Ronni Ahmmed

Education
2002 : BFA, Institute of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka

Publications
2013 : The Cosmic Ark, officially launched at the Venice Biennale, sponsored by Mermaid Foundation

Solo exhibitions
2015 : Gods and Beasts, Bengal Art Lounge, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2012 : Cosmic Turtle Visiting Green Earth – Sculpture/Mural, Mermaid Eco Resort, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
2006 : Tales of Pseudo Myth, Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2005 : Archaeology of Noah’s Ark, Alliance Française, Dhaka and Chittagong, Bangladesh
2004 : Mythoronnia, Alliance Française, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2002 : Untitled, Alliance Française, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Group exhibitions
2015 : An Aronniyan Solarium, Longitude Latitude 6, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2014 : BDesh, Dhaka Art Summit, curated by Deepak Ananth, Dhaka, Bangladesh
: Monochrome, Paintings from the Bengal Foundation Collection, Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, Dhaka
2013 : Imago Mundi, Venice Biennale, Italy
: 9th Edition of New Florence Biennale, Florence, Italy
: OPEN #16, International Exhibition of Sculptures and Installations, curated by Ebadur Rahman, Venice, Italy
2012 : Senses 7, Dhaka Art Centre, Bangladesh
: Santorini Biennale of Arts, Greece
: OPEN #15, curated by Paolo De Grandis, Venice, Italy
: Dhaka Art Summit, Bangladesh
2011 : Cross Over, Workshop for India and Bangladesh, curated by Sushma K. Bahl, Archana B. Sapra and Mustafa Zaman, Dhaka and Delhi
: The Country of Rising Sadness, Samdani Art Foundation, curated by Ebadur Rahman, Dhaka Art Centre and Izumi Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh
: OPEN #14, Venice, Italy
: Longitude Latitude 4, Beauty Boarding, Dhaka, Bangladesh
: La Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
: S.O.S. – Dhaka Seeks Solitude!, Goethe Institute, Dhaka
2010 : Rooted Creativity-6, Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2009 : 4th Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale 2009 (FT4), Japan
: A Contemporary and Folk Art Exhibition from Bangladesh, Orient Gallery, Amman, Jordan
2008 : Asian Art Biennial, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2007 : Collagekalpa, Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2006 : International Exhibition of Small Graphic Forms, Lodz, Poland
: European Cultural Week, organised by the embassies of the European Union and Bangladesh Artist Welfare Organization, Alliance Française, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2004 : Exhibition in Yangon, BRITTO, Myanmar
2003 : Egypt Print Triennial, Cairo, Egypt

Performances
2011 : Performance at Depart Launching, Dhaka, Bangladesh
: Program directed by Japanese performance artist Seiji Shimoda, Chittagong, Bangladesh
2010 : Performance on ‘Water Pollution’, Britto Arts Trust, Goethe-Institute
2007 : Speech performance with Clare Charnley, Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Residency
2007 : Central TAFE Art Gallery, Perth, Australia
: With British artist Clare Charnley, Britto Arts Trust, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Collection
Bengal Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh; Mermaid Art Foundation, Chittagong, Bangladesh; Benetton Collection (Imago Mundi); Central TAFE Art Gallery, Perth, Australia; Mercury International Collection, Bangladesh; A.K. Khan Collection, Bangladesh; Tokyo International Mini Print Triennial; Egypt Print Triennial 2003; and other private collections.

Film
2015 : Tears of the Blazing Brain, Bengal Art Lounge, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2013 : Seven Hundred Miles of Sleep Walking, produced by Mermaid Art Foundation
2006 : From the Grave They Come to the Grave They Go, produced by Bengal Foundation

Present position
* Member of Editorial Board of International Art Magazine, Depart – an English Quarterly, Dhaka, Bangladesh
* Trustee and Chief Advisor, Mermaid Art Foundation, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

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