Khalid Albaih

Cartoonist, journalist, activist
From:
Sudan
Photo:
Khalid Albaih.

Khalid Albaih is an award-winning political cartoonist, artist, journalist, curator, and human rights activist from Sudan.

His work has been published in international media outlets, including The Atlantic, Al Jazeera, The Guardian, and NRP.

Albaih's cartoons and art have been exhibited in both solo and group exhibitions across the world, including in Qatar, India, the United States of America, Canada, South Africa, Norway, Italy, and the United Kingdom.

Khalid Albaih was the ICORN resident in Copenhagen between 2017 and 2019. He now lives in Oslo.

Below are some of the Khalid Albaih's awards and fellowships:

  • Moleskine Foundation - Creativity Pioneer 2023
  • The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) - Art in Protest Fellow 2022
  • Kindle Project:  Makers Muse Award 2020
  • Royal Society of Arts Fellow
  • EHF Fellow 2019
  • ArtX + the Artists at Risk Connection (ARC) Freedom Residency in New York 2019
  • Soros Art Fellow 2019
  • Oak Institute for Human Rights Fellow 2016

You can find out more about Khalid Albaih's exhbitions, projects, and publications here.