WATTS INDEXThe canonical database of visual culture

Artists›Bani Abidi

Bani Abidi

Bani Abidi

1971

WA-00003051

PhotographyContemporary

Representation

None documented

0

Institutional Exhibitions

23

Works in Collection

28

Assets Indexed

1

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

80%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

Influence Graph

No influence edges encoded yet.

Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ23772579

Field Verification (1 fields)

1 cross-verified · 0 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓

About

Why this artist matters now

Bani Abidi works in video, photography, and drawing to examine nationalism, bureaucracy, and the political absurdities shared across South Asian borders. Her work frequently employs scripted scenarios and deadpan humor to expose the rituals and failures of state authority, collective memory, and public spectacle. Based in Berlin since 2011, following a residency with the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin program, she maintains a perspective shaped by displacement between Pakistan, the United States, and Germany.

Source: Aic · Trust score: 70% · Updated 2mo ago

Graph relationships

Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Contemporary

Medium

Photography

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Art Institute of Chicago

Canonical record

Artworks (23)

House # 38-13th St, Defence Housing Authority, Karachi (Intercommunication Devices)

House # 38-13th St, Defence Housing Authority, Karachi (Intercommunication Devices)

2008 · Inkjet print

Image/paper, sight: 40.6 × 28.1 cm (16 × 11 1/8 in.); Frame: 43.7 × 31.2 × 3.2 cm (17 1/4 × 12 5/16 × 1 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

House # 39-13th St, Defence Housing Authority, Karachi (Intercommunication Devices)

House # 39-13th St, Defence Housing Authority, Karachi (Intercommunication Devices)

2008 · Inkjet print

Image/paper, sight: 40.6 × 28.1 cm (16 × 11 1/8 in.); Frame: 43.7 × 31.2 × 3.2 cm (17 1/4 × 12 5/16 × 1 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

House # 40-13th St, Defence Housing Authority, Karachi (Intercommunication Devices)

House # 40-13th St, Defence Housing Authority, Karachi (Intercommunication Devices)

2008 · Inkjet print

Image/paper, sight: 40.6 × 28.1 cm (16 × 11 1/8 in.); Frame: 43.7 × 31.2 × 3.2 cm (17 1/4 × 12 5/16 × 1 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

House # 46-13th St, Defence Housing Authority, Karachi (Intercommunication Devices)

House # 46-13th St, Defence Housing Authority, Karachi (Intercommunication Devices)

2008 · Inkjet print

Image/paper, sight: 40.6 × 28.1 cm (16 × 11 1/8 in.); Frame: 43.7 × 31.2 × 3.2 cm (17 1/4 × 12 5/16 × 1 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

House # 43-13th St, Defence Housing Authority, Karachi (Intercommunication Devices)

House # 43-13th St, Defence Housing Authority, Karachi (Intercommunication Devices)

2008 · Inkjet print

Image/paper, sight: 40.6 × 28.1 cm (16 × 11 1/8 in.); Frame: 43.7 × 31.2 × 3.2 cm (17 1/4 × 12 5/16 × 1 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

House # 41-13th St, Defence Housing Authority, Karachi (Intercommunication Devices)

House # 41-13th St, Defence Housing Authority, Karachi (Intercommunication Devices)

2008 · Inkjet print

Image/paper, sight: 40.6 × 28.1 cm (16 × 11 1/8 in.); Frame: 43.7 × 31.2 × 3.2 cm (17 1/4 × 12 5/16 × 1 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

House # 47-13th St, Defence Housing Authority, Karachi (Intercommunication Devices)

House # 47-13th St, Defence Housing Authority, Karachi (Intercommunication Devices)

2008 · Inkjet print

Image/paper, sight: 40.6 × 28.1 cm (16 × 11 1/8 in.); Frame: 43.7 × 31.2 × 3.2 cm (17 1/4 × 12 5/16 × 1 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

House # 44-13th St, Defence Housing Authority, Karachi (Intercommunication Devices)

House # 44-13th St, Defence Housing Authority, Karachi (Intercommunication Devices)

2008 · Inkjet print

Image/paper, sight: 40.6 × 28.1 cm (16 × 11 1/8 in.); Frame: 43.7 × 31.2 × 3.2 cm (17 1/4 × 12 5/16 × 1 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

House # 47-13th St, Defence Housing Authority, Karachi (Intercommunication Devices)

House # 47-13th St, Defence Housing Authority, Karachi (Intercommunication Devices)

2008 · Inkjet print

Image/paper, sight: 40.6 × 28.1 cm (16 × 11 1/8 in.); Frame: 43.7 × 31.2 × 3.2 cm (17 1/4 × 12 5/16 × 1 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Security Barrier Type C from Security Barriers A-L

Security Barrier Type C from Security Barriers A-L

2008 · One from a portfolio of twelve digital prints

composition (irreg.): 9 3/8 x 15 1/8" (23.8 x 38.4 cm); sheet: 11 5/8 x 16 1/2" (29.6 x 41.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Security Barrier Type G from Security Barriers A-L

Security Barrier Type G from Security Barriers A-L

2008 · One from a portfolio of twelve digital prints

composition (irreg.): 7 9/16 x 10 11/16" (19.2 x 27.2 cm); sheet: 11 5/8 x 16 7/16" (29.6 x 41.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Security Barrier Type H from Security Barriers A-L

Security Barrier Type H from Security Barriers A-L

2008 · One from a portfolio of twelve digital prints

composition (irreg.): 8 1/2 x 15 1/8" (21.6 x 38.4 cm); sheet: 11 5/8 x 16 7/16" (29.6 x 41.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Security Barrier Type I from Security Barriers A-L

Security Barrier Type I from Security Barriers A-L

2008 · One from a portfolio of twelve digital prints

composition (irreg.): 7 5/16 x 10 3/4" (18.6 x 27.3 cm); sheet: 11 5/8 x 16 7/16" (29.6 x 41.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Security Barrier Type J from Security Barriers A-L

Security Barrier Type J from Security Barriers A-L

2008 · One from a portfolio of twelve digital prints

composition (irreg.): 7 3/8 x 11 7/16" (18.7 x 29 cm); sheet: 10 3/16 x 16 7/16" (25.9 x 41.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Security Barrier Type K from Security Barriers A-L

Security Barrier Type K from Security Barriers A-L

2008 · One from a portfolio of twelve digital prints

composition (irreg.): 7 1/16 x 10 9/16" (17.9 x 26.8 cm); sheet: 11 11/16 x 16 7/16" (29.7 x 41.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Security Barrier Type L from Security Barriers A-L

Security Barrier Type L from Security Barriers A-L

2008 · One from a portfolio of twelve digital prints

composition (irreg.): 7 11/16 x 12 3/8" (19.5 x 31.4 cm); sheet: 11 5/8 x 16 7/16" (29.6 x 41.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Securtiy Barrier Type B from Security Barriers A-L

Securtiy Barrier Type B from Security Barriers A-L

2008 · One from a portfolio of twelve digital prints

composition (irreg.): 8 3/8 x 11 3/4" (21.2 x 29.9 cm); sheet: 11 5/8 x 16 1/16" (29.6 x 40.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Security Barrier Type A from Security Barriers A-L

Security Barrier Type A from Security Barriers A-L

2008 · One from a portfolio of twelve digital prints

composition (irreg.): 7 9/16 x 11" (19.2 x 28 cm); sheet: 11 5/8 x 16 7/16" (29.6 x 41.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Security Barrier Type F from Security Barriers A-L

Security Barrier Type F from Security Barriers A-L

2008 · One from a portfolio of twelve digital prints

composition (irreg.): 6 5/8 x 12 3/4" (16.9 x 32.4 cm); sheet: 11 5/8 x 16 7/16" (29.6 x 41.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Security Barrier Type D from Security Barriers A-L

Security Barrier Type D from Security Barriers A-L

2008 · One from a portfolio of twelve digital prints

composition (irreg.): 6 3/8 x 11 1/8" (16.2 x 28.3 cm); sheet: 11 5/8 x 16 7/16" (29.6 x 41.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Security Barrier Type E from Security Barriers A-L

Security Barrier Type E from Security Barriers A-L

2008 · One from a portfolio of twelve digital prints

composition (irreg.): 8 3/8 x 14 1/4" (21.3 x 36.2 cm); sheet: 11 5/8 x 16 7/16" (29.6 x 41.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Security Barriers A-L

Security Barriers A-L

2008 · Portfolio of twelve digital prints

composition: see child records; sheet (each): 11 5/8 x 16 7/16" (29.6 x 41.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Reserved

2006 · Two-channel standard-definition video (color, sound; 9:49 min) and two projection screens

Dimensions variable

Museum of Modern Art

View all 23 artworks →

Record

Images

House # 39-13th St, Defence Housing Authority, Karachi (Intercommunication Devices) (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

House # 39-13th St, Defence Housing Authority, Karachi (Intercommunication Devices) (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

House # 39-13th St, Defence Housing Authority, Karachi (Intercommunication Devices) (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

House # 39-13th St, Defence Housing Authority, Karachi (Intercommunication Devices) (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

3

Movements1

Collections2

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Art Institute of Chicago

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Background

Education

National College of Arts

Visual Arts

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

No exhibitions or timeline entries yet