Sutapa Biswas

Selected Artworks, Public Commissions, Archival Exhibition Materials & Publications

Artworks & Archive

Selected works, public commissions, archival exhibition materials and publications presented chronologically, drawing together painting, film, installation, drawing and time-based practice.

1983–1985
Artwork
Housewives with Steak-knives

Housewives with Steak-knives

1983–1985 · Painting

1983–1985
Artwork
Kali

Kali

1983–1985 · Film & Video

1984
Artwork
Glass Ceiling

Glass Ceiling

1984 · Performance

1985–1986
Artwork
As I stood, listened and watched, my feelings were, this woman is not for burning…

As I stood, listened and watched, my feelings were, this woman is not for burning…

1985–1986 · Painting

1985
Artwork
The Only Good Indian....

The Only Good Indian....

1985 · Mixed Media

1985–1986
Archival Exhibition Materials
The Thin Black Line

The Thin Black Line

1985–1986 · Group exhibition · Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)

1985
Publication
The Thin Black Line: An Exhibition Selected by Lubaina Himid, ICA: 1985

The Thin Black Line: An Exhibition Selected by Lubaina Himid, ICA: 1985

1985 · Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), London, UK

1986–1987
Artwork
Pied Piper of Hamlyn - Put your money where your mouth is...

Pied Piper of Hamlyn - Put your money where your mouth is...

1986–1987 · Mixed Media

1986
Archival Exhibition Materials
Correspondence about exhibition 'The Elbow Room', London

Correspondence about exhibition 'The Elbow Room', London

1986 · Group exhibition · The Elbow Room, Vine Yard

1986
Archival Exhibition Materials
Sutapa Biswas: Artist in Residence, Stoke-on-Trent

Sutapa Biswas: Artist in Residence, Stoke-on-Trent

1986 · Solo exhibition · Stoke-on-Trent City Museum and Art Gallery

1986
Archival Exhibition Materials
Co-curated by Sutapa Biswas, Testimony: Three Black Women Photographers - Brenda Agard, Ingrid Pollard and Maud Sulter

Co-curated by Sutapa Biswas, Testimony: Three Black Women Photographers - Brenda Agard, Ingrid Pollard and Maud Sulter

1986 · Group exhibition · The Pavilion, Hyde Park

1986
Publication
Yasmin Kureishi Interview with Sutapa Biswas, Spare Rib

Yasmin Kureishi Interview with Sutapa Biswas, Spare Rib

1986 · SPARE RIB, Issue 173, December 1986

1986
Publication
Artrage: Inter-Cultural Arts Magazine

Artrage: Inter-Cultural Arts Magazine

1986 · Minority Arts Advisory Service (MAAS), Winter Issue No. 11, 1985-1986. ISSN: 0264 5777

1987–1992
Artwork
Synapse I (a series of 4 photographs)

Synapse I (a series of 4 photographs)

1987–1992 · Photography

1987–1992
Artwork
Synapse II

Synapse II

1987–1992 · Photography

1987–1992
Artwork
Synapse III

Synapse III

1987–1992 · Photography

1987–1992
Artwork
Synapse IV

Synapse IV

1987–1992 · Photography

1987–1992
Artwork
Frieze

Frieze

1987–1992 · Installation

1987
Archival Exhibition Materials
State of the Art: Ideas and Images in the 1980s

State of the Art: Ideas and Images in the 1980s

1987 · Group exhibition

1987
Archival Exhibition Materials
State of the Art

State of the Art

1987 · Group exhibition

1987
Publication
Visibly Female: Feminism and Art Today. An Anthology

Visibly Female: Feminism and Art Today. An Anthology

1987 · Published by Camden Press Ltd. ISBN: 0 948491 31 0

1987
Publication
The State of the Art: Ideas and Images in the 1980’s

The State of the Art: Ideas and Images in the 1980’s

1987 · A Channel 4 Book and Production

1987
Publication
Ten. 8

Ten. 8

1987 · Ten.8 Quarterly Photographic Magazine, No. 22, 1986. ISSN: 0142 9663

1988–1990
Artwork
Sacred Space (a series of 10 photographs)

Sacred Space (a series of 10 photographs)

1988–1990 · Photography

1988–1990
Artwork
Sacred Space (I, II, III)

Sacred Space (I, II, III)

1988–1990 · Painting

1988–1989
Archival Exhibition Materials
Along the Lines of Resistance

Along the Lines of Resistance

1988–1989 · Group exhibition · Cooper Gallery

1989
Artwork
Infestations of the Aorta - Shrine to a Distant Relative

Infestations of the Aorta - Shrine to a Distant Relative

1989 · Installation

1989–1990
Artwork
'To Touch Stone'

'To Touch Stone'

1989–1990 · Drawing

1989
Publication
Intimate Distance

Intimate Distance

1989 · The Photographers' Gallery, London. ISBN: 0 907879 24 1

1989
Publication
Images of Women

Images of Women

1989 · Published by Leeds City Art Galleries

1991
Archival Exhibition Materials
Memory and Desire: The Voices of Eleven Women of Culture

Memory and Desire: The Voices of Eleven Women of Culture

1991 · Group exhibition · Vancouver Art Gallery

1992–1993
Artwork
To Kill Two Birds with One Stone

To Kill Two Birds with One Stone

1992–1993 · Performance

1992
Publication
Sutapa Biswas | Synapse

Sutapa Biswas | Synapse

1992 · Published by Leeds City Art Galleries and The Photographers' Gallery, London. ISBN: 0 901981 52 4 and 0 907879 36 5

1993
Publication
Third Text 22: Remembrance of Things Past and Present

Third Text 22: Remembrance of Things Past and Present

1993 · Third Text published by Kala Press. ISSN: 0952 8822

1995–1996
Artwork
Untitled (Woman in blue weeping)

Untitled (Woman in blue weeping)

1995–1996 · Film & Video

1995
Publication
New Feminist Art Criticism: Critical Strategies

New Feminist Art Criticism: Critical Strategies

1995 · Manchester University Press, Manchester and New York. ISBN: 07190 4257 7 hardback; ISBN: 07190 4258 5 paperback

1996
Archival Exhibition Materials
The Visible and the Invisible: Re-presenting the Body in Contemporary Art and Society

The Visible and the Invisible: Re-presenting the Body in Contemporary Art and Society

1996 · Group exhibition · Site-specific exhibition hosted across numerous sites in the London Euston and Kings Cross, London areas. A collaborative exhibition project between the Institute of International Visual Arts (inIVA) with independent curators Zoe Shearman and Tom Trevor.

1997
Artwork
Untitled (Trials and Tribulations of Mickey Baker)

Untitled (Trials and Tribulations of Mickey Baker)

1997 · Film & Video

1999
Publication
The Unmapped Body: 3 Black British Artists. Sutapa Biswas, Sonia Boyce, Keith Piper

The Unmapped Body: 3 Black British Artists. Sutapa Biswas, Sonia Boyce, Keith Piper

1999 · Yale University Art Gallery

1999
Publication
With Other Eyes: Looking at Race and Gender in Visual Culture

With Other Eyes: Looking at Race and Gender in Visual Culture

1999 · University of Minnesota Press. ISBN: 0 8166 3222 7 (hardcover); ISBN: 08166 3223 5 (pbk.)

2000–2003
Artwork
Under My Table

Under My Table

2000–2003 · Film & Video

2000–2021
Artwork
Time flies

Time flies

2000–2021 · Installation

2000
Archival Exhibition Materials
Private Thoughts Public Moments

Private Thoughts Public Moments

2000 · Group exhibition · Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada

2004
Artwork
'Birdsong'

'Birdsong'

2004 · Film & Video

2004
Artwork
Magnesium Bird

Magnesium Bird

2004 · Film & Video

2004
Artwork
Bird

Bird

2004 · Painting

2004
Archival Exhibition Materials
Sutapa Biswas: Birdsong

Sutapa Biswas: Birdsong

2004 · Solo exhibition · Angel Row Gallery

2004
Publication
Sutapa Biswas

Sutapa Biswas

2004 · Published in the United Kingdom by Institute of International Visual Arts (inIVA) in collaboration with the Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, Reed College, Portland, Oregon, USAReed College, USA. ISBN: 1 899846 39 5

2004
Publication
Changing States: Contemporary Art and Ideas in an Era of Globalisation

Changing States: Contemporary Art and Ideas in an Era of Globalisation

2004 · Institute of International Visual Arts (inIVA). ISBN: 1 899846 40 9

2006
Artwork
Magnesium Dreams

Magnesium Dreams

2006 · Performance

2006
Artwork
What is said

What is said

2006 · Painting

2006
Artwork
'Remembrance of Things Past'

'Remembrance of Things Past'

2006 · Film & Video

2006
Publication
Melbourne International Arts Festival: Visual Arts Program

Melbourne International Arts Festival: Visual Arts Program

2006 · Melbourne Festival Australia, 2006 www.melbournefestival.com.au

2007
Artwork
Magnesium Bird Painting

Magnesium Bird Painting

2007 · Painting

2007
Publication
arte&ensaios a/e Special Issue Transnational Correspondence

arte&ensaios a/e Special Issue Transnational Correspondence

2007 · Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Apoio: TrAIN, University of the Arts London and Centre for Brazilian Studies, University of Oxford, CNpq, CAPES. ISSN: 1516-1692

2009
Artwork
Time flies (bronze stamps - in German & English)

Time flies (bronze stamps - in German & English)

2009 · Mixed Media

2011
Publication
Thin Black Line(s)

Thin Black Line(s)

2011 · A Making Histories Visible Project, University of Central Lancashire. ISBN: 978 0 9571579 0 3

2015–2021
Artwork
Light Rain

Light Rain

2015–2021 · Film & Video

2015–2021
Artwork
Mate ne

Mate ne

2015–2021 · Film & Video

2015–2021
Artwork
Stitch by stitch

Stitch by stitch

2015–2021 · Fabric & Sculpture

2015–2021
Artwork
Silver green against dark navy

Silver green against dark navy

2015–2021 · Installation

2016
Publication
The Feminist Uncanny in Theory and Art Practice

The Feminist Uncanny in Theory and Art Practice

2016 · Bloomsbury Academic. An imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. London, Oxford, New York, New Delhi, Sydney. ISBN: HB: 978 1 4725 1139 3

2018
Artwork
Storm

Storm

2018 · Painting

2018
Publication
The Art of Feminism: Images that Shaped the Fight for Equality

The Art of Feminism: Images that Shaped the Fight for Equality

2018 · TATE Publishing. ISBN: 978 1 84976 649 4

2020
Publication
Tantra: Enlightenment to Revolution

Tantra: Enlightenment to Revolution

2020 · Thames & Hudson / The British Museum. ISBN: 978 0 500 48062 5

2021
Artwork
Lumen: abyss

Lumen: abyss

2021 · Photography

2021
Artwork
Lumen: apples and pomegranates

Lumen: apples and pomegranates

2021 · Photography

2021
Artwork
Lumen

Lumen

2021 · Film & Video

2021
Artwork
Lumen: Blue Sari. After Vermeer

Lumen: Blue Sari. After Vermeer

2021 · Photography

2021
Artwork
Lumen: The ghosts she summons

Lumen: The ghosts she summons

2021 · Photography

2021
Publication
Lumen: Sutapa Biswas

Lumen: Sutapa Biswas

2021 · Published by Ridinghouse, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art and Kettle's Yard, University of Cambridge. ISBN: 978 1 909932 64 7

2022
Artwork
Black-capped Mocking Thrush

Black-capped Mocking Thrush

2022 · Painting

2022–2026
Artwork
[Details forthcoming soon.]

[Details forthcoming soon.]

2022–2026 · Film & Video

2022
Publication
Art History: British Art and the Global.

Art History: British Art and the Global.

2022 · Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Oxford, UK, and Boston, USA. ISSN: 0141-6790. ISBN: 1467-8365

2023
Artwork
Time Flies 02.08.2023

Time Flies 02.08.2023

2023 · Painting

2023
Publication
Women in Revolt! Art and Activism in the UK 1970-1990

Women in Revolt! Art and Activism in the UK 1970-1990

2023 · Tate Enterprises Ltd 2023. ISBN: 978 1 84976 862 7

2023
Publication
Art Monsters: Unruly Bodies in Feminist Art

Art Monsters: Unruly Bodies in Feminist Art

2023 · Chatto & Windus

2023
Publication
Medium & Memory - An exhibition curated by Griselda Pollock and accompanying book

Medium & Memory - An exhibition curated by Griselda Pollock and accompanying book

2023 · HackelBury. ISBN: 9 780957 026360

2024
Artwork
Orange Bird (from the on-going Time Flies series)

Orange Bird (from the on-going Time Flies series)

2024 · Painting

2024
Artwork
Iridescent Crow

Iridescent Crow

2024 · Painting

2024
Publication
A Companion to Contemporary Art in a Global Framework

A Companion to Contemporary Art in a Global Framework

2024 · Wiley Blackwell. ISBN: 978 1 119 84178 4

2024
Publication
Shining Lights: Black Women Photographers in 1980s-90s Britain

Shining Lights: Black Women Photographers in 1980s-90s Britain

2024 · First edition published by MACK and Autograph, London. ISBN: 978 1 913620 75 2

2024
Publication
ECO SPHERES

ECO SPHERES

2024 · Joburg Contemporary Art Foundation

2024
Publication
ECO SPHERES

ECO SPHERES

2024 · Joburg Contemporary Art Foundation (JCAF)

2024
Publication
The 80s: Photographing Britain

The 80s: Photographing Britain

2024 · Tate

2025
Artwork
Blue bird with orange bill

Blue bird with orange bill

2025 · Painting

2025
Publication
Connecting Thin Black Lines 1985 - 2025

Connecting Thin Black Lines 1985 - 2025

2025 · Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), London with the generous support of Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Edition of 500 copies

2025
Publication
A Brief History of British South Asian Art

A Brief History of British South Asian Art

2025 · Tate Enterprises Ltd. ISBN: 978 1 84976 879 5

2026
Publication
YBA & Beyond: British Art in the 90s from the Tate Collection

YBA & Beyond: British Art in the 90s from the Tate Collection

2026 · Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.