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Artist

HASURA AKTHER RUMKY

Hasura Akther Rumky completed both her BFA and MFA from the Department of Oriental Art, Faculty of Fine Art, University of Dhaka.

Her artworks are deeply inspired by her emotional experiences and journey as an artist.People are the main subject of Hasura Akther Rumky's paintings. The artist is proficient in the use of pastel, acrylic, charcoal, and natural materials , pigments like soil . In her painting, there is illusion , silence , emotions and longing for human connection.

Rumky has so far participated in a number of group art exhibitions, workshops, art camps, projects, residencies and solo exhibition held both at home and abroad. She has received several awards including the club for UNESCO & the international Action Art's Awards for cultural contribution,2023. Grand Award, Bangabandhu International Art Exhibition, KAHAL Art Gallery, Japan in 2021, Honourable Mention Award at the 6th Oriental Painting Exhibition organized by OPSG in 2016, and Artist Shafigul Amin Smriti Puroskar (Award), Annual Exhibition, Department of Oriental Art, University of Dhaka in 2015. From the year 2019 to 2022, she worked as an Assistant Coordinator for the Asian Art Biennale Bangladesh 2022 at the Department of Fine Arts, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.

Education

    2023
  1. MFA
    Department of Oriental Art, Faculty of Fine Art, University of Dhaka
  2. 2023
  3. BFA
    Department of Oriental Art. Faculty of Fine Art, University of Dhaka

Solo Exhibition

    2023
  1. Silent Horizons: Embracing the Beauty Within
    Kahal Gallery, Japan
  2. 2023
  3. Freedom and Peace
    Club for UNESCO of Piraeus and Islands, Piraeus, Athens, Greece
  4. 2023
  5. Self and Others
    La Galerie, Alliance Française de Dhaka

Projects

    2022-19
  1. Assistant Coordinator, ‘19th Asian Art Biennale Bangladesh 2022’
    Department of Fine Arts, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka
    2021
  1. Collaborator, ‘Chittrogrontho Jiboni of Bangabandhu’
    Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy at the Birth Centenary of Bangabandhu, National Parade Ground, Dhaka

Workshop & Art Camp

    2022
  1. Art & Crafts Festival
    Gallery 29, Dhaka
    2022
  1. 75th Birthday Celebration of Sheikh Hasina
    Bangladesh Shilpakala Acadamy, Dhaka
    2021
  1. Sheikh Hasina’, Art Camp and Exhibition
    Gallery Cosmos, Dhaka
    2021
  1. Winter Art Camp
    Gallery Kaya, Dhaka
    2021
  1. EDGE Art Camp
    EDGE Gallery, Dhaka
    2017
  1. ‘Fresco' and Tempera Workshop
    by Dr. Prof. Nandadulal Mukhopaddhay, Rabindra Bharati University, India, organized by Dept. of Oriental Art, University of Dhaka
    2017
  1. Becoming Landscape, the Potential of Place-Bared Art
    Sandy Hsiu-Chih Lo (Taiwan), Dept. of Oriental Art, University of Dhaka
    2017
  1. ‘Absorbed Oriental’, Oriental Art Workshop
    Dhaka Art Center, Dhaka
    2014
  1. Wash Painting Workshop
    Artist Shopon Roy, Kolkata Art College, Kolkata, India
    2013
  1. Wash Painting Workshop
    by Dr. Malay Bala, Oriental Painting Study Group, Dhaka

Residency

    2022
  1. ‘Chitrashaala’, an international art residency
    JUSTA Rasa, Rishikesh, India
    2022
  1. 'UNSCO' 7th International Action Art
    Athens, Greece

Collection

Bangladesh Bank
Bangladesh Taka Museum
Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy
Bengal Foundation
Dhaka University Alumni Association
Bangladesh High Commission in London
Bangladesh Embassy in Greece
Bangladesh Prime Minister’s Office
And Many Private Collections in Home and Abroad.