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painting on myself and friends
costumes made of bedsheets and long johns
masks made out of paper

I painted on myself with acrylic paint in an attempt to integrate within a 'nest' of paintings and drawings on bedsheets. Zehra Khan = weirdo art. #zehrakhan #contemporaryart #paperinstallation #paperworld #mixedmediainstallation #paintingonpeople #bodypa
Indoor Light Making
live performance on Zoom
4 min
February 24, 2021
In this short film, Zehra Khan lays down by the shoreline of a rocky beach. She #zehrakhan #paintingonmyself #becomingrocks #contemporaryart #paintingonpeople #bodypainting #paintingonself
Becoming Rock
film
1 min
2018
Tethered
Tethered
1 min 31 sec
2018
#zehrakhan #contemporaryart #paperinstallation #paperworld #mixedmediainstallation #paintingonpeople #bodypainting
Sleeping in Flowers
film
50 sec
2018
Phonebooth, camera: Bailey Bob Bailey, Provincetown, MA 2014
Phonebooth
film
55 seconds
2014
Run and Play
Run and Play
film, Zehra Khan and Tim Winn
2 min 30 sec
2011
#zehrakhan #contemporaryart #mixedmediainstallation #paintingonpeople #bodypainting #ivyguild #zehrakhanart #vermontspring #collaborativeart http://www.ivyguildart.com
Lapin Laundrette aka Bunny Laundry Day
film, Zehra Khan and Ivy Guild
3 min 8 sec
2018
#zehrakhan #contemporaryart #paintingonpeople #bodypainting #paintingonmyself
I Let The Fur Grow Out
acrylic paint on self
2010
Christoph's Back Upshot, ballpoint pen drawing on friend by Zehra Khan. #worddrawing #bodyart #drawing #zehrakhan #pakistaniartist #drawingonpeople #drawingonfriends #allstonart #zehrakhan #contemporaryart #paperinstallation #paperworld #mixedmediainstal
Christoph's Back Upshot
ballpoint pen ink on friend
Allston, MA
2005
Mixed-media installation and performance of a nude woman with drawn rats on her who are smoking, drinking and vomiting. Odalisque, reclining, bedroom, bed, nude, rats, belloc, photography, drawing, painting, installation, painting on people, www.zehrakhan
Rats Smoking Drinking Vomiting - Odalisque
acrylic paint on friend
Cambridge, MA
2008
Rats Vomit Down Legs, inkjet print, edition of 15, 20 x 27", 2009. Body painting in acrylic.
Rats Vomit Down Legs
acrylic on self
2009
drawing on body, acrylic on self. Drawing of a rat by Zehra Khan. #bodypainting #drawing #rat #painting #split New Mexico roadrunner. Zehra Khan is a multi-disciplinary artist who likes to make things by hand. She works in drawing, sculpture, installatio
Split
acrylic on self
Paris, France
2009
#zehrakhan #contemporaryart #paperinstallation #paperworld #mixedmediainstallation #paintingonpeople #bodypainting
With - Move - Without
acrylic on friend and self
Paris, France
2009
drawing on leg and back, Zehra Khan. #zehrakhan #contemporaryart #paperinstallation #paperworld #mixedmediainstallation #paintingonpeople #bodypaintingZehra Khan is an artist who likes to make things by hand, whether it is drawing, sculpture, or films of
Panther Beats Tiger
acrylic on friend and self
Paris, France
2009
Khan painting on a friend at a performance for 'Beastly Habits', Flatbread Affair Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 2010. #zehrakhan #contemporaryart #paperinstallation #paperworld #mixedmediainstallation #paintingonpeople #bodypainting
Painting on a friend
image from performance
2010
#zehrakhan #contemporaryart #paperinstallation #paperworld #mixedmediainstallation #paintingonpeople #bodypainting
Fat Rat Smoking Drinking Eating
filmed performance
2 min
2009
#zehrakhan #contemporaryart #paperinstallation #paperworld #mixedmediainstallation #paintingonpeople #bodypainting
Fat Rat Takes Up Jogging on a Hill
filmed performance
1 min 45 sec
2010
Mixed-media installation by Zehra Khan. #Zehra Khan #performance #costume #photograph #animal #lamb #art #stag #mask #painting #installation #rat #party #zehrakhan #contemporaryart #paperinstallation #paperworld #mixedmediainstallation #paintingonpeople #
Reject Rat
photograph from performance
2009
Mixed media installation and performance by Zehra Khan, created at an art residency at the Post-Contemporary, Troy, NY. #installation #rat #zehrakhan #cigarette #bottle, #bikini #pinup #messageinabottle #costume #mask #performance #zehrakhan #contemporar
Last Cigarette
photograph
2010
%Hairy Monsters% is a series of work where I transformed poolside ladies into hairy beasts. #performance #zehrakhan #contemporaryart #paperinstallation #paperworld #mixedmediainstallation #paintingonpeople #bodypainting #costume #photograph #beast #art Ze
Hairy Monster Fingers
photograph
2011
Installation and performance by Zehra Khan at Gallery Ehva in Provincetown. #Zehra Khan #installation #performance #costume #photograph #animal #beast #bodypainting #art #rats #mask #painting #zehrakhan #contemporaryart #paperinstallation #paperworld #mix
I Only Have Eyes For You
live performance
2010
Sweetheart of All My Dreams, 26 x 19”, 2010. Image from a mixed-media installation and performance. #zehrakhan #contemporaryart #paperinstallation #paperworld #mixedmediainstallation #paintingonpeople #bodypainting
Sweetheart of All My Dreams
film and installation, Zehra Khan and Tim Winn
4 min 13 sec
2010
#zehrakhan #contemporaryart #paperinstallation #paperworld #mixedmediainstallation #paintingonpeople #bodypainting
Johnny Flea and His Merry Maniacs Present the CIRCUS
film, Zehra Khan and Tim Winn
11 min 47 sec
2012
Johnny Flea and His Merry Maniacs Present the Circus, mixed-media installation, Zehra Khan is a multi-disciplinary artist who likes to make things by hand. She works in drawing, sculpture, installations, costumes, and performances for photography or film.
The Amazing Margarita
photograph from project, Zehra Khan and Tim Winn
2012
Johnny Flea and His Merry Maniacs Present the Circus, mixed-media installation, Installation and props: ink and acrylic on paper, cardboard and wood. Costumes: Acrylic on bedsheets, paper, and tyvek and skin, Zehra Khan & Tim Winn, 10 x 16 x 8’, Vermont S
Lulu, Lucy and Lucinda
photograph from project, Zehra Khan and Tim Winn
2012
Rabbit performers consisted of 20 artists and writers from an artist residency at the Vermont Studio Center. #tableauvivant #zehrakhan #contemporaryart #paperinstallation
Rabbit Rites of Spring
Google Maps project, Zehra Khan and Elena Kendall-Aranda
1 min film
2018
A Sunny Day for Flowers is an illustrated children’s book is about flowers and their funny and often furry friends by Zehra Khan and Tim Winn. #ASunnyDayforFlowers #ZehraKhan #SoberscovePress #Chicago #childrensbook #babybook #artbook #funkidsbook
A Sunny Day for Flowers
children's book, Zehra Khan and Tim Winn
6 x 6"
2014
#zehrakhan #contemporaryart #paperinstallation #paperworld #mixedmediainstallation #paintingonpeople #bodypainting
Stag and Lamb
film, Zehra Khan and Tim Winn
5 min 9 sec
2012
#zehrakhan #contemporaryart #paperinstallation #paperworld #mixedmediainstallation #paintingonpeople #bodypainting
Hello Stranger
film, Zehra Khan and Tim Winn
10 min 5 sec
2013
From the project The Weasel Problem, a collaboration project by Zehra Khan & Tim Winn, For You, #photograph #dune shack #Provincetown #CapeCodNationalSeashore #bed #weasel #costume #performer #longjohns #Zehra Khan #Tim Winn #costume
For You
photograph from project, Zehra Khan and Tim Winn
2011
#zehrakhan #contemporaryart #paperinstallation #paperworld #mixedmediainstallation #paintingonpeople #bodypainting
The Weasel Problem
film, Zehra Khan and Tim Winn
10 min 7 sec
2011
The Pawn Shop - Fox Proprietors, mixed media installation and performance, Zehra Khan & Tim Winn. #Zehra Khan #installation #performance #costume #photograph #animal #beast #bodypainting #art #piano #playing #rat #mask #painting #drawing #film #zehrakhan
The Pawn Shop - Fox Proprietors
installation and film, Zehra Khan and Tim Winn
2011
Palm Down - Key West Still Life, photography series by Zehra Khan during an art residency at the Studios of Key West, 2019. Key West, FL. #conchrepublic #stilllife #palmfrond #zehrakhan #contemporaryart #paperinstallation #paperworld #mixedmediainstallati
Palm
photograph
2019
Conch Bathroom - Key West Still Life, photography series by Zehra Khan during an art residency at the Studios of Key West, 2019. Key West, FL. #conchrepublic #stilllife #bathroomart #zehrakhan #contemporaryart #paperinstallation #paperworld #mixedmediains
Conch
photograph
2019
Palms Above - Key West Still Life, photography series by Zehra Khan during an art residency at the Studios of Key West, 2019. Key West, FL. #zehrakhan #contemporaryart #paperinstallation #paperworld #mixedmediainstallation #paintingonpeople #bodypainting
Night at the Beach
photograph
2019
#zehrakhan #contemporaryart #mixedmediainstallation #paintingonpeople #bodypainting #artspacesonahmoo
Finding My Shadow
live performance: acrylic paint on self and cardboard
2 min 2 sec
2021
#zehrakhan #contemporaryart #paperinstallation #paperworld #mixedmediainstallation #paintingonpeople #bodypainting
Light Pilgrim
film
1 min 19 sec
2016
Wooden cutouts of famous Provincetown artists Edwin Dickinson and Ada Hensche. #provincetown #edwinkickinson #adahensche
Party People: Edwin Dickinson and Ada Hensche
photographs mounted on wood, ink and acrylic on paper
2013
Cut-outs of Provincetown artists from the 1950s mounted on wood. Partying. Installation view at the Provincetown Arts Association and Museum, 100 Year Celebration. Photograph exhibition by Constantine Manos. #MaryHackett #FerolWarthen
Party People: Mary Hackett and Ferol Warthen
photographs mounted on wood, and acrylic and ink on paper
2013
Flock of Seagulls, Provincetown, MA. Cape Cod. Zehra Khan and Tim Winn
Flock of Seagulls
film of installation, Zehra Khan and Tim Winn
1 min
2013
Installation by Zehra Khan and Tim Winn for 10 Days That Shook the World: the Centennial Decade, a multi-media exhibition at the Herring Cove Beach Bathhouse in the Cape Cod National Seashore, Provincetown, MA. www.zehrakhan.com
Shipwrecked
photocopies and wheatpaste on paper, Zehra Khan and Tim Winn
12 x 6', double-sided
2012
Installation for 10 Days That Shook the World: the Centennial Decade, a multi-media exhibition by Zehra Khan and Tim Winn at the Herring Cove Beach Bathhouse in the Cape Cod National Seashore, Provincetown, MA. Anatomy and architecture, giraffes, movable
Anatomy and Architecture
acrylic paint on tyvek and wood, Zehra Khan and Tim Winn
14 x 5 x 1' each
2012
The Right Whale was exhibited at the Provincetown Town Hall - 10 Days of Art festival in Provincetown, MA. Sep 2013. #provincetownart #rightwhale #provincetownwhale #whaleart #whaleinstallation
The Right Whale
ink on paper, Zehra Khan and Tim Winn
18 x 60 x 3', double-sided
2013

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