Bio
born in 1989 in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, she studied drawing and painting at the Faculty of
Fine Arts, University of Dhaka, with a post-graduation in 2015. From 2016 to 2017 she studied
printmaking at the Akademia Sztuk Pięknych im. Eugeniusza Gepperta we Wrocławiu, Poland.
Since 2017 she has been studying Contextual Painting at Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. She
currently lives & works in Vienna.
In 2017 Aklima’s work was part of the 1st International Print Triennial in Cieszyn, Poland,
entitled “In the search of Impossible”. For her contribution she was awarded with the Dean of the
Faculty of Arts Award. Recently she received fügerpreis(2021) from Academy of Fine Arts
Vienna, Austria. Her work has been shown a.o. at Wroclaw,Poland, Art Collection Schlichtner,
Vienna, Desiderio Gallery, Parrallel Vienna, Yanjiao Biennial Beijing, Galerie Kerstan Stuttgart,
Print Triennial Cieszyn, Poland, Gallery Mcube, Nepal & Dhaka Art Centre.
Education
MA in Contextual Painting | October 2017 – Ongoing
Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Austria
Contextual Painting Department
MA in Printmaking (Part time program) | October 2016- October 2017
The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław, Poland
Digital printing and Printing expansion Department
Master of Fine Arts (MFA) | 2012-2013
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Drawing and Painting Department
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) | 2008-2011
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Drawing and Painting Department
Solo Exhibitions
Dear Fish | 17.10.2020-30.11.2020
Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Austria
Online solo show
Art Collection Schlichtner, Vienna, Austria
I have a plan | 12-30.04.2017
Gablota Przy Rektoraciea
Ul.Plac Polski 3 / 4 , 50-416 Wroclaw, Poland
Upcoming Group Exhibitions
STIFTUNG VORDEMBERGE-GILDEWART awards Exhibition-2022 | June 02- July 03, 2022, Mumok
Unique collaboration with the Austrian Pavilion at the 59th International Art Exhibition
Curated by Ashley Hans Scheirl & Jakob lena knebl | July 05- Sep 18, 2022, Phileas
“Wiener Freiheit” 2022 | Sept 23- Oct 30, 2022, Gallery_3, Velden am Wörthersee,Austria
Group Exhibitions
Rundgang Exhibition | 20-23.01.2022
Parallel Vienna | 07-12.09.2021
Artcare Booth
Semmelweis Vienna, Austria
Parallel Vienna | 07-12.09.2021
Represented by Contextual painting, Akbild
Semmelweis Vienna, Austria
21. SYMPOSIUM 2021 | eu-art-network | September 03 2021
Darkness Project | 07.07.2021
The Hybrid Exhibition 2021 | May 21-04 June
Real Stories (Questionme&answer –Group show III)-2021| February 24-06 March 2021
Das Moebel das Café, Vienna, Austria
1 st Yanjiao Biennial (Made in Mind,Series 2)-2021| January 16-23,(Online Show), 2021
Beijing,China
Light at the end of the tunnel| December 03-19
AA Collections Gallery, 2020, Vienna,Austria
Parrallel Vienna| September 22-27
Artcare Booth, 2020, Vienna,Austria
De|Real-2020| July 15-28 (Online Show), 2020
Dhaka,Bangladesh
Made in Mind,Series 2-2020| July 21,(Online Show), 2020
Gallery Mcube, Nepal
Mixtsherz Exhibition-2020| June 26-27, 2020
Artcare, Vienna, Austria
Rundgang Exhibition-2020 | January 23-26, 2020
Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria
Rundgang Exhibition-2018 | January 25-29, 2018
Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria
Der [Kun:st] Preis 2017 | 2017, [Kun:st] Kunst Stuttgart International-2017
Galerie Kerstan Breitscheidstraße 48, 70176 Stuttgart, Germany
"In Search of the Impossible"|2017
1st International Print Triennial in Cieszyn, Poland
1st Exhibited: Galeria Uniwersytecka w Cieszynie, Poland
2nd Exhibited “Strefa Sztuki” gallery at the University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
Conversations | 2017
Exchange exhibition with refugee (Germany), Macondo Art Gallery, Wroclaw, Poland
Why Poland? | 2017
Galerie Mutant Letterpress, Pl. Strzelecki 12, 50-224 Wroclaw, Poland
Memory of Death| 2017
Gallery of Contemporary art MD_S, Wroclaw, Poland
Mirror,Mirror after all |March 17-April 2nd 2017
Gallery of Contemporary art MD_S, Wroclaw, Poland
MOURN: Senses always make new sense (Process based show) | 2012
Seven Senses (Compliment of Asian Biennale in Bangladesh), Dhaka Art Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Asian Art Biennale: 500mg | 2012
Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Annual Exhibition | 2010
Faculty of Fine Arts, Zainul Gallery, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Group Exhibition of Water Color | 2010
Rajshahi University, Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Awards
Fügerpreis | 2021
"In Search of the Impossible" | 2017
DEAN OF THE FACULTY OF ARTS AWARD | 2017
Cieszyn, Poland
Art Auctions
14th Young Art Auction | October 12- November 12, 2020, Artcare, Vienna, Austria
Female Art Auction | March 08- March 20, 2021, Artcare, Vienna, Austria
Parallel Art Auction | September 07- September 12, 2021, Artcare, Vienna, Austria
15th Art Auction | November 25- November 27, 2021, Artcare, Vienna, Austria
Female Art Auction | March 10- March 26, 2022, Artcare, Vienna, Austria
Residency Program
21. SYMPOSIUM 2021, eu-art-network| August 25- September 03, 2021
Cselley Mühle in
Oslip, Austria
Workshops
Anti-discriminatory communication-2018
By Perry Percy Baumgartinger
Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Austria
Post-Digital Printmaking Workshop-2017
By Paul Catanese (Associate Professors, Columbia college, Chicago US)
The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław, Poland
Mentoring Session
by Richard Noyce (Artist, Writer & critic) from UK.
The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław, Poland
Egg tempera workshop 2008
by eminent artist Shahid Kabir.
Zainul Gallery, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Water Color Workshop 2009
by Hamiduzzman Khan, Dhaka, Bangladesh