Khalil Chishtee

Born in Lahore, Pakistan, Khalil Chishtee is a visual artist based in New York City. Using shredded, bunched, bungled, and knotted plastic bags, Khalil Chishtee creates evocative figural sculptures imbued with emotional tension/ Chishtee mostly works only with the bags themselves, constructing his sculptures by artfully manipulating the plastic as if he were working with clay.

Features/Honors:

• 50^th Anniversary of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, London, UK, 2014
• Art Festival Watou, Watou, Belgium 2014
• “Brain Drain” project for Art 14, London, UK 2014
• “Between the lines” Habitat Center, New Delhi, India 2019