Absence as an Artifact unfolds as a field of deferral and resonance. It does not seek to resolve absence but to think through it, reopening history as an unfinished terrain of violently interrupted relations. In this unfinished state, meanings, materials,

In 2022, through the Leaky Archive digital fellowship, I was given access to the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum's South Asian colonial photography collection. Within that archive, I found fifty-four images from Rangamati, Bangladesh, photographs taken in 1927 by Julius Konietzko, a German explorer

Dead space brought me here years ago. Your future, the future of our race, terminates here. A strange sensation calls me to an unconscious vision, a panorama of devastation seen through the small aperture of my apartment. This city birthed

At Documenta Fifteen (2022) in Kassel, Germany, I participated as both artist and researcher under the Britto Research Grant, with guidance from Artist Tayeba Begum Lipi and Artist Mahbubur Rahman. My contributions formed part of Britto Arts Trust's installation, a

In 2021, I was selected for the Britto Research Grant, a year-long process-based research project developed towards Documenta Fifteen in Kassel, Germany (June 18 to September 25, 2022). The grant supported the development of a publication grounded in anthropological fieldwork

In 2022, I received the award for the German language teaching classroom redesign for Pasch-Partner Schools in Bangladesh, a project commissioned by the Goethe-Institut Bangladesh in collaboration with Cactus Architectural Firm. Within the design team, I led the art curation.

Public art exhibition curation project titled “The Fearless Call” will feature unique art installations by 12 young Bangladeshi artists. Eleven artists from diverse creative backgrounds, including architects, illustrators, painters, filmmakers, writers, and researchers, collaborated on Fearless Call episode III. Meet

I directed the independent, feature-length documentary Mangal Shobhajatra: A Celebration of Resilience for the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Dhaka. This experimental film captures the Mangal Shobhajatra procession—a vibrant, large-scale public art performance held at dawn on

How can we understand the mechanics of the metropolis? Is it even worth understanding if the camera obscure device only captures the slow decay of modern chaos? Or is it about fining a balance with hope whilst being “trapped” in

In collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the Rohingya Cultural Memory Centre (RCMC) is a culturally immersive installation designed to provide audiences with an intimate encounter with the artefacts and narratives of the Rohingya community. Initially developed by

Art curation and concept design project with Loud Workds for Beximco Pharmaceuticals in 2021. This art installation pays tribute to those who toil away to create treasures. It is made up of the unique fingerprints from 1300 employees. Each individual

The JTI Tongi Manufacturing Factory art curation project involved incorporating visual art communication of the world-leading cigarette brand into their new office space in Dhaka. Japan Tobacco International (JTI) is a significant foreign investor in Bangladesh’s economy, aiming to establish

In 2019, I was commissioned for art curation projects for the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE). My primary challenge was to move away from traditional, decorative art methods and address the impact of mechanical reproduction on visual art, often overlooked in

Assistant Curator & Artist for the “News Food” exhibition at the National Museum, curated by Wakilur Rahman. The exhibition showcased the fifteen-year evolution of the “Prothom Alo” newspaper using both digital and analog visual and textual archives.In 2013, I served