Artist in a gift box

Sanad Biswas. A day long performance, Artist in a gift box. 2016.

Sanad Kumar Biswas (b. 1986, Faridpur, Bangladesh) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Dhaka, whose practice encompasses sculpture, installation, live art, and multimedia. His work navigates existential questions, delving into transformation, sensory perception, and the intricate mechanisms of the human body. Through flowing organic forms and tangled structures, Biswas explores the fleeting nature of human existence and the relationship between the self, space, and time. His art serves as a visual inquiry into moments of transition, capturing the tension between permanence and impermanence in the human experience.

REPRESENTED

Daagi Art Garage

EXHIBITION

  • Solo Exhibition ‘THE LIMINAL HORIZON’, 2024.
  • Show ‘Zero Calori’ by DAAGI ART GARAGE at Studio Vaskarmi, Hazaribug, 2023.
  • Participated at ‘Topography of mirror cities’ groups show organized by Britto Art Trust, 2018.
  • Group show ‘Error’ organized by Britto Art Trust, 2016.
  • Bengal Foundation performance art week ‘ephemeral: perennial’, 2016.
  • Participated at the debut show ‘Weapon can’t kill!’ arranged by DAAGI ART GARAGE at South Asian media institute (Pathshala), 2016.
  • Participated as a performance artist at performance pavilion, DHAKA ART SUMMIT, 2016.  
  • Participated in National Art Exhibition -2009, 2013, 2015 at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.
  • Young Artist’s Art Exhibition-2010, 2014, 2016 at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.
  • Group Art Exhibition “DOWNRIVER” at “Institute of Asian Creative”, 2014.

PUBLIC ART INSTALLATIONS:

  • A three days site Specific Art Project- NATIVE MITH at Jholmolia village of Rampal Upazila, Bagerhat District, 2016.
  • A three days site specific art project ishwardi- pakshi organized by Sandwich Dhaka and art lab, Dhaka, 2016.
  • Urban Hours 2nd Season Project in Curzon Hall organized by Back Art Foundation, 2015.
  • A three days site Specific Art Project- NATIVE MITH at a village of Daudkandi Upazila, Comilla, 2015.
  • A three days site Specific Art Project- NATIVE MITH at a village of Daudkandi Upazila, Comilla, 2015.
  • A Site Specific Art Project- LIVING SCRAPS organized by Daagi Art Garage,
  • At a doc yard near the polluted river Burigangga, Sadarghat, Dhaka, 2014.

BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS

National and International magazine publications-Depart, The Daily Star, The New Age, and so many.

AWARDS AND GRANTS

  • Media best Award in sculpture, 2016, Young art exhibition organized by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Bangladesh.
  • ‘Sohid Nona Miya memorial Award’ in annual exhibition-2010. Faculty of Fine Arts, Dhaka University.

RESIDENCY

A three months artist in Residence at ‘Studio Sandwich’, Kyoto, Japan 2014.

MENTORS AND WORKSHOP ATTENDED

  • Five days ‘SAMDANI A performance SEMINARS’ performance workshop by Nikhil Chopra at Bangladesh Shilpokala Academy, 2015.
  • A workshop ‘Shaping the space between’ conducted by Professor John Aiken organized by Sculpture D.U. , UCL Slade and BRITISH COUNCIL, 2011.
  • The eleven days ‘Metal Casting Sculpture Workshop’ guided by Professor  Janak Jhankar Narzary from Visva Bharati, Santiniketon, 2011.
  • “ Raku Workshop” organized by Britto  Arts Trust in collaboration with Department of Sculpture, Faculty of Fine Arts, Dhaka University, 2009.
  • A Workshop by Stephanie Quayle organized by Department of Sculpture, D.U.  & BRITISH COUNCIL, 2008.

ART COLLECTION

In search of existence, Sculpture, Bronze, 10x5x7 inch, Collected by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, 2016.

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