Faheem Majeed (b. 1976) is a Chicago-based artist, educator, curator, and arts administrator whose practice transforms overlooked materials, spaces, and histories into powerful platforms for reflection and engagement. Working primarily in sculpture and installation, he draws on his deep connection to the South Side of Chicago and a long-standing interest in institutional critique and community building. His work often references the built environment, reclaims discarded materials like OSB board, and engages public sites to question how cultural value is assigned and who gets to shape history.
Majeed received his BFA from Howard University and MFA from the University of Illinois Chicago, where he currently serves as Assistant Professor of Art. He is co-founder and co-director of Floating Museum, an interdisciplinary collective that creates site-responsive works connecting art, architecture, history, and civic dialogue. He previously served as Executive Director of the South Side Community Art Center (2005–2011), a legacy that continues to inform his layered, community-responsive practice.
His work has been exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Centre Pompidou, the High Line, and Hyde Park Art Center. Majeed is a recipient of the Field and MacArthur Foundation’s Leaders for a New Chicago Award, Joyce Foundation Award, Joan Mitchell Painters and Sculptors Grant, and the Harpo Foundation Award. In 2025, he was named a Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Knight in the Order of Arts and Letters) by the French Ministry of Culture.
