Bio | sakib

Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury (Sakib) (b.1981, Noakhali, Bangladesh)

Lives and works in Dhaka Bangladesh

Mizanur’s interdisciplinary practice plays with different media, ranging from installation, assemblage, video, collage, sculpture, found footage, experimental film to conjure a multifaceted artistic universe. As an inter-media artist he creates space and with still and moving content, archival and contemporary imagery while engaging new experimental territories with vast potentials. The project of his work is institutive, fluid, adaptive and ongoing. Recently he is awarded Prohelvetia studio residency 2021 (Switzerland) by Prohelvetia New Delhi and Alserkal summer residency 2021(Dubai). He has received Samdani Art Award 2018 and a residency in Delfina Foundation in London. His work has been shown in various exhibitions such as, Dhaka Art Summit (2018 & 2020), Chobi Mela X International Photography Festival (2019), Serendipity Arts Festival, Goa, India (2019), India Art Fair 2019, A Finger on the Pulse, Delhi, India (2018) Self-Identity, National Museum of Bangladesh (2016), ‘Mourn’ a process based art show, Dhaka Art Centre (2013), Only God Can Judge Me (OGCJM collective, 2012) Dhaka, ‘How Are You?’ at Community space Litmaus gallery, South Korea (2012).

Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury

dob: 01 Oct 1981, Noakhali, Bangladesh

Email: sakibsakib18@gmail.com

Website: https://mizanursakib.wixsite.com/sakib

Instagram: @sakibart | Whatsapp: +33 0 762061046, +1 334 444 1107

Education:

2008: Bachelor of Fine Arts - Department of Printmaking, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

2011: Master of Fine Arts - Department of Printmaking, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Residencies:

2022: The Art Explora - Cite international des Arts, Paris (5th of September 2022 to 28th of February 2023)

2021: Pro-Helvetia artist studio residency, Rote Fabrik Zurich Switzerland

2018: Delfina Foundation, London, UK

2013: Visual Perception, Paril, Manikganj, Bangladesh

2008: Porapara Art Space, Chittagong, Bangladesh.

2009: Video art workshop at Britto art trust Bangladesh

Visiting Artist lecture

2021: Faculty of Fine Arts, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Exhibition:

Upcoming: The Art Encounters Biennial, held in Timișoara, Romania, May 19–July 16, 2023.

Curated by Adrian Notz

2022: 19th Asian Art biennale Bangladesh

2022: “Museum of Intensity” 24th edition of National Art Exhibition at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy’s National Art Gallery, Dhaka Bangladesh

2021: Taoyuan International Art Award, 2021, Taoyuan Arts Center, Taiwan

2020: Seismic Movement, Spatial Movements, Dhaka Art Summit 2020, Shilpokala Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh curated by

2019: “Look Stranger” Serendipity Arts Festival 2019, Goa India, Chobimela X Dhaka, Bangladesh

(un)seen, Bengal Shilpalay Dhaka, Bangladesh

2018: Finger on the Pulse, Akar Prakar Gallery, New Delhi, India

Samdani Art Award, Dhaka Art Summit, 2018, Shilpokala Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh. curated by Simon Castets, director of Swiss Institution New York

2017: Entangled Reality, Vienna, Austria curated by Ruxmini Q Chowdhury Tasher Desh, Arambag, Dhaka, Bangladesh

2016: Self Identity, National museum, Dhaka, Bangladesh

2013: Visual Perception, Paril, Manikganj, Bangladesh

2012: Only God Can Judge Me “OGCJM” Circo Soap and Chemical Ind. Ltd., Tejgaon Industrial Area, Tejgaon, Dhaka.

2012: “Mourn” a process based art show, Dhaka Art Center, Bengal Foundation, Dhaka

2011: How Are You?' at Community Space Litmus gallery, South Korea

2011:1000 (Bad Art or Good Art). Café Ajo, Dhanmondi R/A, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Annual art exhibitions Faculty of Fine Art, University of Dhaka

2008: Annual art exhibitions, Faculty of Fine Art, University of Dhaka

2007: Group art exhibition in Porapara art space, Chittagong, Bangladesh

Award:

Samdani Art Award 2018, Dhaka Art Summit 2018

Jury members were: Director of Delfina Foundation Aaron Cezar, Artist Mona Hatuam, Runa Islam, Subodh Gupta and Sheela Gowda.

Aminul Islam Young Artist Award 2018

The jury board of this edition consists of: Pooja Sood, Director of KHOJ International Artists Association, Shishir Bhattacharjee, Chairperson of Department of Drawing and Painting, Faculty of Fine Art, University of Dhaka, and Shaela Sharmin, Director, Institute of Fine Arts, University of Chittagong.

Work experience

2011-2013: Ogilvy & Mather: Senior Visualizer, Tejgoan, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Selected press:

Rote Fabri Zurich Swzerland 2021

https://www.instagram.com/p/CXL57F-qF4T/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CWwBkxbo_Ux/

Prohelvetia_newdelhi Artist in residency Program 2021

https://www.instagram.com/p/CXDS5KTv4uV/

Stirworld:

Cosmic relationalism in the sculptures of Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury

https://www.stirworld.com/see-features-cosmic-relationalism-in-the-sculptures-of-mizanur-rahman-chowdhury

Frieze magazine
How Do We Look Backward to Move Forward? Notes from the 2020 Dhaka Art Summit by Skye Arundhati Thomas
https://frieze.com/article/how-do-we-look-backward-move-forward-notes-2020-dhaka-art-summit