Anika Mariam Ahmed

 

 

b.1988, Dhaka, Bangladesh

living in Groningen, the Netherlands

 

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 

 

2019              Home:Front, Sign, Groningen

2019              Prospects and Concepts, Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam

2019              Velvet Ropes Antwerp, Gifc and Showhouse Jay Jay, Antwerp

2018              Masterclass with Paul van der Eerden exhibition, Sad Alchemy, Museum de Buitenplaats, Eelde

2018              Shades of Passion, with the Bangladesh embassy in the Netherlands, City Hall, The Hague

2017              Night Shifts, Day Dreams, 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

Prospects and Concepts catalogue, Mondriaan Fonds, Rotterdam, 2019

Six seasons review, vol 5 nr. 1, Bengal publications, Dhaka, 2019

Realmag, edition 5, Rotterdam, 2017

Buning Brongers Prijs catalogue, Amsterdam, 2016

       A moment, a person, a thought graduation catalogue, Groningen, 2016