ABOUT – SarahKKhan

Sarah K. Khan, multimedia maker/scholar, writes and makes art—paper, books, prints, photography, porcelain and films — about food, culture, women and migrants. Her work is informed from fieldwork and research globally. She has lived with Bedouins in Palestine and documented the plight of Indian women farmers. She traverses the world of Queens NY, and films women cooks and farmers about their food and ways in Fez, Morocco. Her most recent bodies of works—prints, animation and porcelain—inspired by a 16^th Century Central Indian Cookbook/Book of Life, are a result of a Kohler Arts/Industry Residency in the Fall 2022. She has studied Middle Eastern history (BA), public health and nutrition (MPH, MS) and traditional ecological knowledge systems/plant sciences in South Asia and China (PhD). A two-time Fulbright scholar, Khan has earned multiple art residencies, grants and fellowships. Details about her solo, group exhibitions, and film screenings are available on her website. Her more recent works have appeared in Women and Migration(s), Reponses in Art History I, Women and Migration(s) II, the Museum of the Moving Image (films), Madison Children’s Museum (photography, paper), The Kimmel Gallery at NYU (photography), Queens Museum (photography and film), Asian Arts Initiative (films), Asian American Writers Workshop Open City (writing, films). Her work has exhibited nationally and globally and exists in permanent and private collections. @sarahkkhan (X & Instagram)