Sabina Haque (she/her) is a multimedia artist whose work explores the transformation of place and identity. Through installation, video, collage, and social practice, she examines migration, memory, and climate change. Her work often emerges from community collaboration, oral histories, and site-based research. Raised in Pakistan by American and Pakistani parents, Haque draws on her cross-cultural experience to examine how displacement, environmental change, and belonging shape personal and collective histories.
Recent work includes The New Abnormal 2.0. series. Haque is currently developing The Memory of Water (Paani Ki Yaad), a new project connecting environmental stories from Eastern Oregon and Karachi, Pakistan. Developed through collaboration with communities in Oregon and Pakistan, these projects connect environmental stories across continents. The work explores how climate change transforms landscapes, livelihoods, and our relationship to place. Haque’s 3-channel video installations were featured at Portland Biennial, and her participatory video installation, (Un)belonging, premiered at the Patricia Reser Center for the Arts.
Collaboration with BIPOC youth, immigrant communities, scientists, educators, and cultural organizations is central to her practice. She has partnered with organizations including the Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon (APANO), Africa House, schools, museums, and community groups to create projects that amplify underrepresented voices and foster civic engagement through art.
Haque's work has been featured in the Portland Biennial, the Portland Art Museum, the Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Oregon Contemporary, and the Patricia Reser Center for the Arts. She holds an MFA in Painting from Boston University and is a recipient of an Oregon Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowship.
Her residencies include the Portland Archives and Records Center Artist Residency, TEDx Artist-in-Residence, Caldera, PLAYA, and the Jordan Schnitzer Printmaking Residency. Her work is included in public and private collections, including the Portland Art Museum and the Jordan Schnitzer Collection.
Recent work includes The New Abnormal 2.0. series. Haque is currently developing The Memory of Water (Paani Ki Yaad), a new project connecting environmental stories from Eastern Oregon and Karachi, Pakistan. Developed through collaboration with communities in Oregon and Pakistan, these projects connect environmental stories across continents. The work explores how climate change transforms landscapes, livelihoods, and our relationship to place. Haque’s 3-channel video installations were featured at Portland Biennial, and her participatory video installation, (Un)belonging, premiered at the Patricia Reser Center for the Arts.
Collaboration with BIPOC youth, immigrant communities, scientists, educators, and cultural organizations is central to her practice. She has partnered with organizations including the Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon (APANO), Africa House, schools, museums, and community groups to create projects that amplify underrepresented voices and foster civic engagement through art.
Haque's work has been featured in the Portland Biennial, the Portland Art Museum, the Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Oregon Contemporary, and the Patricia Reser Center for the Arts. She holds an MFA in Painting from Boston University and is a recipient of an Oregon Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowship.
Her residencies include the Portland Archives and Records Center Artist Residency, TEDx Artist-in-Residence, Caldera, PLAYA, and the Jordan Schnitzer Printmaking Residency. Her work is included in public and private collections, including the Portland Art Museum and the Jordan Schnitzer Collection.
