Biography
b. 1984 Detroit, MI
lives and works in Detroit and the Bronx, New York
Education
2014
MFA, Rhode Island School of Design
2007
BFA, Michigan State University
2007
Michigan State University Study Abroad, “Music Art & Language”, Bregenz, Austria
Solo Exhibitions
2019
Portals, Klaus von Nichtssagend, New York
2017
Jhankaar, Klaus von Nichtssagend, New York
The Armory Show FOCUS Section, curated by Jarrett Gregory, Harmony Murphy Gallery, New York
2007
A Colony of Oscillating Alliances, Gallery 114, Michigan State University
Group Exhibitions
2021
Stretched, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA
2020
Halal Metropolis, curated by Sally Howell, Osman Kahn, and Razi Jafri, Stamelos Gallery Center in Dearborn, MI
2019
Parallels and Peripheries: Migration and Mobility, curated by Larry Ossei-Mensah, VisArts, Rockville, MD
Halal Metropolis, curated by Sally Howell, Osman Kahn, and Razi Jafri, Indus Detroit, Detroit, MI,
traveled to Stamelos Gallery Center, Univeristy of Michigan, Dearborn, January 17-April 3,
2020
Hedonist Buddhist, Washington Project for the Arts, Washington D.C.
2018
What We Loved Was Not Enough, Super Dutchess, New York
Myth, Memory, and Migration: Stories from the Asian Diaspora, curated by Tiffany Jaeyeon Shin, NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
2017
Cutting Room Floor, Karst and Gorse, Wappingers Falls, NY
(O), The Stranger, curated by Loney Abrams, Hotel Art Pavilion, Brooklyn, NY
In Search of Miss Ruthless, Para Site, Hong Kong, CN
Open Shelf Library: The Stacks, Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Denver, CO
Whitney Houston Biennial, curated by C Finley, Greatest Love of All, New York, NY
Cutting Room Floor, Karst and Gorse, Hudson, NY
Through Thick and Thin: Image Painting Today, Erin Cluley Gallery, Dallas, TX
Nasty Women Exhibition, The Knockdown Center, Queens, NY
2016
Signaling to the Cipher Towards a Segway, Curated by Jesse David Penridge, Field Projects, Online Exhibition, New York
80 x 80, Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
Flat Foldability, Harmony Murphy Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Typecast, curated by Jarvis DuBois, Hillyer Art Space, Washington, DC
2015
Language vs. Language, Sol Koffler Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2014
Storage and Transport, Hawkeye Crates, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Carl Johns
The Last Brucennial, Vito Schnabel & the Bruce High Quality Foundation, New York
2013
At Your Leisure, 111 Front Street Gallery 200, Brooklyn, NY
Ten-X, Community College of Rhode Island, Warwick, RI
2012
Too Big to Fail, Sol Koffler Graduate Student Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2011
Cluster Bomb, The Bowery Poetry Club-Elizabeth Murray Art Wall, New York, NY
2010
In Spite of the Evidence, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI
2009
Enak Enak, Bauchhund Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Bring Down pt.1, Ludwig-Lowe Hofe. Berlin, Germany
Bring Down pt.2, Altelierhof Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
2007
3rd Annual Self-Portrait Exhibition, Juror: Matthew Ivan Cherry, Zhou B. Art Center, Chicago, IL
Online Self-Portrait Exhibition, Zhou B. Art Center, Chicago, IL
Bibliography
2019
Stevenson Jonathan, “Amna Asghar: Plumbing Orientalism”, Two Coats of Paint, October 8, 2019
Watlington, Emily, “Amna Asghar on Reclaiming Orientalist Imagery”, Art in America, September 20, 2019
2017
AQNB, “The fickle ruptures between familiarity + alienation in Amna Asghar + Alex Ito’s (O)”, The Stranger at New York’s Hotel Art Pavilion, September 6th, 2017
Tarar, Suljuk Mustansar, “At the Armory Art Show”, The Friday Times, June 16th 2017
Brewer, Jenny, “What if Warhol was Pakistani?: artist Amna Asghar explores her Muslim American identity”, It’s Nice That, March 8th 2017
Blake, Rebecca, “International Woman’s Day Yields Treasure Troves of Work by Women”, Graphic Artists Guild, March 13 2017
Editors, “Five Trends We Spotted at New York’s Armory Show”, AnOtherMag.com, March 7 2017
Abrams, Loney, “9 Armory Artworks that Actually Mean Something”, Artspace, March 3 2017
Artsy Editorial, “20 Artists to Watch at The Armory Show”, March 1 2017
Lannin, Kelsey, “9 Eye-Grabbing Works from UNTITLED, San Francisco”, The Creators Project, Jan 27 2017
2016
Do Your Own Dishes, quarterly zine, October 2016
Destroyer, No Pop Gallery, New Haven, CT, Summer 2016
Winston, Tyrell, Amna Asghar Studio Visit, MTV RE:DEFINE, March 2016
GRANTS, AWARDS, RESIDENCIES
2013 Rhode Island School of Design Fellowship & Honors
2012 Rhode Island School of Design Fellowship & Honors
2010 Artist in Residence, Contemporary Artists Center-Woodside, Troy, NY
2009 Artist in Residence, Ox-Bow, Fall Residency, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Saugatuck, MI
2009 Artist in Residence, Culturia, Berlin, Germany
2008 Jens Plumb Award, Michigan State University
2007 Printmaking Recognition Award, Michigan State University