Igshaan Adams (1982, Cape Town) has held solo exhibitions internationally, including at ARoS Aarhus Art Museum (2025); The Hepworth Wakefield (2024); Institute of Contemporary Art Boston (2024); The Art Institute of Chicago (2022); Kunsthalle Zürich (2022); Hayward Gallery, London (2021); Akershus Kunstsenter, Oslo (2019); and The Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town (2018). He has participated in numerous group exhibitions and biennials, including at Barbican Centre, London (2024); the 35th Bienal de São Paulo (2023); the Islamic Arts Biennale, Jeddah (2023); the 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia (2022); the 23rd Triennale Milano Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel (2021); and Perez Art Museum, Miami (2020), among many others. His work is held in the collections of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Speed Art Museum, Louisville ; Tate, London; The Hepworth Wakefield; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; ARoS Aarhus Art Museum, Aarhus, Denmark; Moderna Museet, Stockholm; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Art Institute of Chicago; Baltimore Museum of Art; The Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Evanston; Inhotim Museum, Brazil; Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town; Minneapolis Institute of Art; Standard Bank collection, Johannesburg; and the University of Cape Town.

Igshaan Adams lives and works in Cape Town.