultural fabrics.
Photo: Courtesy of Basil Kincaid Studio
In 2019, Kincaid debuted a first museum performance, ‘The Release,’ at the Pulitzer Arts Foundation in St. Louis, MO. In 2020, Kincaid received the Regional Arts Commission Fellowship. In 2021, Kincaid became a United States Artist Fellow and joined the Collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C.
On View in Somerset
‘The New Bend’, curated by Legacy Russell, Executive Director & Chief Curator of The Kitchen, is on view until 8 May 2023.