Khursheed
Ahmad

Awardee

Country

India

Khursheed Ahmad reexamines history through artistic research.
Themes
Environment / Climate emergency
Racial justice
Indigenous rights
Gender equality
Free expression / Civil society
Reexamining history
Others
Disciplines
Artistic Research
Criticism
Dance
Film
Literature
Performance
Photography
Theatre
Video Art
Visual Art
Other(s)
Awards
SEED Award 2023

Profile

Khursheed Ahmad is a multidisciplinary artist based in India. Khursheed's practice is an organic melange of several cross-dimensional mediums that span performance, text, sound, drawing, found objects, photography, and research. He was born into a Kashmiri indigenous tribe associated with the legendary indigenous theatre Bhand Pathe and in his work he addresses the intersectional issues of Kashmir's disenfranchised and oppressed people. His artistic practice delves into a wide range of subjects, including indigenous knowledge production and community histories; indigenous art and its decline; the decline of craft; and histories and erasures through the colonial impact on the Bhand community in Kashmir.