Basil Kincaid
b. 1986, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Lives and works in St. Louis and Greater Accra, Ghana
Education
2010 BA Studio Art, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
Solo Exhibitions
2025 Spirit in the Gift, Rubell Museum, Washington, D.C.
Positive Obsession: Drawings by Basil Kincaid, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS
Inward Cartography: Self of Selves, Library Street Collective, Detroit, MI
Sacred Acts of Nothingness, Mindy Solomon, Miami, FL
2023 Spirit in the Gift, Rubell Museum, Miami, FL
2022 River, Frog, and Crescent Moon, Venus over Manhattan, New York, NY
All in One Feeling, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL
2021 The Rolling Fields To My House, Galleria Poggiali, Milan, Italy
A Restful Place, Leyendecker Gallery, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
2019 Get It How You Live, Carl Kostyál, London, UK
Shaman's Death, Part 2 Gallery, Oakland, CA
2018 Gates, University of Missouri, St. Louis, MO
Interstices, Missouri Valley College, Marshal, MO
2017 Portraits, Projects + Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2016 Reclamation 2: Ghana: A Call Home, The Luminary, St. Louis, MO
Inward Quest, Hoffman LaChance Contemporary, St. Louis, MO
Group Exhibitions
2025 Warp and Weft curated by Allison Glenn, Library Street Collective, Detroit, MI
Biennial 33, South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN
The Cloak of Dreams curated by Carl Kostyál, SWCAC, Shenzhen, China
When the Mountains Dance with the Ocean, Bode Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2024 Great Rivers Biennial, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
Unblocked: Improvisation and Identity in Contemporary Quilts curated by Mary Birmingham and Jennifer Wroblewski, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ
2023 The Beauty of Diversity, The Albertina, Vienna, Austria
The Threads We Follow curated by Maya Brooks, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
The New Bend curated by Legacy Russell, Hauser & Wirth, Somerset, UK
In Spiritual Light, Mindy Solomon, Miami, FL
Hand Over Hand: Textiles Today, Mindy Solomon, Miami, FL
Impulse of an Era curated by Che Morales, Albertz Benda, New York, NY
2022 This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World, Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum,
Washington, D.C.
The New Bend curated by Legacy Russell, Hauser & Wirth, Los Angeles, CA
The New Bend curated by Legacy Russell, Hauser & Wirth, New York, NY
The New African Portraiture: Shariat Collections curated by Ekow Eshun, Kunsthalle Krems, Krems, Austria
2021 Reclaiming Magic curated by Yinka Shonibare, Royal Academy, London, UK
Beyond Binaries: Basil Kincaid, Sahana Ramakrishnan and Milford Graves, Fridman Gallery, Beacon, NY
Realms of Refuge curated by Chanelle Lacy, Kavi Gupta, Chicago, IL
Alternating Currents curated by Niama Sandy, Fridman Gallery, New York, NY
NOIR, Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL
Sites of Memory, curated by Essence Harden, Los Angeles, CA
2020 PARALLELS AND PERIPHERIES curated by Larry Ossei Mensah, Anna Marra, Rome, Italy
Ambra Nera, Breeder Gallery, Athens, Greece
2019 America Weaves, Coral Gables Museum, Coral Gables, FL
Embodied, Fjord Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Spring Selections, Jenkins Johnson, San Francisco, CA
Stockholm Sessions, Carl Kostyál, Malmo, Sweden
Malmo Sessions, Carl Kostyál, Malmo, Sweden2018 2017 2015 In The Fold, RULE, Denver, CO
I Am My Story, Mindy Solomon, Miami, FL
American African American curated by Arnold Lehman, Philips, New York, NY
Tapestry Art, Bluerider, Taipei, Taiwan
2018 Interwoven, Kravets Wehby, New York, NY
On the Road curated by Larry Ossei Mensah, Jenkins Johnson, New York, NY
Parallel Lives, Kavi Gupta, Chicago, IL
Nomadic Murals: Contemporary Tapestries & Carpets, Boca Raton Museum, Boca Raton, FL
Refraction: New Photography of the African Diaspora, Steven Kasher, New York, NY
Too Black for America, Too American For Africa, Magnify, St. Louis, MO
2017 Mutinerie 3D, Le Mat, Montpellier, France
Taking It To The Streets, Kranzberg Arts Center, St. Louis, MO
Invitational Exhibition, McNamee Gallery, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO
Taking It To The Streets, UMSL University, 210 Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2015 Blackout Festival, Grammy Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Voyage of [Re]Discovery, Nubuke Foundation, Accra, Ghana
RESPOND, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY
Performance + Installation
2023 Art in Focus, Art Production Fund, Rockefeller Center, New York, NY
Dancing the Wind Walk, Art Production Fund, Los Angeles, CA
2019 The Release, Pulitzer Arts Foundation, Performance, St. Louis, MO
2017 The Summoning, Pulitzer Arts Foundation, Performance, St. Louis, MO
Residencies & Awards
2023 Great Rivers Biennial Winner, St. Louis, MO
2021 United States Artists Fellowship Recipient, USA
2020 Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis Recipient, St. Louis, MO
2019 Carl Kostyál Draw Jam, Puglia, Italy
2017 The Fountainhead Residency, Artist in Residence, Miami, FL
2016 Arts Connect International, Artist Consultant, Boston, MA
2015 Harvard University, Art for Cultural Inclusion Symposium, Boston, MA
2014 Arts Connect International, Artist-In-Residence, Reclamation, Ghana
2007 Anderson Ranch Arts Center Scholarship, Aspen, CO
Talks & Workshops
2025 Artists’ Conversation: Quilts as Legacy and Living Practice, moderated by Key Jo Lee,
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA
In Conversation: Basil Kincaid and Katie Pfohl, Library Street Collective, Detroit, MI
2024 Artist Talk: Basil Kincaid and Bisa Butler, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
Spiritual Technology: The Work of Basil Kincaid, virtually moderated by Dr. Sharbreon Plummer, International Quilt Museum
2023 Textile Talks: A Conversation with Basil Kincaid, virtually moderated by Roderick Kiracofe, International Quilt
Museum
2020 Kitchen Table Art School, Art Noir, moderated by curator Larry Ossei-Mensah
Life During Wartime, virtually moderated by Christian Viveros-Fauné, University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum
ADAMA Arts Salon, African Diasporic Art Museum, Atlanta, GA
2019 Stitch and Gather Sewing Workshop, Pulitzer Arts Foundation, St. Louis, MO
2018 Missouri Valley College Artist Talk, Marshall, MO
UMSL Artist Talk, St. Louis, MO
2017 Print by Print Group, Fiber Talks Panelist & Workshop Facilitator, New York, NY
Hip-Hop & Fashion: From the Streets to the Runway, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
Artist Talk and Senior Critique Series, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
Displacement & Migration, St. Louis Artists’ Guild, Juror, St. Louis, MO
2016 Re-Imagining Inclusion Conference, Babson College, Speaker, Wellesley, MA
2013 BlankSpace, Planned, Funded and Implemented “Cherokee Street Reach,” Free Youth Art Camp, St. Louis, MO
Select Press
2025 “Basil Kincaid Examines Identity With ‘Inward Cartography: Self of Selves’ Exhibition,” written by Okla Jones,
ESSENCE
2024 “Meet the artist creating large-scale quilts celebrating Black heritage,” interview with TODAY
“The 2024 Great River Biennial artists are ready for the spotlight,” written by Ashlynn Perez, St. Louis Magazine
2023 “Meet Basil Kincaid, the Artist-Quilter Making a Splash in Miami Beach,” written by Annie Armstrong, Artnet News
“The Artsy Vanguard 2023–2024: Basil Kincaid,” written by Jacqui Germain, Artsy
“See Inside Basil Kincaid’s St. Louis and Accra Studios, Where the Artist Constructs Intricate Textile Works From Upcycled Fabrics,” written by Sarah Cascone, Artnet News
“Artist installs quilt-covered airplane at Frieze Los Angeles’ Santa Monica airport venue,” The Art Newspaper
“Twelve must-see exhibitions in South Florida during Miami Art Week,” The Art Newspaper
“Dawn Williams Boyd & Basil Kincaid | There's Gratitude, There's Attitude, and Their Quilting Shall Rescue Thee” FLAUNT
2022 “Made in his Accra Studio, Basil Kincaid’s Quilts Tie Together Histories of Black Quilters, Including His Own Family,”
CULTURED
2021 “The T List: Five Things We Recommend This Week,” The New York Times
Collections
Albertina, Vienna, Austria
Espacio Tacuarí (Juan Vergez & Patricia Pearson), Buenos Aires, Argentina
Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL
International Quilt Museum, Lincoln, NE
JP Morgan Art Collection, International
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
Rubell Collection, Miami, FL
The Bunker Artspace (Beth Rudin DeWoody), West Palm Beach, FL