Rehana Zaman
Staff details
Rehana Zaman works predominantly with moving image to speak to notions of kinship and sociality, seeking out possibilities of intimacy and transgression, within hostile contexts. Conversation and cooperative methods sit at the heart of her practice.
Academic qualifications
- MFA Fine Art, Goldsmiths 2011
- BA Fine Art, Goldsmiths 2004
Publications and research outputs
Artist's Book
Zaman, Rehana; Le Melle, Taylor and Powell, Rowan. 2019. Tongues.
Film/Video
Zaman, Rehana. 2021. Alternative Economies.
Zaman, Rehana. 2019. Your Ecstatic Self.
Zaman, Rehana. 2018. How Does an Invisible Boy Disappear?.
Zaman, Rehana. 2017. Tell me the story Of all these things.
Zaman, Rehana. 2016. Sharla Shabana Sojourner Selena.
Zaman, Rehana. 2014. Some Women Other Women and all the Bittermen.
Zaman, Rehana. 2013. I,I,I,I and I.
Show/Exhibition
Zaman, Rehana. 2021. Donut/Phalanx. In: "ICA Miami Digital Commissions 2020–21: …what endures…", Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, United States, 30 November 2021 - 27 March 2022.
Zaman, Rehana. 2021. Sala-jardín-bar: The Things We Make. In: "The Things We Make", Lodos Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico, 21 August – 18 September 2021.
Zaman, Rehana. 2021. Jupiter in Aries, Moon in Virgo, Trinity Square Video & Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival (Apr – July 2021). In: "Jupiter in Aries, Moon in Virgo", Trinity Square Video, Canada, 3 April - 17 July 2021.
Zaman, Rehana. 2021. Artists Film International: Rehana Zaman: Sharla, Shabana, Sojourner, Selena. In: "Artists Film International: Rehana Zaman, Sharla, Shabana, Sojourner, Selena", Whitechapel Gallery, London, United Kingdom, 2 February 2021 - 30 January 2022.
Zaman, Rehana. 2021. British Art Show 9. In: "British Art Show 9", Hayward Gallery Touring, United Kingdom, 10 July 2021 - 23 December 2022.
Zaman, Rehana. 2020. Songs From a Forgotten Past. In: "Songs From a Forgotten Past", Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, Brazil, 21 January 2020 - 30 May 2021.
Zaman, Rehana. 2019. Your Ecstatic Self. In: "Second Sight: New Commissions", BFI Southbank, United Kingdom, 5 December 2019.
Zaman, Rehana. 2019. Radical Intimacies. In: "Radical Intimacies", Outburst Queer Arts Festival and Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast, United Kingdom, 7 November 2019 - 25 June 2021.
Zaman, Rehana. 2019. The Jarman Award 2019 tour. In: "12th Film London Jarman Award", Whitechapel Gallery, London, United Kingdom, 26 September 2019 - 8 December 2019.
Zaman, Rehana. 2019. Get Up, Stand Up Now - This is England Film Series presents Sharla Shabana Sojourner Selena. In: "Get Up, Stand Up Now - This is England Film Series", London, United Kingdom, 12 June - 8 August 2019.
Zaman, Rehana. 2019. They Failed to Remember Us: Expanding Intersectional Feminisms. In: "IDEA 010: They Failed to Remember Us: Expanding Intersectional Feminisms", Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, United States, 30 March 2019.
Zaman, Rehana and Liverpool Black Women Filmmakers. 2019. How Does an Invisible Boy Disappear?. In: "Lateral Recovery Position", Bétonsalon, Paris, France, 30 January - 30 April 2019.
Zaman, Rehana. 2019. The Range. In: "The Range, A group exhibition curated by Rehana Zaman", Eastside Projects, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 26 January - 27th April 2019.
Zaman, Rehana. 2018. How Does an Invisible Boy Disappear?. In: "Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival 2018", Berwick-upon-Tweed, United Kingdom, 20 - 23 September 2018.
Zaman, Rehana. 2018. Tell me the story Of all these things. In: "Tell me the story Of all these things on Mubi", Online, Canada.
Zaman, Rehana. 2018. Speaking Nearby at CCA Glasgow. In: "Speaking Nearby at the CCA Glasgow", Glasgow, United Kingdom, 10th February - 25th March 2018.
Zaman, Rehana. 2018. How Does an Invisible Boy Disappear. In: "How Does an Invisible Boy Disappear Liverpool Biennial 2018", Liverpool, United Kingdom, 14 July - 28 October 2018.
Zaman, Rehana. 2018. How Does an Invisible Boy Disappear Kochi Muziris Biennale 2018. In: "How Does an Invisible Boy Disappear Kochi Muziris Biennale 2018", Kochi, India.
Zaman, Rehana. 2017. Solo Exhibition Material Art Fair, Mexico City. In: "Solo Exhibition Rehana Zaman at Material Art Fair 2017", Mexico City, Mexico, February 2017.
Zaman, Rehana. 2016. Solo Exhibition, Tell me the story Of all these things, Tenderpixel, 2016 - 2017. In: "Solo Exhibition, Tell me the story Of all these Things, Tenderpixel, 2016", London, United Kingdom, 30 November 2016 - 28th January 2017.
Further profile content
Professional projects
Rehana has exhibited widely in the UK and Internationally. Recent presentations include Serpentine Projects (forthcoming), BEK (Bergen), British Art Show 9 (Touring), ICA Miami, Trinity Square Video, Toronto, Borås International Sculpture Biennial (Sweden), Artist Film International Whitechapel, London and touring worldwide. In 2019 she co-edited Tongues with Taylor Le Melle, published by PSS and was shortlisted for the Film London Jarman Award. She is a contributing member of not/nowhere artist workers cooperative and her films are distributed by LUX.
