Khadija Baker

Khadija Baker is a Montreal-based, multidisciplinary artist of Kurdish-Syrian descent (born 1973 in Amuda, Syria). Baker immigrated to Canada from Syria in 2001; she completed her MFA studies at Concordia University 2012. She is a core member of the Centre for Oral History & Digital Storytelling (COHDS) at Concordia University. Her installations investigate social and political themes centered on the uncertainty of home as it relates to persecution, identity, displacement, and memory. As a witness to traumatic events, unsettled feelings of home are a part of her experience. Her multidisciplinary installations often combine textiles, sculpture, performance, sound, and video, and involve participative storytelling and performance to create active spaces for greater understanding. Baker continues her research at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Society and Culture (CISSC) at Concordia University.

Khadija Baker ist eine in Montreal lebende, multidisziplinäre Künstlerin kurdisch-syrischer Abstammung (* 1973 in Amuda, Syrien). Baker immigrierte 2001 aus Syrien nach Kanada; 2012 schloss sie ihr MFA-Studium an der Concordia University ab. Sie ist ein Mitglied des Center for Oral History & Digital Storytelling (COHDS) der Concordia University. Ihre Installationen untersuchen soziale und politische Themen rund um die Ungewissheit der Heimat in Bezug auf Verfolgung, Identität, Vertreibung und Erinnerung. Ihre multidisziplinären Installationen kombinieren oft Textilien, Skulptur, Performance, Sound und Video und beinhalten partizipatives Geschichtenerzählen und Performance, um aktive Räume für mehr Verständnis zu schaffen. Baker setzt ihre Forschungsarbeit am Center for Interdisziplinary Studies in Society and Culture (CISSC) der Concordia University fort.

Education:
09/2017-+++ PhD Humanity and interdisciplinary studies, Concordia University, Montreal, QC
09/2009-10/2012
Master of Fine Arts in Open media, Studio Arts, Concordia University, Montreal, QC

Selected Solo exhibitions:
2021
2019

2017
2016
· CAFKA – Contemporary art Biennale, Kitchener, ON
· Feb, Speaking Across Mountains, MEI (Middle Est Institute), D.C., US
· Oct, Road through Kurdistan, Curated by Richard Wilding and Mariwan Jalal, London UK • Nov,Bluebeard today’s tale,2019, Photophobia:Contemporary Moving Image Festival, Hamilton, ON
· April, Behind Walls/Maps, (installation and animation) Karash-Masson Gallery, Ottawa, ON
· Sep, "home-less-ness", (animation and installation), Istanbul International Triennial, Istanbul, Turkey
2015
· Jan, When Spirits Awaken, (multimedia & video performance), 101 Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2014
· Sep, http://chanteznosreves.com, ( animation and video) interactive online project at LA Fabrique Culturelle, QC
· May, Don’t leave me.. I am still alive, (animation and multimedia), Accès-Asie Festival &OBORO, Montreal, QC
2011
· Feb, Unravelling Empire (multimedia), A Space& FADO Performance, Toronto, ON
2008
· October, Behind Walls/maps, (installation and animation) Montréal, arts interculturels (M.A.I), Montreal, QC
2007
· April, Coffin/Nest, (installation and multichannel screening), Montréal arts interculturels (M.A.I) Gallery, Montreal, QC

Selected group exhibitions:
2016
· Nov, “Pardon”, (video) 29Th Instant Video festival, Marseille, Fr
· Home Songs-letters, Video installation, at Transart Triennale 2016 Berlin & the 2016 London Biennale MANILA Pollination
· Sep, "home-less-ness", (animation), Istanbul International Triennial, Istanbul, Turkey
· June, Syrian Weeding, (animation) Terra Traces At La Centrale, Montreal, QC
· May, TRAJECTOIRES, (video) Espaceproject, Montreal, QC
· Feb, Restrictions Of The Earth, (video) Karşı Sanat, Istanbul, Turkey
2015
· Nov, "Syria Speaks", (animation) 6th DocuAsia Forum, Vancover, BC
· Nov, I am alive, (animation), International Exile Film Festival, Gothenburg, Sweden
· June, When Mona Liza, (video) Artheum – Beirut, Lebanon
· May, “My Little voice can’t lie”, DIVISION GALLERY, Montreal
· May, The State of Origion: Reel & Imagined, (video) Maison de la culture Cote-Des-Neigs, Montreal
· Feb, I am alive, (animation), Alwan gallery shortlisted for 3ed annual video competition, NYC, USA
· Feb, Tracing Traces, (video), Diyrbakir, Turkey
· Jan, Identity, (video), Cedar Ridge gallery, Toronto
2014
· Nov, “Don’t leave me.. I am still alive”, (animation and live performance), 27Th Instant Video festival, Marseille, Fr
· June, State of origin: Reel& imagined, (video), University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
· La Femme Syrienne Est Une Révolution, (video), presented by Hala Alabdalla, Paris, Fr
· June, Home Songs, (video), Art Gallery of Mississauga (AGM), ON
· June, Syrian Wedding, (video), MS University, Faculty of Fine Arts Baroda & India International Art Fair (Delhi), India
· April, "The Last supper", (video), at The VENUE Aswak Beirut, Soldiere, Beirut, Lebanon
2013
· Nov, Counter Memories, (video & installation), Alwan gallery, NYC, USA (2 person show)
· Oct, (video), Syria Contemporary Art Fair, Beirut, Lebanon
· July, 011+91, (video), Art Gallery of Mississauga (AGM), ON
· May, Dislocations, (video), CONTACT Photo Festival, Toronto, ON
· May, Home Songs (video), the 2ed Biennale of IZMIR, Turkey
· April, I Will Talk To You Silently Today (video and installaion), CEREV Centre For Ethnographic Research and Exhibition in the Aftermath of Violence, in collaboration with Oral history Concordia University, Montreal, QC
· April, Le 7e register,(video & installation), SAVAC at M.A.I gallery, Montreal, QC
2012
· June, All our relations: When Spirits awaken/Quand vous réveillez les esprits (multimedia installation, performance), the 18th Biennale of, Sydney, Australia
2011
April,”My Little Voice Can’t Lie” (video), FOFA gallery, Montreal, QC
2010
Oct, Miramar/Rebirth, (screening), (IDFF) International Diaspora Film Festival, Toronto, ON

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