Rokeya Sultana

Born 1958, Chittagong, Bangladesh

1983   MFA (Printmaking) Vishwa Bharati, Santiniketan, India
1980   BFA (Printmaking) Institute of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Solo Exhibitions

2007        Sumukha Art Gallery, Bangalore, India
2006        Chawkandi Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
2005        Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, Dhaka
2001        Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, Dhaka
1996        Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Kolkata, India
1997        Chawkhandi Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
1995        Divine Art Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh

International Events

2008        New York Art Fair, USA
              ‘Collage’, Exhibition of Contemporary Art from Pakistan and Bangladesh
              13th Asian Biennale, Dhaka, Bangladesh
              Bangladesh Contemporary Art Week, United Nations Plaza, New York
              Contemporary Art of Bangladesh, Belgium
2007        Two person show, Bait Muzna Gallery, Muscat, Oman
2006        Group show, Denmark 
2005        Seven Contemporary Artists, SPBA, Delhi, India
2002        Art South East Asia, Odlham and Manchester, England
2001        International Painting Biennale of the Islamic World, Tehran
2000        London Print Studio Exhibition: Picturing Home, London, UK
              Contemporary Bangladesh Art, Beijing
1999        3rd Egyptian International Print Triennial
              Bangladesh Art, Summer Festival, Bonn
1998       The Nuremberg, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
              Malaysian International Print Exhibition
1997        International Print Triennial, Krakow, Poland
              Intergrafia ‘97 World Award Winners Gallery, Katowice, Poland
1996        Cairo Art Biennial, Egypt
              4th Biennial of Graphic Art, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
              Belgrade International Print Exhibition, Yugoslavia
              Asian Art Exhibition, Pusan, Korea
1995        International Print Exhibition,
              Poland Cairo Art Biennial, Egypt
              Sharjah Art Biennial, UAE
              Exhibition of Contemporary Art of Bangladesh, Moscow
              Exhibition of Contemporary Art of Bangladesh, Berlin
              Group Exhibition, Center Point Gallery, Art Arena, Tokyo

Scholarships and other Awards/Artist in Residence

2003        French Government Scholarship, L’Atelier Lacouriere et Frelaut
              Artist in Residence, French Ministry of Cultural & Interior Affairs, Paris
2002        Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy Award, National Art Exhibition
2001        Ananya Shirsha Dash Award
2000        Artist in residence, University of Nebraska, USA
1995        Grand Prize Award, Third Bharat Bhavan International Print Biennial, India

Collections

Bangladesh National Museum
Museum of International Contemporary Graphics, Fredrikstand, Norway
Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy
Gonabhavan, Presidential Residence, Bangladesh
Universal Graphic Museum, Cairo
Currently Professor, Department of Printmaking, Institute of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh