{{Short description|English artist (born 1963)}} {{BLP primary sources|date=April 2010}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}} [[File:The_Gifting_designer_Keith_Khan._LEEDS_2023_(cropped).jpg|thumb|Designer Keith Khan, LEEDS 2023 (cropped)]] '''Keith Khan''' (born 1963, Wimbledon) is an English artist, designer and performance artist.<ref name="Donnell2002">{{cite book|editor-link=Alison Donnell|editor=Alison Donnell|title=Companion to Contemporary Black British Culture|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VfdpdZ9DwH0C&pg=PA169|year=2002|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-70024-0|page=169|chapter=Khan, Keith}}</ref> In 1996, together with Ali Zaidi, he co-founded the arts organisation Motiroti.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/rfo/moti-roti-company |title=Moti Roti Company |publisher=Arts Council |accessdate=21 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111020174732/http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/rfo/moti-roti-company/ |archive-date=20 October 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="HttpwwwfondationlangloisorghtmlpagephpNumPage">{{cite web|url=http://www.fondation-langlois.org/html/e/page.php?NumPage=221 |title=motiroti (biography) |publisher=Fondation-langlois.org |accessdate=21 October 2011}}</ref>
==Life== Khan studied fine art / sculpture at Middlesex University.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theatredesign.org.uk/publications/blue-pages/gloriously-impure/ |title=Gloriously Impure « The Society of British Theatre Designers |publisher=Theatredesign.org.uk |accessdate=21 October 2011 |archive-date=24 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111024034002/http://www.theatredesign.org.uk/publications/blue-pages/gloriously-impure/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Until 2004, most of the artistic events with which Khan was directly involved were under Motiroti, which produced projects such as Flying costumes, Floating Tombs<ref name="HttpwwwfondationlangloisorghtmlpagephpNumPage" /> (1991) which won the Time Out Dance and Performance Award; Queen's Golden Jubilee Commonwealth Celebrations<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/parade-set-to-sparkle-6348300.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120912143143/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-889037-parade-set-to-sparkle.do |url-status=live |archive-date=12 September 2012 |title=Parade set to sparkle | Showbiz |work=Evening Standard |location=London |date=29 May 2002 |access-date=21 October 2011 }}</ref> (2002) and Alladeen<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thebuildersassociation.org/prod_alladeen_info.html |title=The Builders Association |publisher=The Builders Association |accessdate=21 October 2011 |archive-date=3 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003011314/http://www.thebuildersassociation.org/prod_alladeen_info.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> (2004) which won the [http://www.villagevoice.com 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<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.london2012.com/news/2007/04/london-2012-appoints-head-of-culture.php |title=appoints Head of Culture | April 2007 |publisher=London 2012 |accessdate=21 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227144318/https://www.london2012.com/news/2007/04/london-2012-appoints-head-of-culture.php |archivedate=27 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.london2012.com/news/2010/01/london-2012-appoints-director-of-culture.php |title=appoints Director of Culture | January 2010 |publisher=London 2012 |accessdate=21 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227125928/https://www.london2012.com/news/2010/01/london-2012-appoints-director-of-culture.php |archivedate=27 February 2012}}</ref> and then Artistic Executive to the<ref>{{cite news|author=Charlotte Higgins |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/mar/25/cultural-olympiad |title=Charlotte Higgins: Could the Cultural Olympiad be turning in to another Millennium Dome? | Culture |work=The Guardian |location=UK |accessdate=21 October 2011 |date=25 March 2009}}</ref> 2012 Summer Olympics (2007 to 2009) and sitting on the panels of high-profile funding bodies, including the Wellcome Trust<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/Public-engagement/Application-information/WTX052403.htm |title=Arts Awards Funding Committee | Wellcome Trust |publisher=Wellcome.ac.uk |accessdate=21 October 2011}}</ref> and as a Council Member of the Arts Council of England.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/governing-bodies/arts-council-england-council/keith-khan/ |title=Keith Khan |publisher=Arts Council |accessdate=21 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613181147/http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/governing-bodies/arts-council-england-council/keith-khan/ |archive-date=13 June 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Keith Khan is also a member of the Advisory Panel of Art on the Underground<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.uitp.org/Public-Transport/design/docs/art_on_the_underground.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=6 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100621031557/http://uitp.org/Public-Transport/design/docs/art_on_the_underground.pdf |archive-date=21 June 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and was the Costume and 3D Designer for the Opening Ceremony for the [https://web.archive.org/web/20100701045907/http://www.stagelink.com/photopost/showphoto.php/photo/10 Central and Opening Show] at the Millennium Dome<ref>{{cite web |author=Ellen Lampert-Greaux |url=http://livedesignonline.com/mag/lighting_big_top/ |title=Under the big top |publisher=Livedesignonline.com |date=1 April 2000 |accessdate=21 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223084924/http://livedesignonline.com/mag/lighting_big_top/ |archive-date=23 February 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> (2000); Director of Design for the 2002 Commonwealth Games ceremonies under the direction of David Zolkwer.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kaye |first1=Nick |title=Multi-media: Video – Installation – Performance |date=16 March 2007 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-45469-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DvqBAgAAQBAJ&dq=Keith+Khan+Director+of+Design+for+the+2002+Commonwealth+Games+ceremonies&pg=PR15 |language=en}}</ref> Chief Executive of Rich Mix<ref name="Httpentertainmenttimesonlinecouktolarts_and_entertainmentfilmarticleece">{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article4332838.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615051835/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article4332838.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 June 2011 |title=The Times |date=10 September 2011 |access-date=21 October 2011}}</ref> (2004 to 2007); Chair of Diversity Group for Creative Economy Programme Working Group<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.culture.gov.uk/reference_library/media_releases/2568.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080727132708/http://www.culture.gov.uk/reference_library/media_releases/2568.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 July 2008 |title=[ARCHIVED CONTENT] New Experts To Drive Creative Business |publisher=Culture.gov.uk |accessdate=21 October 2011 }}</ref> (2006) and has been a member of the Commonwealth Group on Culture and Development since 2009.<ref>[http://www.commonwealthfoundation.com/culturediversity/Group/members/] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912012441/http://www.commonwealthfoundation.com/culturediversity/Group/members/|date=12 September 2009}}</ref>
==Controversy==
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."<ref name="Httpentertainmenttimesonlinecouktolarts_and_entertainmentfilmarticleece" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/114834/The-fine-art-of-wasting-1-1bn |title=Home of the Daily and Sunday Express | UK News :: The fine art of wasting £1.1bn |publisher=Express.co.uk |date=19 July 2009 |accessdate=21 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/why-have-costly-arts-projects-that-were-supposed-to-transform-the-countrys-cultural-landscape-flopped-1895567.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212224115/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/why-have-costly-arts-projects-that-were-supposed-to-transform-the-countrys-cultural-landscape-flopped-1895567.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 February 2010 |title=Why have costly arts projects that were supposed to transform the country's cultural landscape flopped? – Features, Art |work=The Independent |location=UK |date=11 February 2010 |accessdate=21 October 2011}}</ref>
London 2012 – While in his role as Head of Culture, Khan was criticised by some {{Who|date=April 2010}} commentators for being excessively "anti-elitist".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cis.org.au/executive_highlights/EH2007/eh49507.html |title=Strike up the band for elitism |access-date=31 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091009183305/http://www.cis.org.au/executive_highlights/EH2007/eh49507.html |archive-date=9 October 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> He was commended by others for trying to make the Arts more relevant to young people across the UK.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nikigomez.com/work/building-a-new-creative-industries-centre-for-london/ |title=Building a new London Cultural Centre | Niki Gomez |access-date=24 May 2014 |archive-date=29 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150129085740/http://www.nikigomez.com/work/building-a-new-creative-industries-centre-for-london/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Interviews== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110801193248/http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/videos/i/video-interview-with-keith-khan,-a-midsummer-nights-dream-critic/ Review of the theatre piece "A midsummer night dream" with Keith Khan] for the Victoria and Albert Museum * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_Y7mPvVoEk Interview with Keith Khan on Culture and Diversity from the 2009 Commonwealth People's Forum] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20091005075315/http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_news?id=161540096 Interview with Keith Khan for the Trinidad & Tobago Express entitled "The time is right for the Caribbean region..."]
==Talks== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110717064520/http://www.tntreview.com/?p=830 "Culture as Catalyst" talk, Ministry of Tourism, Trinidad & Tobago, October 2009] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110707005324/http://sceno.zhdk.ch/symposien_upload/20090210_122914/symp09_progr_final_v10.pdf Monitoring Scenography 3: "Olympic Scenography – The Opening Ceremonies of the Olympic Games", October 2009] * [http://www.akademi.co.uk/frame_by_frame.html Frame by Frame, "A symposium on the dance of Indian cinema and its transition into Bollywood dancing", July 2009]{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTg3XMBSjh0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/zTg3XMBSjh0 |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Akademi's Frame By Frame Bollywood Symposium |publisher=YouTube |date=23 September 2009 |accessdate=21 October 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref> * [http://www.culture.info/inter-speakers Intercultural Cities Conference, May 2008] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20100621164524/http://ifacca.org/national_agency_news/2008/04/10/keith-khans-leading-voices-presentation-audio-now-/ "Leading Voices" talk on cultural diversity and the art of making creative cities, Australia Council for the Arts, 10 April 2008] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110927234936/http://www.irr.org.uk/2008/february/ha000002.html African and Asian Heritage, Legacy and Leadership, February 2008] * [http://lecturelist.org/content/view_lecture/529 No Man's Land: Exploring South Asianness, May 2004]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.akademi.co.uk/download/NML_report.pdf |accessdate=9 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705154258/http://www.akademi.co.uk/download/NML_report.pdf |archivedate=5 July 2008 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.redhotcurry.co.uk/archive/entertainment/theatre/no_mans_land.htm]{{dead link|date=October 2011}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20100410172314/http://www.motiroti.com/ Motiroti] *[http://www.richmix.org.uk Rich Mix] *[http://www.akademi.co.uk Akademi] *[http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130228114959/http://www.london2012.com/ London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games] *[http://keithkhanassociates.com Keith Khan Associates]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Keith}} Category:1963 births Category:Alumni of Middlesex University Category:English costume designers Category:Living people Category:English people of Trinidad and Tobago descent Category:2012 Cultural Olympiad