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Keith Khan (born 1963, Wimbledon) is an English artist, designer and performance artist. [1] In 1996, together with Ali Zaidi, he co-founded the arts organisation Motiroti. [2] [3]
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Keith Khan (born 1963, Wimbledon) is an English artist, designer and performance artist. [1] In 1996, together with Ali Zaidi, he co-founded the arts organisation Motiroti. [2] [3]
Khan studied Fine Art/ Sculpture at Middlesex University. [4] Until 2004, most of the artistic events with which Khan was directly involved were under Motiroti, which produced notable projects such as Flying costumes, Floating Tombs [3] (1991) which won the Time Out Dance and Performance Award; Queen's Golden Jubilee Commonwealth Celebrations [5] (2002) and Alladeen [6] (2004) which won the Village Voice OBIE Award Special Citation, co-produced by The Builders Association. Khan departed from Moti Roti in 2004 and has filled a number of senior executive positions since then, most notably, Head of Culture [7] [8] and then Artistic Executive to the [9] 2012 Summer Olympics (2007 to 2009) and sitting on the panels of high-profile funding bodies, including the Wellcome Trust [10] and as a Council Member of the Arts Council of England. [11] Keith Khan is also a Member of the Advisory Panel of Art on the Underground [12] and was the Costume and 3D Designer for the Opening Ceremony for the Central and Opening Show at the Millennium Dome [13] (2000); Director of Design for the 2002 Commonwealth Games ceremonies under the direction of David Zolkwer. [ verification needed ]; Chief Executive of Rich Mix [14] (2004 to 2007); Chair of Diversity Group for Creative Economy Programme Working Group [15] (2006) and has been a Member of the Commonwealth Group on Culture and Development since 2009. [16]
Rich Mix – Khan resigned amid questions of leadership and cost controlling. Karen Bartlett wrote in The Times ""Keith was not a natural cost controller, but the board was also weak". Overstaffing, disputes between builders and architects with some funders temporarily withholding revenue in 2007 until a new business plan could be agreed. Khan did not want to comment on Rich Mix for this article." [14] [17] [18]
London 2012 – While in his role as Head of Culture, Khan was criticised by some [ who? ] commentators for being excessively "anti-elitist". [19] He was commended by others for trying to make the Arts more relevant to young people across the UK. [20] His departure in 2008 was greeted with relief by some [ who? ] in the press and concern by others. The response of Richard Brooks in The Times was "Thank goodness... Keith Khan, its artistic executive, is leaving.". [21]
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