Basil Kincaid
Individual Works
b. 1986 St. Louis, Missouri | Lives and works in St. Louis
Basil Kincaid is a St. Louis-based multi-disciplinary artist. His work can be seen in conceptual terms as an examination of two big ideas: reclamation and heritage. Reclamation is partly about acknowledging what has been cast off by people as part of the ordinary processes of living everyday life, and partly about discovering new value in what has out-lived its previous uses. By finding new meanings and purposes for the cast off materials of society, Kincaid engages in the creation of new forms and experiences.
In a concrete sense, Kincaid achieves this ethereal goal by amassing donated and found materials, which he then uses as mediums to be incorporated into his assemblages, collages, and quilts. The undervalued remains of history literally find new life as his sculptures, paintings, wearable artworks, quilts, and tapestries. The quest to understand his own heritage is partly what inspired Kincaid to adopt quilting as an aesthetic technique. For more than 100 years his family members have quilted, and Kincaid has even stated that his grandmother, who was an avid quilter, visits him in his dreams. He considers the quilts he makes to be a sort of metaphysical collaboration with his ancestors, which allows him to participate in a legacy that extends far backwards and infinitely forward in time.
Solo & Direct Collaborations
2017Regional Arts Commission, R3clamation: Beyond This Threshold, Installation & Performance, St. Louis MO
2016Hawn Gallery, SMU Hamon Arts Library, “Roots & Routes”, Installation & Performance, Dallas TX
Hoffman LaChance Contemporary, “Inward Quest” Installation & Performance, St. Louis MO
Cortex, Murmuration Festival, “Portal”, Installation & Performance, St. Louis MI
Nebula Coworking, “The Vessel”, Installation & Performance Art Exhibition, St. Louis MO
Moy Fincher Chipps, “Love Art”, Solo Exhibition, Los Angeles CA
The Luminary, “Reclamation 2: Ghana: A Call Home” Solo Exhibition, St. Louis MO
2015Bernstein Wealth Management, “Reclamation Ghana”, Boston MA
2014The Box Gallery, “NewCollage: Behind the Veil”, Solo Exhibition, Chicago IL
20132720 Cherokee St Gallery, “Praxis:Freedom” Solo Exhibition,-St. Louis MI
Portfolio Gallery and Education Center, “Reclamation” Art Show and Album Debut, St. Louis, MO
2012BlankSpace, “Double Consciousness”, Solo Exhibition, St. Louis, MO
Group Exhibitions
2017Krantzberg Arts Center, “Taking it To The Streets”, St. Louis MO
St. Louis University, McNamee Gallery, Invitational Exhibition, St. Louis MI
UMSL University, 210 Gallery, Taking It To The Streets, Juried Group Show, St. Louis MO
Lesley University, “Justice In Process”, Group Show & Symposium, Boston MA
BlankSpace, Clothesline “Non-Fiction”, St. Louis MI
Touhill Performing Arts Center- Spring to Dance, “Tributary”, Costume Design and Construction, St. Louis MO
2015Grammy Museum, Blackout Festival, Installation, Los Angeles CA
Boston City Hall, “Emerge”, Installation, Boston MA
Lawn On D, BEANfest, Art and Music Festival, Installation, Boston MA
Nabuke Foundation, “Voyage of [Re]Discovery”, Group Exhibition, Accra Ghana
Smack Mellon, “RESPOND”, Juried Group Show, Brooklyn NY
2014VSA Massachusetts at the Open Door Gallery, HandmadeHoliday Show , Group Show, Boston MA
District Hall, City Awake Social Impact Festival– Art Inclusion Salon, Group Show, Boson MA
20123407 California Avenue Gallery, Reclamation, St. Louis, MO