Idris Khan (b.1978, Birmingham, lives and works in London), was born in Birmingham royal infirmary, went to school in Perry Barr, and spent a great deal of time running through Birmingham for Birchfield Harriers. He lived in Walsall, 8 miles north-west of Birmingham. He studied Photography at the University of Derby (BA) and later attended the royal College of Art in London (MA). Recent solo shows include: “Beyond the Black,” Victoria Miro, London (2014); “The Devil”s Wall”, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester (2012); “idris Khan: Photographs and Drawings”, Thomas Schulte Gallery, Berlin (2012); “Contrary Motion”, Gothenburg Konsthall, Sweden (2011). Khan was recently commissioned by Deutsche Bank to create a large-scale wall drawing for their Birmingham headquarters in Brindley Place.
Alex Gene Morrison, Andrew Gillespie, Antonio Roberts, Claire Makhlouf Carter, Clare Goodwin, David Burrows, Easton Hurd, Emma Talbot, Gavin Wade, Gene-George Earle, Graham Fagen, Idris Khan, Joanne Masding, John Walker, Karen Guthrie, Karin Kihlberg & Reuben Henry, Keith Piper, Keith Wilson, Kevin Ryan, Kim L Pace, Leah Carless, Lucy Orta, Mahtab Hussain, Meghan Albright, Mohammed Ali, Monica Ross, Nicholas Bullen, Nigel Prince, Richard Hughes, Roger Hiorns, Ruth Claxton, Sofia Hulten, Su Richardson, Tom Gidley, William Gear
“Birmingham Show”
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