1986-present
Works in the Collection
Biography
Basil Kincaid (b. 1986, St. Louis, Missouri) is an artist who expands on traditional practices through quilting, collage, photography, installation, and performance. Exploring themes with emotional and memorial content, Kincaid’s art reflects his values of family, imagination, rest, and life experience.
Kincaid graduated from Colorado College in 2010, earning his BA in Studio Art. He has exhibited with Hauser & Wirth, Kavi Gupta, and others. In 2019, he debuted his first museum performance, The Release, at the Pulitzer Arts Foundation. Kincaid received the Regional Arts Commission Fellowship in 2020 and became a United States Artist Fellow in 2021, joining the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s collection. His quilt works have been featured in The New Bend (Hauser & Wirth) and New African Portraiture (Kunsthalle Krems). In 2023, he exhibited Dancing the Wind Walk at Frieze LA with support from the Art Production Fund.