Fellows

Syed Muhammad Zakir

Syed Muhammad Zakir is a visual artist based in Dhaka. Although he was trained as a sculptor at the Fine Arts Faculty of Dhaka University; his interests lie in public performance, and in the environment. Desire, the universe, and cosmic journey are themes that fascinate him. He explores live act, performance art, installation art, and… Read More »Syed Muhammad Zakir

Sumi Anjuman

Sumi Anjuman is a visual artist and activist, who was born and raised in the northern region of Bangladesh, and now lives in Dhaka. As a woman from a conservative Muslim society, she has experienced oppression, but her agony has helped her produce work in which she engages with these issues forthrightly. Despite her socially-focused… Read More »Sumi Anjuman

Sounak Das

Sounak Das is a mixed-media artist based in Dhaka, who predominantly uses photography, moving images, and sound. His minimalist approach explores lingering landscapes and aspects of urban life using elements of time. His work embodies community, cultural dilemma, spatial context, history, the advancement of technology, and its impact on the anthropocene age. Experimenting with the… Read More »Sounak Das

Sajib Kumar Dey

Sajib Kumar Dey is a visual artist based in Chittagong. He completed BFA on drawing and painting from the Institute of Fine Arts, Chittagong University. His work encompasses different levels of mind and reality. He creates an imaginary world with a myriad of fragmentary issues, events, surroundings, etc., or a combination of different unspoken stories.… Read More »Sajib Kumar Dey

Rupam Roy

Rupam Roy’s enigmatic sculptures are the product of exploring the relationship between sound and object. He analyses the sources of sound and draws lines in spontaneous gestures, in response to a sound piece—preferring to lose control in the process. Rupam earned his post-graduation degree from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Dhaka University, in 2011.

Promiti Hossain

Promiti Hossain is an artist from Bangladesh currently based and practicing art in Santiniketan, India. She studied painting at Kalabhavan, Visvabharati University, Santiniketan. In her work, she explores various materials, and uses painting to raise her voice against social injustice and taboos.

Md. Fazla Rabbi Fatiq

Md. Fazla Rabbi is a photographer based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He completed his Professional Photography Programme from the Pathshala South Asian Media Institute. He has also completed B. Sc. Honours in Multimedia and Creative Technology. He likes working on contemporary issues which resonate with his own personal, social, geographical, and political interests.

Masrur Mamun Mithun

Masrur Mamun has been teaching architecture for over fifteen years. He completed his Bachelors in Architecture from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in 2001, and his Masters from the Dessau Institute of Architecture in Germany in 2006. His design-related research with artist and designer Chandrasekhar Saha as a project of DTC, GTZ… Read More »Masrur Mamun Mithun

Marzia Farhana

Marzia Farhana is a visual artist based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. She studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka and completed her MA in Fine Arts from Central St Martins, University of the Arts London, where she was awarded a prize for ‘Innovation.’ She has developed hybrid forms of production with different media… Read More »Marzia Farhana

Manosh Chowdhury

Manosh Chowdhury has been teaching anthropology at Jahangirnagar University since 1995. He has also taught media studies, Bengali and English literature, philosophy, archeology, news-photography, and architecture at undergraduate levels. He taught visual anthropology at the Pathshala South Asian Media Institute and at the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh. He was a visiting lecturer at the… Read More »Manosh Chowdhury

Joydeb Roaja

Joydeb Roaja is an artist from the Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh. Much of his work — paintings, drawing installation and performance — are influenced by life and nature in the Hill Tracts. He wants to save indigenous and tribal cultures from destruction. He completed his M.F.A. in painting in 1999 from the Chittagong University.… Read More »Joydeb Roaja

Hadi Uddin

Hadi Uddin grew up in a small town in an atmosphere surrounded by light, studio and photography enthusiasts; it enabled him to be acquainted with photography at an early age. He later shifted to the capital Dhaka, where he completed three years Professional Programme on Photography from the Pathshala South Asian Media Institute. After working… Read More »Hadi Uddin

Faysal Zaman

Faysal Zaman is a visual artist from Bangladesh. Society is like a maze and his work delves into states of consciousness, rooted often enough in intimate experiences. His art synthesises documentary and fiction, and he works with archival elements, found imagery, and individual photographs, often scorched, burned, scratched, and re-photographed.

Farzana Hossen

Farzana Hossen is an artist from Chittagong, Bangladesh, currently based in Dhaka. Her work visually explores gender-based violence, inequality, oppression, uncertainty, and loss.