Huma Bhabha Bronze, 2013 Patina: Liver of sulfur, ferric and bismuth nitrate, chrome orange
About the Artist
Huma Bhabha Sculptor (b.1962)
"I like texture, I work with my hands and I like to feel it."
Huma Bhabha is a Pakistani-American sculptor based in Poughkeepsie, New York. Bhabha graduated with an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1985. She received the Emerging Artist Award from the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum (2008) and a Berlin Prize Fellowship at the American Academy in Berlin (2013).
Bhabha's work has been exhibited widely in the United States and abroad, including the National Gallery of London; MoMA PS 1 New York; the Royal Academy of Arts, London; the Museum of Modern Art; the Whitney Museum of American Art; the Aspen Art Museum; and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Known for her figurative forms that speak to ancient and futuristic themes, Bhabha often uses found materials in her sculptures, including Styrofoam, cork, rubber, paper, wire, and clay.