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Murshida Arzu Alpana Present Position Freelance Artist Guest Teacher University of Development Alternative Born in 1961 at Dhaka, Bangladesh Education 1983 : Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drawing & Painting, Institute of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh 1988 : Master of Fine Arts in Painting, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, India, under the guidance of Prof. K.G. Subramaniam 1992 : Attended Artists camp titled “Environment” organized by Goethe-Institute, Dhaka, Bangladesh 1992 : Attended a month long photography workshop jointly organized by Autograph in England & DRIK Picture Library Limited, Dhaka, Bangladesh 1997 : Bachelor of Fine Arts (Experimental Painting), HdK, FB-1, Berlin, guided by Prof. Karl Horst Hödicke 1998 : Master of Fine Arts (Experimental Painting), HdK, FB-1, Berlin, guided by Prof. Karl Horst Hödicke Awards and Works Commissioned 1983—92 :Commission works (Portrait Painting), Bangladesh National Museum & Ahsan Manjeel Museum, Dhaka 1983 : “Schilpacharya Zainul Abedin” award for best in all media in the annual exhibition of Institute of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh 1986—88 : ICCR Scholarship by the Ministry of Education and Culture, Government of India 1992 : Best Overseas Artist Award in oil, ROSL Golden Jubilee Trust, London, UK 1993 : 2nd Prize in Watercolour , 7th & 8th Annual International Exhibition of Miniature Art, Toronto, Canada 1993—95 : DAAD scholarship, Berlin, FRG 1995 : Commission of silkscreen prints edition, “3. Graphikprize of Griffelkunst”, Hamburg, FRG 1996, 99 : Commission of silkscreen prints edition for 1st & 2nd Prize Award winner by “Young Music”, Munich, FRG 2003 : Commission of silkscreen prints by CECMG, People and Technique, Hanover, FRG Solo Exhibitions (selected) 1988 : Landscape of Santiniketan, Santiniketan, India 1992 : La Gallery, “Of Beauty and Aspiration”, Dhaka, Bangladesh - Galerie De L´ Alliance Francaise, Dhaka 1994 : Paintings & Silkscreen Prints, Royal Overseas League House, Edinburgh, UK 1995 : Paintings & Silkscreen Prints, Royal Overseas League House, London, UK 1995 : Paintings & Prints Exhibition, Leamington Art Gallery & Museum, Warwickshire, UK 1995 : Paintings & Prints Exhibition, Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry, UK - Colour + Relation, Gallery Wolf, Berlin, FRG 1997 : Glass Painting, Gallery Open apARTment, M. Pels Leusden, Berlin, FRG 1999 : Glass painting, Painting and Paperwork, Gallery PIN, Bielefeld, FRG 1999 : Painting, Object and Video-show, Just Art Gallery, Berlin, FRG 2000 : Room between Dynamism and Silence, Schering Kunstverein, Berlin, FRG 2002 : Digital Heads, ROSL ARTS, Edinburgh, UK 2003 : Digital Heads, ROSL ARTS, London, UK 2004 : “Contemporary art” in all Nation's Festival, The Embassy of Bangladesh, Berlin, FRG 2004 : A Retrospective - 10 years work in Europe, Gallery 360 GRAD and Wolff & Müller, Berlin, FRG 2006 : “SPAGAT : Living in two worlds“, Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, Dhaka Group Exhibitions (selected) 1989 : 4th Asian Art Biennale, National Art Gallery, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka 1989 : Contemporary Painting of Bangladesh, Beijing, China 1990 : International print Exhibition Premio Internazionale Biella 1990, Perl' Incisiane, Genoa, Italy 1990 : Landscape of Bangladesh, Bangladesh National Museum, Dhaka 1991 : 5th Asian Art Biennale, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka 1992 : 10th National Art Exhibition, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka 1992 : “Contemporary Art Exhibition, Shilpangan Art Gallery, Dhaka 1992 : International Art Exhibition, “37 Rooms” Berlin, Berlin, FRG 1992 : Annual Open Exhibition 1992, Royal Overseas League House, London, UK 1992 : South Asian Contemporary Art Festival, Delhi, India 1993 : 7th + 8th International Exhibition of Miniature Art, Dell Bello Gallery, Toronto, Canada 1993 : Exposition '93, Paris, France 1994 : 11th Annual Open Exhibition 94, Royal Overseas League House, London, UK 1994 : 11th Annual Open Exhibition 94, College of Art, Edinburgh, UK 1995 : 50 International Young Artists Exhibition, Accra, Ghana 1995 : 3 Graphikprize of Griffelkunst members, Hamburg and 80 other cities of FRG 1996 : 30 days - 30 artists, Gallery Wolf, Berlin, FRG 1996 : Art from Bangladesh, Gallery Wolf & Gallery Domäne, Neu-Gaarz FRG 1997 : Art Messe Dresden, Gallery Wolf, Dresden, FRG 1997 : BerlinBilder/Picture of Berlin, Raab Gallery, Berlin, FRG 1998 : Zwei Räume/ Two Rooms, Gallery Schwartzsche Villa,Berlin, FRG 1999 : International Sculpture Show in Nature, Baumschule Upmann + Gallery PIN, Bielefeld, FRG 2001 : Visions of People, In the GTZ, Eschborn, FRG 2002 : Art Messe, 14th Art-happenings, Abtei Brauweiler, Pulheim, FRG 2003 : “world in 4 colours”, Gallery in Parliament, Berlin, FRG 2003 : Germans and non Germans, Church Street Gallery, Orlando, Florida, USA 2003 : Gallery 360GRAD, L'rt visit, exclusive art & Gallery Nering + Stern, Berlin, FRG 2003 : Gallery Nering + Stern, Berlin, FRG 2004 : “Giorgio Gaber”, Gallery Bianca Maria Rizzi, Milan, Italy 2004 : “The world in between”, In Pumpwerk, Berlin, FRG 2004 : “I. K. A.” (InterculturalArt), N° ZERO, Gallery Bianca Maria Rizzi, Milan, Italy 2004 : “Step Forward”, Gallery Nering + Stern, Berlin, FRG 2004 : Contemporary Modern Art state Museum in Montenegro/Tivat, Montenegro 2004 : Heads and Portraits, Gallery Nering + Stern, Berlin, FRG 2004 : The Internationals- 4 Continents, 4 Countries, 4 Artists, Gallery Millenia, Orlando, Florida, U.S.A 2005 : “9 Positions in Modern Art”, Korschenbroich Art on Display, Korschenbroich, FRG 2004 : “5 International Artists Show”, Gallery Bianca Maria Rizzi, Milan, Italy 2004 : “Art and Car”, Gallery 360GRAD, Berlin, FRG 2004 : “Illusion and Limitation”, Gallery Rodolfo, Berlin, FRG 2004 : Asian Pacific Week, German Information Ministry and Gallery Nering + Stern, Berlin, FRG 2004 : “7 Positions in Modern Art”, Art on Display, Dueren, FRG 2006 : “International Artists Show”, Gallery Bianca Maria Rizzi, Naples, Italy Collections Bangladesh National Museum, Dhaka, Bangladesh; Ahsan Manjeel Museum, Dhaka, Bangladesh; National Art Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh; Bangla Academy Museum, Dhaka, Bangladesh; Cultural Ministry of Govt., Nairobi/ Kenya; Royal Overseas League House, London; Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry; Art at Henning, Berlin, FRG; Dresdner Bank AG, Berlin, FRG; Hypo Vereinsbank, Berlin; Schering Kunstverein Berlin, FRG; Contemporary Modern Art state Museum in Montenegro / Tivat; GTZ Eschborn and many other private collections in different countries. Experiences 1992—93 : Lecturer, Institute of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh 1993—95 : Experiment in Screen-print and Painting by Prof. K.B. Marwan and Helmut Otto, HdK, Berlin, FRG |
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Activities
2012
Solo Exhibition
Sumana Akter
Nasima Khan
Group Exhibition
Amity of Our's
Kibria Printmaking
Fair, 2012
Photography
Sayeed Siddiqui Rumi
Babu Ahmed
Seminar and other
Programs
Book Drive
2011
Solo Exhibition
Farhana Islam
Sanjib Datta
Ali Akbar
Dravid Saikot
Mustapha Khalid Palash
Minufar Nasrin
Naimul Bari
Mohammad Eunus
Mohammad Salim
Anwar Hossain
Group Exhibition
Crossover, 2011
Angina
Express Yourself
The Country of Rising Sadness
Group Painting Exhibition
Master and Apprentices
Paintings by Childrens
Rejoice
Jago Antore Momo
Workshop
Rickshaw Painters
Photography
Anwar Hossain
Plays in Light
Globalization: A Bipolar Story
Nafis Ahmed Nadvi
Seminar and other
Programs
Liberation War
Documentary Festival
Speech-Presentation
Bonsai Exhibition
K G Subramanyum
2010
Solo Exhibition
Jamal Ahmed
Monica Jahan Bose
Ferdousi Priyabhashini
Wakilur Rahman
Showpon Choudhury
Group Exhibition
Tree & Roots
Drawing Exhibition
Workshop
101 Art Camp
15 August 2010
Balu Chaya
Performance
Seiji Shimoda
Seminar
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