Kubra KHADEMI, Afghanistan/France

Born in 1989, lives and works in Paris.

Kubra Khademi is an Afghan multidisciplinary artist and a feminist based in Paris. Through her practice, Kubra explores her life as a refugee and a woman. She studied fine arts at Kabul University, before attending Beaconhouse National University in Lahore, Pakistan by UMISAA. In Lahore she began to create public performances, a practice she continued upon her return to Kabul, where her work actively responded to a male dominated society by extreme patriarchal politics. After performing her piece known as Armor in 2015, Khademi was forced to flee her home country. She currently lives and works in Paris, France and

exhibiting her works worldwide. In 2016 Kubra was given the title of Knight of Art and Literature (Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et Lettres) by the Ministry of French Culture. After a six months artist-residency in New York, she is invited to realize the poster of Festival d’Avignon 76th edition.

Kubra Khademi is represented by Galerie Eric Mouchet in Paris.

Kubra Khademi. The Moist Realities  Lahore, Pakistan. 2013.