basqo bim

Contemporary Mask Artist & Installation Artist - New Orleans

Sculptural masks, hybrid devotional objects, and large-scale installations rooted in ritual, spectacle, and collapse.

Basqo Bim is a New Orleans–based contemporary mask artist creating sculptural masks, installations, and commissioned works.

His practice centers on hybrid devotional objects that rupture the sacred form, drawing from Catholic iconography, carnival traditions, and bodily excess. Through textile, found objects, and assemblage, each piece operates as both artifact and performance, where adornment destabilizes structure, and meaning begins to collapse.

Working across sculpture, installation, and performance contexts, his work moves between gallery, stage, and public space—building immersive environments and character-driven forms that blur ritual, spectacle, and narrative.

Exhibited at

Contemporary Arts Center (CAC), New Orleans

MaximiliansForum, Munich

Meow Wolf / Omega Mart & Radio Tave, Las Vegas & Houston

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

View Work

Explore sculptural masks, installations, and collaborative projects.

Commission a Mask

Custom sculptural masks for collectors, performance, and exhibition.

CV

Selected exhibitions, installations, and institutional work.