Ebecho Muslimova

Ebecho Muslimova, known for her raucous and sexually uninhibited character "Fatebe" creates paintings and works on paper that beguile the eye as much as they humor the mind. Fatebe's physical contortions and unpredictable quandaries play themselves out like performances on the canvas: each work depicts a single event that uncannily combines self-consciousness, comedy and vulnerability. Muslimova's technical prowess as a painter helps to underscore the sheer delight of Fatebe's misadventures. "As her life continues, Fatebe is faced with newly articulated objects, stretched over landscapes that are populated with new temptations and ghosts. With adoring precision, Muslimova codifies the echoes of domesticity, luxury, nature, education, psychology, fetish, and art itself—images that have the capacity to haunt her. Nothing can deter Fatebe, though. From her gleeful smile, we can assume that her convictions only gain momentum with every new opportunity to test them." (Quote from Natasha Stagg, Cura Magazine).

Muslimova received her BFA at Cooper Union in New York, NY in 2010. Muslimova has presented solo exhibitions at Mendes Wood DM, São Paolo, BR; Bernheim Gallery, Zürich, CH; Magenta Plains, New York, NY; The Drawing Center, New York, NY; David Zwirner Gallery, London, UK; White Flag Projects, St. Louis, MO and Room East, New York, NY. Her work has been included in group exhibitions at Kunstmuseum Basel, CH; ICA Miami, FL; Renaissance Society, Chicago, IL; Zuzeum, Riga, LV; Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C.; Swiss Institute, New York, NY; Kunsthalle St. Gallen, CH. Her large-scale murals have been commissioned for biennials such as The Dreamers, 58th Edition of October Salon, Belgrade, RS and The 32nd Biennale of Graphic Arts: Birth As Criterion, Ljubljana, SI. In 2022 Muslimova was the recipient of the Borlem Prize, honoring artists whose oeuvre brings awareness to mental health issues & struggles. Her work has been featured in publications such as Forbes, The New York Times, Artforum, Art in America, Mousse, Artnet, Hyperallergic, and Cura Magazine, among others. Muslimova is included in Jeffrey Deitch's book, Unrealism, featuring 27 artists and major essays by Johanna Fateman, Alison Gingeras, and Aria Dean.

Muslimova's work is in public collections including The Centre Pompidou, Paris, FR; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA; Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C.; ICA Miami, Miami, FL; MAMCO Geneva, Geneva, CH; RISD Museum, Providence, RI; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY and Zuzeum, Riga, LV.

Born 1984, Makhachkala, Dagestan, RU
Lives and works in Mexico City, MX

Education

2010

BFA, The Cooper Union, New York, NY

Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions

2025

(FORTHCOMING) Magenta Plains, New York, NY
(FORTHCOMING) Kunsthall Stavanger, Stavanger, NO

2024

Rumors, Mendes Wood DM, São Paolo, BR
Whispers, Bernheim Gallery, Zürich, CH

2023

FOG, Magenta Plains, New York, NY

2022

Art Basel (with Galerie Maria Bernheim), Basel, CH

2021

Fatebe Digest, David Zwirner Gallery, London, UK
Scenes in the Sublevel, The Drawing Center, New York, NY

2020

Fatebe: Ebecho Muslimova, Galerie Maria Bernheim, Zürich, CH

2019

TRAPS!, Magenta Plains, New York, NY

2018

Art Basel Miami Beach (with Galerie Maria Bernheim), Miami, FL
Ebecho Muslimova: 2017, Magenta Plains, New York, NY
The Armory Show (with Galerie Maria Bernheim), New York, NY

2017

FATEBE x OLDPUT, Ebecho Muslimova/Bailey Scieszka, Galerie Maria Bernheim, Zürich, CH

2016

The Murderous Narcissism of Minor Differences, with Mikkel Carl, 247365, New York, NY
Ebecho Muslimova, White Flag Projects, St. Louis, MO

2015

Ebecho Muslimova, ROOM EAST, New York, NY

Group Exhibitions

2024

Felix Art Fair with Magenta Plains, Los Angeles, CA
Capítulo V: Heat, LagoAlgo, Mexico City, MX

2023

The Big Chill, Bernheim Gallery, London, UK
Unruly Bodies, Goldsmiths CCA, London, UK

2022

Fun Feminism, Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, CH
Fire Figure Fantasy, ICA Miami, Miami, FL

2021

Friends & Family, Magenta Plains, New York, NY
Smashing Into My Heart curated by Myriam Ben Salah, The Renaissance Society, Chicago, IL
The Dreamers, 58th Edition of October Salon, Belgrade, RS
Body Double, Galerie Maria Bernheim, London, UK
Re: Bicycling, curated by David Platzker, Susan Inglett Gallery, New York, NY
The Skin I Live In, Lyles & King, New York, NY

2020

We Aim to Live, Zuzeum, Riga, LV
Might Delete Later, Essex Flowers, New York, NY
INCORPOREA, BASEMENT ROMA, Rome, IT

2019

A Detached Hand, Magenta Plains, New York, NY
Throwback Jack, curated by Amanda Schmitt, Fredericks & Freiser, New York, NY
Frieze NY (with Magenta Plains), New York, NY
WARS: 20th and 21st Centuries, David Nolan Gallery, New York, NY
Feel The Sun In Your Mouth: Recent Acquisitions, Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C.
Life and Limbs, curated by Anna-Sophie Berger, Swiss Institute, New York, NY

2018

My Silences Had Not Protected Me, Fort Gansevoort, New York, NY
A Study in Scarlet, curated by Gallien Déjean, le Plateau, Frac île-de-France, Paris, FR
No Fear of Fainting in a Gym, curated by Giovanni Carmine, Kunsthalle St. Gallen, St. Gallen, CH

2017

The Yellow Wallpaper, Ginerva Gambino, Cologne, DE
Paris Internationale (with Galerie Maria Bernheim), Paris, FR
Condo New York, curated by Carlos/Ishikawa Gallery, Bureau, New York, NY
LISTE Art Fair (with Ellis King), Basel, CH
Friend ? ?, Maria Bernheim, Zürich, CH
The 32nd Biennale of Graphic Arts: Birth As Criterion, Ljubljana, SI
The Split, Grin, Providence, RI
Protean Vessel(s), Ellis King, Dublin, IE

2016

True Love Over Physics, Coma, Sydney, AU
Commodus Operandi, Andrew Rafacz, Chicago, IL
August and Everything After, Plymouth Rock, Zürich, CH
O/U, ROOM EAST and P!, New York, NY
Chatsubo, Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin, DE
Inaugural Exhibition, Romeo, New York, NY
Inside Out, Eva Presenhuber, Zürich, CH
She Might Be, curated by David Ostrowski & Michail Pirgelis, Delmes & Zander, Cologne, DE

2015

Denude, Ramiken Crucible, Los Angeles, CA
Cookie Gate, Ellis King, Dublin, IE
Surface Support, curated by Amanda Schmitt, Signal, Brooklyn, NY
Possible Collection, Honolulu, Zürich, CH
No Joke, curated by Sanya Kantarovsky, Tanya Leighton, Berlin, DE

Awards

2022

Borlem Prize

Permanent Collections

The Centre Pompidou, Paris, FR
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C.
ICA Miami, Miami, FL
MAMCO Geneva, Geneva, CH
RISD Museum, Providence, RI
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Zuzeum, Riga, LV