Murshida Arzu Alpana

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Lives and works both in Berlin, Germany and Dhaka, Bangladesh, since 1993
 

1961
1977
1977-79
1979-83
1986-88
 
1996-97
 
1997-98
 

born in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Secondary School Certificate Exam, Dhaka Board
Pre-Bachelor of Fine Arts, Institute of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Bachelor of Fine Art, Institute of Fine Art, Dhaka Universität
Master of Fine Arts in Painting, under the guidance of Prof. K.G. Subramanyan and 6 months of Prof. Jogen Chowdhury, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, India
Bachelor of Experimental Painting, under the guidance of Prof. Karl Horst Hödicke, HdK, FB-1, Berlin, Germany
Master of Experimental Painting, under the guidance of Prof. Karl Horst Hödicke, HdK, FB-1, Berlin, Germany

Awards, Scholarships, Commissions, Honour, Artist Residency :

1980
1982
1983
1986-1988
1992
1993
 
1993-1995
1995
1996
 
1999
 
2003
2006
 
2008
2010
 
 
 
 
 

Khawaja Shafique Ahmed Memorial Award in Water Colour, Dhaka
Class best Award in Oil, Dhaka
Best Award “Shilpacharjya Jainul Abedin Award”, in all media in Oil, Dhaka
Scholarship by Ministry of Education and Culture, ICCR, India
Best Overseas Award in Oil, ROSL Golden Jubilee Trust, London, U.K
2. Prize in water colour, 7th & 8th Annual International Exhibition of Miniature Art, Toronto, Canada
DAAD scholarship, Berlin, Germany
Commission of silkscreen prints edition, “3. Graphikprize of Griffelkunst”, Hamburg
Commission of silkscreen prints edition for the 2nd Prize Award winner by “Young Music”, Munich
Commission of silkscreen prints edition for 1st Prize Award winner by “Young Music”, Munich
Commission of silkscreen prints by CECMG, People and Technique, Hanover
Awarded one of 10 best women in Bangladesh, by the organization “Ananna” in Fine Arts, Dhaka
Honoured by the Royal Overseas League Arts, London, as Jury/Curator to
select a young emerging artist from Bangladesh to grant ROSL Visual Arts
Received invitation as one of most distinguished artist and a selector of ROSL
scholarship, to The Centenary Reception at the St James’s Palace, on 1st of June, 2010, U.K.
“MeetFactory” Artist in Residence, in Prague , Czech Republic
“Diploma of Excellence Award” ART NOW 3, The 3rd Annual Juried Contemporary Art
Online Competition /Exhibition 2008-2009, London, U.K.

Solo Exhibitions (selected):

1988
1989
1992
1994
1995
 
 
 
1999
 
2000
2002
2003
2004
 
2006
 
 
 
2008
2009
2010
 

Indien
Dhaka
Dhaka
Edinburgh
London
Warwickshire
Coventry
Berlin
Bielefeld
Berlin
Berlin
Edinburgh
London
Berlin
Berlin
Dhaka,
Bangladesh
Berlin
Berlin
Calcutta, India
Berlin
Dhaka
Prague

Landscape of Santiniketan
Solo in Institute of Fine Art, Dhaka Universität
Galerie De L’ Alliance Française
Royal Overseas League House: Paintings & Silkscreen Prints
Royal Overseas League House: Paintings & Silkscreen Prints
Leamington Art Gallery & Museum: Paintings & Prints Exhibition
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum: Paintings & Prints Exhibition
Galerie Wolf: Colour + Relation
Gallery PIN: Glass painting, Painting and Paperwork
Just Art Gallery: Painting, Object and Video-show
Schering Kunstverein: Room between Dynamism and Silence
Royal Overseas League Arts: Digital Heads
Royal Overseas League Arts: Digital Heads
The Embassy of Bangladesh: “Contemporary art” in all Nation’s Festival
Gallery 360GRAD, Wolff & Müller: A Retrospective-10 years work in Europe
Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, “ SPAGAT - living in two worlds ”
 
Nering + Stern Gallery, “View of people”
Nering + Stern Gallery, “The North meets the South”
Chitrakoo Art Gallery, "Freedom in 20 years back up to now"
Läkemäker Gallery, “On a Golden Day”
Goethe Institut, “Drinking Bottle Water and Breathing Dust Only ”
International Centre of Contemporary Art , “ arrived, seen, gone ”

Group Exhibitions (selected):

1989
 
1990
1991
 
1992
 
 
 
1993
 
1994
 
1995
 
1996
 
1997
 
1998
1999
2001
2002
2003
 
 
 
2004
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2005
 
 
 
 
 
 
2006
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2007
 
2008
 
 
2009
 
 
 
 
2010
 
 
 
 
 
 

Dhaka
Beijing/China
Italien/Genua
Dhaka
Dhaka
Berlin
London
Delhi
Dhaka
Toronto
Paris
London
Edinburgh
Accra
Hamburg
Berlin
Neu-Gaarz
Dresden
Berlin
Berlin
Bielefeld
Eschborn
Pulheim
U.S.A/Florida
Berlin
Berlin
Berlin
Milano/Italien
Montenegro
Berlin
Berlin
Milano/Italien
Berlin
Berlin
U.S.A/Florida
Korschenbroich
Milan/Italy
Berlin
Berlin
Berlin
Dueren
Neaple/Italien
Dhaka,
Bangladesh
Dhaka,
Bangladesh
Catania, Italien
Florida, U.S.A
London, U.K
Florida, U.S.A
Berlin
Eschborn
Calcutta, India
Mumbai, India
London, U.K.
Athens, Greece
Amman, Jordan
Athens, Greece
Cologne, FRG
 
Berlin, FRG
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Lefkada Island, Japan
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Eschborn, FRG
Athens, Greece

Contemporary National Art Gallery: 4th Asian Art Biennale Bangladesh
Contemporary Painting of Bangladesh
International print Exhibition Premio Internazionale Biella 1990, Perl' Incisiane
Bangladesh National Museum: Contemporary Young Artists Exhibition
Contemporary National Art Gallery: 5th Asian Art Biennale Bangladesh
International Art Exhibition, “37 Rooms” Berlin
Royal Overseas League House: Annual Open Exhibition 1992
Indien: South Asian Contemporary Art Festival
Contemporary National Art Gallery: 10th National Art Exhibition
Dell Bello Gallery: 7th + 8th International Exhibition of Miniature Art
Exposition ‘93
Royal Overseas League House: 11th Annual Open Exhibition 94
College of Art: 11th Annual Open Exhibition 94
Ghana, Art Cra' Gallery: 50 International Young Artists Exhibition
and 80 Places in Germany: 3. Graphikprize of Griffelkunst members
Gallery Wolf: 30 days - 30 artists
Gallery Wolf & Gallery Domäne: Art from Bangladesh
Art Messe Dresden, Gallery Wolf
Raab Gallery: BerlinBilder/Picture of Berlin
Gallery Schwartzsche Villa: Zwei Räume/ Two Rooms
Baumschule Upmann + Gallery PIN: International Sculpture Show in Nature
In the GTZ: Visions of People
Art Messe, 14th Art-happenings, Abtei Brauweiler
Church Street Galerie, Orlando: Germans and non-Germans in Germany
Gallery in Parliament, “world in 4 colours”
Gallery 360GRAD, L’art visit, exclusive art & Gallery Nering + Stern
Gallery Nering + Stern, Summer Exhibition
Gallery Bianca Maria Rizzi, Giorgio Gaber
State Museum Tivat – Montenegro,Contemporary Modern Art
Pumpwerk Neukölln, “The world in between”
Embassy of Bangladesh , Contemporary Art
Gallery Bianca Maria Rizzi, “I. K. A.” (Intercultural Art), N° ZERO
Gallery Nering + Stern, “Step Forward”
Gallery Nering + Stern, Heads and Portraits
Gallery Millenia, The Internationals, 4 Continents, 4 Countries, 4 Artists
ART ON DISPLAY,“9 Positions in Modern Art”
Gallery Bianca Maria Rizzi, “5 International Artists Show”
Gallery 360GRAD, “Art and Car”
Gallery Rodolfo, “ Illusion and Limitation”
German Information Ministry and Gallery Nering + Stern, in Asian Pacific Week
Art on Display, “ 7 Positions in Modern Art ”
Gallery Bianca Maria Rizzi, “ International Artists Show ”
Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, “ The Voice of Others ”
 
Galerie De L´ Alliance Francaise, “ Harmony ”,
organised by the European Commission
Gallery Bianca Maria Rizzi, “ International Artists Show ”
Gallery Millenia, Orlando, “ Contemporary Artists Show ”
Gallery Woolff, Art London Fair, Chelsea.
Gallery Millenia, Orlando, “Palmbeach 3- International Art Fair”
Kindervilla in Neukölln, “Two steps Forward”
In the GTZ, “Developments and Changes”
Gallery Akar-Prakar, "10 artists from Bangladesh"
Point Of View Art Gallery
3ART NOW, online global art annual 2008
Pro-Art Gallery, “CROSSROADS 1,- a sustainable world is a just world”
Orient Art Gallery, “Bangladesh Contemporary and Folk Art Exhibition ”
American College of Greece Art Gallery, “ Open Mind Of Lafcadio Hearn ”
Gallery Michael Schultz, “Art. Fair – 21” Cologne
 
Künstlerhaus Bethanien,“The Touch of History “, curated by Christoph Tannert
101 Artists show in Dhaka Art Centre - DAC, Dhaka
Ex-I.C.C.R scholarship holders art show, High commission of India, Dhaka
Lefcas Cultural Center, “ Open Mind Of Lafcadio Hearn ”
Dhaka Art Center , “Dhaka- Safe and Sound “ a festival by Goethe Institut
In the GTZ gallery, “Contemporary Paintings from Asia”
Pro-Art Gallery, “ Different World “
 

Permanent Collections:
 
Bangladesh National Museum, Dhaka; Ahsan Manjeel Museum, Dhaka; Contemporary National Art Gallery, Dhaka; Bangla Academy Museum, Dhaka; Cultural Ministry of Govt., Nairobi/ Kenya; Royal Overseas League House, London; Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry; Art at Henning, Berlin; Dresdner Bank AG, Berlin; Hypo Vereinsbank, Berlin; Schering Kunstverein Berlin; Contemporary Modern Art state Museum in Montenegro/Tivat; GTZ Eschborn, Society for Promotion of Bangladesh Art and many other private collections in different countries.

Job and other Experiences:

1973
 
1983-1992
 
1989-1992
1992
 
1992
 
1992-1993
1993-1995
 
2005
 
2006
 
 
2007
 
2010

Classical Music Singer of both Bangladesh Television and Radio Bangladesh Dhaka Center, since 1973
Commission work in oil of national and international gallery of Bangladesh National Museum & Ahsan Manjeel Museum, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Artist/Illustrator, Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Artists camp “Environment” by Goethe Institute in 4 different cities, German Cultural Centre,Dhaka, Bangladesh
A month long photography workshop by Autograph in England & DRIK Picture Library Limited, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Lecturer, Institute of Fine Art, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Experimental Painting and Silk Screen Print under the guidance of Prof. Helmut Otto and Prof. K.B. Marwan as DAAD Scholar, Hochschule der Künste (HDk), F.B-1, Berlin, Germany
Honourable guest teacher for both the Master and Honours Degree Students at the
University Of Development Alternative , U.O.D.A. , Dhaka, Bangladesh
Honourable guest teacher for both the Master and Honours Degree Students of Fashion
Design,at the Santo-Mariam University of Creative Technology, S.M.U.C.T, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Joined as a celebrated artist in 3 workshops, by Bengal Art Gallery, Shanto-Marium University of Creative Technology and Gallery De L´ Alliance Francaise, Dhaka, Bangladesh
3 workshops “101 Artists Camp” by Dhaka Art Centre, Modhumoti Art Camp by Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, Dhaka, and Graphic Prints Workshop by Gallery Cosmos.

Present Occupation:

2005
 

Professor of the Master of Fine Arts level students at the University Of Development Alternative; U.O.D.A., Dhaka, Bangladesh

Address:

Murshida Arzu Alpana
 
E-Mail: info@arzu-alpana.com

Studio Berlin, Germany
 
Kyffhäuser Str. 23, 10781 Berlin
 
Tel/Fax: 0049 – (0)30 - 21 75 44 58
Mobile:  0049 – (0)179 - 8195546
 

Studio in Dhaka, Bangladesh:
 
Flat 11, House 7, Road 3, Block A, Section 11,
Mirpur, Dhaka-1216, Bangladesh.
 
Tel:       0088 – 02 – 8019299
Mobile: 0088 – 01741774626