Ebecho Muslimova, Fatebe Io Stalled, 2024. Oil on canvas. 72 x 72 in. Image: Magenta Plains.
Kunsthall Stavanger will present Ebecho Muslimova's first exhibition in Scandinavia.
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).
The exhibition has received generous support from Kulturrådet, Fritt Ord, and Bergesenstiftelsen.
All copyrights: Ebecho Muslimova.
Muslimova received her BFA at Cooper Union in New York, NY in 2010. She has presented solo exhibitions at Magenta Plains, New York, NY; The Drawing Center, New York, NY; David Zwirner Gallery, London, UK; Galerie Maria Bernheim, Zürich, CH; 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's works are in the collections of Dallas Museum of Art, Hammer Museum, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Institute of Contemporary Art Miami and Whitney Museum of American Art, among others.
Ebecho Muslimova, Fatebe Funambule, 2025 Sumi ink on paper. 9 x 12 in. unframed. Image. Magenta Plains.
Ebecho Muslimova, Fatebe Blue Gallop, 2025. Oil on canvas. 72 x 72 in. Image: Magenta Plains.
Ebecho Muslimova, Fatebe Sliced Sunset, 2024. Oil on canvas. 72x72 in. Image: Magenta Plains.
Ebecho Muslimova, Fatebe on the Burnt Side, 2025. Oil on canvas. 72 x 72 in. Image: Magenta Plains.
Ebecho Muslimova, Fatebe Reap and Sow, 2023. Sumi ink and watercolor on paper. 9 x 12 in. unframed. Image: Magenta Plains.
Ebecho Muslimova, Fatebe Blow and Float, 2024. Sumi ink on paper. 9 x 12 in. unframed. Image: Magenta Plains.
Ebecho Muslimova, Fatebe Liar Haul, 2025. Sumi ink and watercolor on paper. 9 x 12 in. unframed. Image: Magenta Plains.