Tayeba Begum Lipi - Artist Info

About Tayeba Begum Lipi

  • Biography

    In recent years, Lipi has risen to become a leader in Bangladesh's still-nascent contemporary scene. She co-founded of the Britto Arts Trust in 2002, the country's first artist-led non-profit organization, dedicated to supporting and developing contemporary Bangladeshi artists. In 2004, Lipi was awarded the Grand Prize at the Asian Art Biennial in Dhaka. In 2011, she was selected as commissioner among five artists chosen to represent Bangladesh in the country's first pavilion at the Venice Biennale; the following year, she co-curated the Kathmandu International Art Festival. Recently, her work was chosen for the traveling exhibition, "No Country: Contemporary Art for South and Southeast Asia" appearing at the Guggenheim Museums in New YoChristie's, Mumbai...

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