Alex Amir Khan is a designer, artist, and researcher working between Switzerland, Mexico, and Brazil. Operating across art, design, and material research, his practice examines the intersections of craft, ecology, and technology through a critical and decolonial lens. Since 2013, a sustained curiosity for natural latex has driven his exploration of material culture and transformation — positioning his work within a dialogue between aesthetic inquiry, social context, and embodied experimentation.
Since 2022, Khan has developed a contemporary material language around natural latex, merging it with textiles, organic fibers, natural dyes, and other biomaterials through collaborations in Mexico, Brazil, and Switzerland. His work centers on co-creation and collective knowledge, bridging design, craft, and ecology.
In Switzerland, he works with the IfTF – Institut für Textiles Forschen Basel and leads workshops exploring new forms of material practice. In 2024, he received a material development award, supporting the evolution of LATX Biomaterials.
In 2025, Khan co-founded HeveaHub with Katia Fagundes and co-curated an exhibition at the Museo Textil de Oaxaca, highlighting the dialogue between traditional Mexican rainwear and contemporary latex applications. Extending through 2026, HeveaHub fosters a transcontinental exchange between Switzerland, Mexico, and Brazil—a multidisciplinary platform for material research, cultural dialogue, and collaborative making.
Artist Statement
“Khan works at the intersection of material innovation, craftsmanship, and historical inquiry. By combining natural latex with organic and mineral pigments, textiles, and natural fibers, he creates works that explore transformation, perception, and the emotional potential of matter.
His practice reflects a life in movement — between countries, cultures, and languages — where each piece becomes a distilled record of both material and emotional process.
Through transformation and recontextualization, Khan uses art as a method to open new perspectives, evoke emotion, and challenge boundaries of culture, gender, and identity.”
