Ibtisam Tasnim Zaman is an African American, conceptual artist. Her art practice consists of writing, painting, sculpture and community projects. Originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma, Zaman moved at age six to England, followed by the UAE. Her mother made the decision shortly after 9/11 to escape the violence that Muslims and African Americans still face today. Her teenage years and early 20s were lived between the UAE and India.
Nationally, Zaman’s art has exhibited with New York Health and Hospitals Arts and Medicine Program funded by the Laurie M Tisch Illumination Fund, in collaboration with Residency Unlimited. She’s exhibited in group and duo exhibitions as well as US based residencies. She is currently in artist resident alum of Peter Bullough Foundation, Residency Unlimited, Centrum, WaveHill, Governors Island programs. In addition, she’s taken part in academic panel discussion concerning Black liberation struggles, feminism, and healing. She has been invited to guest lecture at Montclair University. In 2023, Zaman was awarded a NYSCA grant to develop her project ‘Stolen Women’ and showcased this art in 2023 in Brooklyn NY. Her debut solo exhibition took place at Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, in 2024. Zaman was a resident in ten-month long residency with BRIClab program in NY until June 2025.
Internationally, is actually where her art career started. She was awarded the Gender Bender award with the Sandbox Collective and the Goethe Institut in Bangalore, India. She’s also attended a six month fully funded residency in Basel, Switzerland in 2024. Zaman has exhibited during the Kunsttage Art Fair at Arstübli and a group exhibition at the Kunsthaus Baselland institution in 2024, in Basel, Switzerland. In 2025, was featured in a solo exhibition in Basel, Switzerland, concluding the year with an art fair at Art Antwerp.
All content on this site are copyright of Ibtisam Tasnim Zaman, unless stated otherwise.
Ibtisam Tasnim Zaman 