Balbir K Singh

Balbir K Singh is an Assistant Professor in Art History at Concordia University, holding the Canada Research Chair in Art and Racial Justice. She serves as Director of the Dark Opacities Lab and is a Faculty Fellow at the Simone de Beauvoir Institute with upcoming guest research at Kyoto University (Fall 2024). Her research examines racial justice through critical ethnic studies, visual culture, diaspora studies, surveillance, fashion, religion, policing, and artistic resistance.

She leads interdisciplinary investigations into colonial legacies and systemic inequities using visual and material culture frameworks. Her work bridges art historical analysis with contemporary social justice movements.