Firoz Mahmud

# Firoz Mahmud was born in Khulna, Bangladesh. Now he lives and works in New York and Tokyo. He did research/residency at the Rijksakademie Van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam under a grant from Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Netherlands. He also did MFA at Tama Art University in Tokyo and PhD on fine arts from Tokyo University of the Arts. Previously he also studied at the Dhaka University`s Fine Art Institute (2000).

# He exhibited in many international and National exhibitions including, 1st Aichi Triennale (2010), Tashkent Biennale (2009), Sharjah Biennale , UAE (2009), Cairo Biennale (2008), Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale (2006 & 2009-DAP), Asian Biennale Bangladesh (2008, 2002 & 2000) and also exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo MOT & Tokyo Geidai ,Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Fuchu Art Museum, Ota Fine Arts, University Art Museum, Mori Art Museum (Art Center Gallery), Tokyo, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art (2010) in Japan, kunsthaus Tacheles in Berlin, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, New York, Sovereign Asian Art Foundation, The Landmark Atrium, Hong Kong, ShContemporary08, Shanghai Exhibition Center, S.M.A.K., The Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art - Ghent, Witt...

EDUCATION
2003: Rijksakademie Van Beeldende Kunsten,Amsterdam, Netherlands
2008: Research & PhD, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Tokyo
2001: MFA,Painting, Dhaka University, Institute of Fine Arts, Bangladesh
1997: BFA, Painting, Dhaka University, Institute of Fine Arts, Bangladesh

ARTIST RESIDENCY/Art Camp
2009: OZU Culture Center, Artist Residency, Umane /Rome, Italy
2009: Sharjah Art Museum, Halcyon Tarp Project, Sharjah UAE
2000: Kolkata Nandonik, Kolkata, India
1998: Royal Over Seas League/ROSL, London, UK
1997: National Art Gallery, Dhaka , Bangladesh (Workshop)

EXHIBITION: SOLO (selected)
2010: `Whatever they are scolded your star is safe` Bandung Art Space, Bandung, Indonesia
2010: Firoz Mahmud, Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo
2010: Firoz Mahmud, Bengal Art Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2009: `Belief = Be live`, OZU Sapce, Umane, Italy
2007: Flying Pixels from flying man, BV & STVCV project, Khulna Vision TV & Dhaka intercity Bus service , Bangladesh
2006: BV & SS-X`CHANGE, Khulna Vision TV & BRAC NGO elementary school,Khulna , Bangladesh
Dis-tinc-tion, Plaza Gallery, Tokyo
2005: MAnifeSTATION/ layer report 27, 27, Setagaya Ar...

FIROZ MAHMUD`s Up-Coming & on-going Exhibition News : ((((((((((((
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# 1st Aichi Triennale 2010-`Arts and Cities` (Curator:Akira Tatehata)
Duration:21 August to 31 October, 2010
Venue: Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Aichi Art Center, Nagoya, Japan
More info:http://aichitriennale.jp/en/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/SUCKERwfp21/122195524466229?ref=ts
Artists:Yang Fudong, Adel Abdessemed, Cai Guo Qiang, Amar Kanwar, Yayoi Kusama, Firoz Mahmud, Navin Rawanchaikul, Tadasu Takamine, Zhang Huan, Tatiana Trouvé, Tom Friedman, Huang Shih Chieh, Ryoji Ikeda, Takehito Koganezawa, Shiro Matsui, Tatzu Nishi, Hans Op de Beeck, Amalia Pica, Santiago Sierra, Gelitin, Lieko Shiga, Shimabuku, Chiharu Shiota, Tsang Kin Wah, Hema Upadhyay and others............
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Courtesy: Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo
Art Project grant: Aichi Foundation
Acknowledgement: Tsuruta Yoriko, Tahmina Haque, Aichi all volunteers and assistants
More Info:www.firozmahmud.com
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# `Transformation`-Tokyo Art Meeting,
Venue:Tokyo Museum of Contemporary Art MOT, Tokyo (Curator: Yuko Hasegawa)
Artists: Matthew Berney, Tatjana Preuss, Erina Matsui, Firoz Mahmud....
Duration:Oct. 29 (Fr...