drawing
Khan has a large body of design work, from shows and projects and drawings influenced by his Caribbean roots. Many of these drawings are now in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
performance
Khan has directed and designed numerous theatre shows and festivals . The shows are characterised by strong visuals and accessible soundtracks and stories. “Alladeen”, created with the Builder´s Association in New York, won an OBIE for Outstanding Production. “Moti Roti, Puttli Chunni” won a Time Out Dance and Performance Award.
textile
Khan works with the printed, painted and constructed surface
education
Outreach, education and inclusiveness have underpinned a number of projects. Khan became Head of Culture of the London Olympics and Paralympic Games and Chief Executive of Rich Mix because of his beliefs in culture and community.
film
The moving image, drawn, photograpghic, projected live and digital. Film and the moving image has been both a stand alone and an intergral component of artworks. Performances have narrative media elements or have incorporated large scale projections. Commissioned films include ¨Sweet and Spicy¨ and “Chayatantra” to be distributed by the BFI in the summer of 2020, and “Z” presented by the Live Arts Development Agency, London.
Z (Zeta) is inspired by movements of penitence, derived from processional, and tortuous Catholic rituals. Inspired by the painter Zurbarán, his sparsely laid out ceramic objects and monks are transformed into brutal terracotta buildings, and urban deserts, with saint like figures. Filmed in Alicante, containing samples from the Easter procession of Los Manais de Girona, and an Orthodox mass in Romania.
See this film premiered by LADA (Live after Development Agency) in June.