Anika Mariam Ahmed
born in 1988, Dhaka
living in the Netherlands
anika.m.ahmed@hotmail.com
instagram.com/anika_mariam_ahmed
Education
2014-2016 MFA in Painting, Frank Mohr Institute, Hanzehogeschool, Groningen
2009-2013 BFA in Drawing and Painting, University of Dhaka, Dhaka
2008-2012 BA in English Literature, BRAC University, Dhaka
Grants
2017 Mondriaan Funds Werkbijdrage Jong Talent (Emerging Young Talent stipendium)
2016 Buning Brongers Prize, Buning Brongers Stichting, Amsterdam
2014-2016 Hanze scholarship, Hanzehogeschool, Groningen
2009-2013 Charukola merit scholarship, University of Dhaka, Dhaka
Residency
2017 Jul-Sep Kaus Australis, Rotterdam, supported by Mondriaan Funds and Fonds Kwadraat
Exhibition/ projects
2018 Masterclass with Paul van der Eerden exhibition, Sad Alchemy, Museum de Buitenplaats, Eelde
2018 Shades of Passion, organized by the Bangladesh embassy in the Netherlands, City Hall, The Hague
2017 Night Shifts, Day Dreams, open studios with curatorial support from Piet de Jonge, Kaus Australis, Rotterdam
2016 Buning Brongers Prijs exhibition, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam
2016 A moment, a person, a thought, graduation show, Frank Mohr Institute, Groningen
2015 Embassy exhibition, Galerie Patries van Dorst, Wassenaar
Two Point Zero, curated by Marc Bijl, Laden für Nichts, Leipzig
2013 - 2014 Illustration for children’s schoolbook, BRAC Institution for Educational Development, Dhaka
2013 Very graphic: the art of storytelling, Bengal Art Lounge, Dhaka
Commission for murals for Urban Youth Festival, Goethe Institut, Dhaka
A fair with a flair, Bengal Art Lounge, Dhaka
Whistle, Shilpangan Gallery, Dhaka
Junction, Dhaka Art Center, Dhaka
2011 - 2012 Graffiti and video projects with Amar Desh Amar Gram (My Country My Village), Dhaka
Collections
UMCG kunst collection, Groningen, and other private collections
Publications
Realmag, edition 5, 2017
A moment, a person, a thought graduation catalogue, 2016
Buning Brongers Prijs 2016 catalogue, 2016