Khadim Ali

Installation view of 'Invisible #1' 2019, Hand and machine, stitch and dyed ink on fabric embroidered, 210 x 900 cm, Installed at Summer Palace, Lahore Fort.
Standing Flames 2019, Acrylic, industrial paints, Dutch metal gold leaves on MDF, 1785 x 539 cm, Installation view: Sharjah Biennial 14: ‘Leaving the Echo
Chamber’. Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation. Courtesy of the artist, Sharjah Art Foundation and Milani Gallery.
The Arrivals #1 2017, Gouache, ink and gold leaf on handmade paper, 110 x 80 cm
Installation view of 'Sermon on the Mount' 2021, inen, cotton, nylon, ink, natural dye, synthetic dye, acrylic paint; painting, hand and machine embroidery, appliqué, 557 x 397 cm, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane. Photo: Marc Pricop
Untitled 2019, Hand and machine embroidery stitched on fabric and dye, 220 x 153 cm, Installation view: Sharjah Biennial 14: ‘Leaving the Echo Chamber’. Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation.
Untitled 13, from ‘Flowers of Evil’ 2019, Hand and machine embroidery stitched on fabric and dye, 662 x 153 cm, Installation view: Sharjah Biennial 14: ‘Leaving the Echo Chamber’. Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation. Courtesy of the artist. Courtesy of Sharjah Art Foundation
Video: Artist Profile: Khadim Ali on Miniature Painting and his Process 2015, Guggenheim Museum UBS MAP Global Art Initiative
Khadim Ali in collaboration with Mohammed Hadi Rahnaward and Aziz Hazara, 'I for Infidel, J for Jihad' (clip) 2019, Single-channel video: colour, sound; text book, posters, paper 16 minutes 13 seconds, Dimensions variable, Installation view: Sharjah Biennial 14: 'Leaving the Echo Chamber'.
Making of Khadim Ali's 'The Arrival of Demons' (video) 2017, MCA Australia
Untitled 1, from 'Flowers of Evil' 2019, Dimensions variable, Installation view: Sharjah Biennial 14: ‘Leaving the Echo
Chamber’. Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation. Courtesy of the artist, Sharjah Art Foundation and Milani Gallery.
Khadim Ali in collaboration with Sher Ali, Urbicide. From 'Flowers of Evil' 2019, 11-channel sound: steel, metal, gold leaf; nylon thread on machine, woven rug, Dimensions variable, Installation view: Sharjah Biennial 14: ‘Leaving the Echo Chamber’ 2019. Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation. Courtesy of the artist. Courtesy of Sharjah Art Foundation
Untitled 1 from the Transitions / Evacuation series 2014, Merino wool, afghan wool and cotton, 307 x 240 cm
Installation view of 'The Haunted Lotus', Art Gallery of New South Wales 2014
The Haunted Lotus 2013, Gouache ink and gold leaf on wasli paper, 70 x 54 cm

Born 1978 Quetta, Pakistan. Khadim Ali currently lives and works in Sydney, Australia.

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