Shrine Empire Gallery » Tayeba Begum Lipi

Bio CV Exhibitions

Fastened/Unfastened
Solidarity
We Can’t be the Same
We Can’t be the Same
We Can’t be the Same
We Can’t be the Same
We Can’t be the Same
Grandfather’s Gramophone
Go Against the Flow
The Hell is Empty
Controversy
Once in a Blue Moon
Changing Room
My Wedding Suitcase
Vanity Fair
Break the Ice
Boss Lady
Barbed Outfits
Tayeba Begum Lipi, in conversation with Naeem Mohaiemen, Studio Mahbub & Lipi, Hasnabad
T-shirts: What if I’am Modeling
Flattened Skirt
A Swim Suit for You 2
A Swim Suit for You 1
Fits on You 2
Fits on You 1
Trendy Blouse
The Tank Top
Never Tried 3
Never Tried 2
Never Tried 1
Replicated 4
The Lace Top
Replicated 3
Replicated 2
Replicated 1
The Colombian Boots
My Leather Slippers
The Italian Black Heels
Not for Me 4
Not for Me 3
Not for Me 2
Not for Me 1
My Boots
Once Upon a Time
The Wig
Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye
Bizarre and the Beautiful
Love Bed
Time Flies
The Nighty
100 Years Old
Let’s Take a Break
From 1.7 Million Mi² To 55,598 Mi²
From 1.7 Million Mi² To 55,598 Mi²
Miles After Miles (Pump Shoes)
Miles After Miles (My Sandals)
Miles After Miles (Sneakers)
Mirror
Unveiling Womanhood
Unveiling Womanhood
Times Gone By
Secrecy
Secret 1
Personal Entity
The Stolen Dream
My New Look – 2
My New Look -1
The Swing
When the Life Began
From 1.7 Million Mi² to 55,598 Mi²
From 1.7 Million Mi² to 55,598 Mi²
Lullaby
Long Walk
Anonya’s Privacy
Presence
Womanhood 2
Destination (2 Cascades)
Comfy Bikinis
Recalling 1
Together

Education

M.F.A. in 1993, (Drawing and Painting) Institute of Fine Art, University of Dhaka

Solo Exhibitions/ Projects

2019
Vanity Fair at Shrine Empire Gallery, New Delhi curated by Anushka Rajendran
This is What I Look(ed) Like at Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Chelsea, NYC

2016
Solo show at Sundaram Tagore Gallery, NYC
Solo Project at the Art Basel Hong Kong with Pi Artworks Istanbul- London

2015
‘No One Home’- at Bengal Art Lounge, Bangladesh
‘Reversal Reality’ at Shrine Empire Gallery, Delhi

2014
‘Never been Intimate’ at Pi Artworks Gallery, London
Solo project at Dhaka Art Summit curated by Diana Campbell Betancourt

2013
‘Never been Intimate’ at Pi Artworks Gallery, Istanbul

2007
“Feminine”, Bengal Gallery, Dhaka

2004
‘Even the Walls Have Ears’, at Alliance Francaise, Dhaka

2001
Gallery 21 Dhaka

1998
Alliance Francaise de Dhaka

Duo with artist Mahbubur Rahman

2018
‘Faces of Intimate Strangers’ curated by Sandy Lo as Modern Art Museum Shanghai

2016
Artist As Activist at Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum (MSU), USA curated by Caitlin Doherty

2014
Saitama City North Plaza Gallery Saitama, Japan

2010
Parables of Our time, at Gallery Akar Prakar, Kolkata

2002
Artificial Reality, Installation Show at La Galerie Alliance Francaise de Dacca

2000
Slave of the Civilization, Performance at Jyvaskyla, Finland

Group Exhibitions

2020
NOWTHERE, South Asian Group Show at Siddhartha Art Gallery, Kathmandu

2019
NOWTHERE a collaborative exhibition at Latitude28, New Delhi
Burnish Tarnish at Palette Art gallery, New Delhi
The Ilham Collection Exhibition at Ilham Gallery, Malaysia

2018
‘ShohorNama’ final exhibition at Daily Star- Bengal Arts Precinct curated by Mahbubur Rahman as part of a larger city based project ‘ Topography of Mirror Cities curated by Sandy Hsiu-Chih Lo
The Edge’ at Bikaner House, Delhi , curated by Yashodhara Dalmia presented by Shrine Empire, New Delhi
‘Lapses II’ curated by Anushka Rajendran at Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai

2017
Taiwan Asian Art Biennale at the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung
Kathmandu Triennale (Patan Museum) curated by Philippe Van Cauteren
Things Lost/ Remembering the Future curated by Kurchi Dasgupta & Amritah Sen, Ganges Art Gallery, Kolkata

2016
SONSBEEK at Arnhem Museum, the Netherlands
Art Festival WATOU, Belgium
RANDOM, at Britto Space, a special exhibition by Britto Members

2015
‘I Don’t Belong’ Curated by Nobuo Takamori at Gallery H. Taipei
‘Frontiers Reimagined ’ a collateral exhibition at the 56 Venice Biennale

Museo di Palazzo Grimani curated by Sundaram Tagore and Marius Kwint
Open Studio: 1mile²Dhaka-2 by Britto Arts Trust in Old Dhaka
‘Summer Exhibition’ at Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Chelsea, NYC
National Art Exhibition by Bangladesh Shilapakala Academy

2014-2015
CiCLO (CYCLE) a group exhibitionby 14 artists from 14 countries at CCBB Sao Paulo, Brasiliaand Bello Horizonte in Brazil curated by Marcello Dantas

2014
Asian Art Biennale Bangladesh
‘Daily Pasture’- Video Art Exhibition on the ‘New Silk Road’ curated by Ni Kun and Zeng Qunkai at Museum Of Contemporary Art, Xinjiang
‘Cross Casting’ curated by Mahbubur Rahman at Britto Space, a contemporary art hub, Dhaka
No Country: Contemporary Art for South and Southeast Asia, Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
Femlink- a video art exhibition at the Video Art Project Space, Milan, Italy

2013
Mapping Gender at JNU Delhi
No Country, Guggenheim UBS MAP, Guggenheim NY curated by June Yap
No Country, Asia Society Hong Kong Center, curated by June Yap
Barbed Floss, at the Guild, Mumbai curated by Veerangan Solanki
SPELL of SPILL utopia of ecology, Curated by Veerangana kumari Solanki at Palette Art Gallery, Delhi
Space Form Transform, curated by Sayantan Maitra Boka at Apparao Gallery, Aman Hotel, Delhi

2012
Art Asia Miami, curated by Jasmine Wahi
‘In Exactly This’, Kunstvlaai Festival in Amsterdam
Colombo Art Biennale, Sri Lanka
SPACE an Inaugural show of BRITTO SPACE a Contemporary Art Hub by Britto Arts Trust, Dhaka
Dhaka Art Summit 2012 by Samdani Art Foundation
Freedom in Creativity, Celebrating International Women’s Day at Galary Kaya, Dhaka.
Athena Gallery, Dhaka

2011
14th Jakarta Biennale, Indonesia
54th Venice Biennale 2011 at Venice, Italy
Root and creativity, 10 years anniversary exhibition by Bengal Gallery of Fine Art, Dhaka
19thNational Art Exhibition by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka
‘I AM HERE’ curated by Lina Vincent Sunish at Jaaga, Bengaluru, India
12 years Anniversary Exhibition by Santaran, Chittagong
FemLink, Worldwide Video Art show by FemLink, Dubai
40 Years of Independence by Bengal Gallery of Fine Art, Dhaka

2010
14th Asian Art Biennale, Bangladesh
Between Kismet and Karma: South Asian women artists respond to conflict Leeds Art Gallery, UK
Videozoom Bangladesh, Video Art Show at Gallery Sala1, Rome, Italy

2009
18thNational Art Exhibition by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka
Separating Myth from Reality, an International Exhibition organized by Siddhartha Art Gallery, Kathmandu
New Media Festival organized by Britto Arts Trust
A Day Long Show of a 2 month-long project 1mile²Dhaka by Visiting Arts, UK & Britto Arts Trust

2008
Bangladesh Contemporary art week New York, Turkish Cultural and Tourism Center UN Plaza, NY
13th Asian Art Biennale organized by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy Dhaka
In collaboration with Mithila Art, Christiania Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Bangladesh Contemporary Art Show, European Union house, Brussels.
Ejaz Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
“Faces of feminine expression from Bangladesh”, Gallery Akar Prakar, Kolkata, India

2007
“Collaboration with Mithila Art”- outcome exhibition at Gallery Kaya, Dhaka.“ Collage –Kalpa” , Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, Dhaka

2006
12th Asian Art Biennale, organised by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (National Academy)
Women Artists’ Exhibition on Women’s Day, Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, Bangladesh
South Asian Contemporary art Exhibition, Copenhagen. Denmark
South Asian Women artists’ Exhibition, at Sidhartha Art Gallery, Kathmandu, Nepal
“Collaboration with Mithila Art”- outcome exhibition at Shiddhartha Art Gallery, Kathmandu

2005
16th National Art Exhibition organized by the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy
Outcomes of Collaborative Workshop at La Galerie, Alliance Francaise, Dhaka by Britto Arts Trust
Residency Show, Gasworks Studio, London, U.K

2004
11th Asian Art Biennale, organised by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy
Contemporary Artistsof Dhaka, Gallery NICA, Yangon, Myanmar

2003
Exhibition of 7 women artists’ arranged by British Council Dhaka
28 women artists by Women’s Initiative for Peace in South Asia (WIPSA) at Bengal Gallery,Dhaka
LAAL The passion of Zahoor Ul Akhlaq, Gallery of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

2002
‘Impression 17’, a group Art Exhibition jointly organized by the German Embassy and Gallery 21
13th young Artists’ Art Exhibition at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh
14th National Art Exhibition organized by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy

2001
Women Artists of Bangladesh organised by the Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, Bangladesh
2nd Contemporary Young Artists’ Exhibition from Bangladesh, Gallery Kusabue, Japan
10th Asian Art Biennale, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka

2000
International Interactive show “Translation, Displacement and Actualisation” at Gallery “68elf” Cologne, Germany, supported by the International Forum for Inter-media Arts
Environmental Art, Performance and Installation Show“Veri-nice-saari 2000” at Naissaari Jyvaskyla
1st Art Biennale” organized by Bangladesh Charu-Shilpi Sangsad
Artists of the Millennium a group exhibition organised by Gallery’21, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

1999
50th Anniversary of the Institute of Fine Art, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
9th Asian Biennale organized by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Second group Exhibition of “Reflection” at Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta, India

1998-99
Five young Artists’ Exhibition at Sirjana Contemporary Art Gallery, Nepal & Manju Art Gallery, Dhaka

1998
12th young Artists’ Art Exhibition at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh
4th Anniversary Exhibition arranged by Shilpangon Art Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh
13th National Art Exhibition organised by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka

1997
“Art for Amnesty” Exhibition organised by Amnesty International Bangladesh Section, Dhaka
A Group Water Colour show of 10 young Artists, Zainul Gallery, Dhaka
Environmental Art camp 96-97 and Exhibition at Zainul Gallery, Dhaka

1995-96
“2nd Tone Miniature Art Competition” organized by Gallery Tone, Dhaka
2nd Anniversary Exhibition organized by Gallery Shilpangon, Dhaka
First group Exhibition of “Reflection”, Gallery Tone, Dhaka
11th Young Artists Art Exhibition, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy
Five Bangladeshi Artists’ at Sirjana Contemporary Art Gallery, Kathmandu, and Zainul Gallery, Dhaka
Nepal Bangladesh Art Camp Exhibition’95 at Trichandra campus Auditorium, Kathmandu, Nepal
1st Group Show of Amnesty International Fine Arts Group in Zainul Gallery, Dhaka
Water Colour Workshop’s Exhibition arranged by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka

1994
A Traveling Exhibition in south Asia (Nepal, Bhutan, India & Bangladesh)
10th young Artists Art Exhibition Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2nd and 3rd Painting workshop’s Exhibition organized by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy

1987-1999
Participated in all the Annual Art Exhibitions of the Institute of Fine Art, University of Dhaka.

Awards/ Grants

2017
‘Inspiring Female in Promoting Art’ Award by WIL (Woman in Leadership) and Bangladesh Brand Forum Acknowledged as 1 of the 10 Quijotas of Bangladesh by Embassy of Spain in collaboration with Bengal Foundation, Bangladesh

2014
One of the ‘Ananya Top Ten Women of the Year’
Civitella Ranieri Fellowship, Umbertide, Italy

2013
ARThink South Asia Fellowship, India

2004
“Grand Prize” at the 11th Asian Art Biennale, Bangladesh
One year Fellowship by the Artist Aminul Islam Trust, Bangladesh

Tayeba Begum Lipi (b.1969, Bangladesh) is a visual artist who through a creative range of media explores feminist issues of marginality and representation of the female body, addressing societal contradictions, often questioning the sexual stereotypes that dominate women’s lives around the world. Tayeba’s significant group shows include Taiwan Asian Art Biennale 2017-2018; Kathmandu Triennale 2017; 2017 Asian Art Biennale Taiwan; ‘Art Festival WATOU’, Belgium 2016; ‘SONSBEEK 2016’ at Arnhem Museum, the Netherlands; ‘Frontiers Reimagined’ a collateral exhibition at Venice Biennale 2015 at Museo di Palazzo Grimani; ‘CiCLO (CYCLE)’ at CCBB Sao Paulo, Brasilia and Bello Horizonte, Brazil; ‘No Country’ at the Guggenheim, New York, Asia Society Hong Kong Center and CCA Singapore; Colombo Biennale 2012; 14th Jakarta Biennale and 54th Venice Biennale in 2011. Lipi has had solo exhibitions at Sundaram Tagore Gallery, NYC; Bengal Gallery, Dhaka; Shrine Empire, Delhi; Pi Artworks Gallery London and Istanbul. She recently had a retrospective at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, Michigan, USA. Lipi was awarded the prize at the 11th Asian Art Biennale in Bangladesh 2003, Dhaka. She was the commissioner of the Pavilion of Bangladesh, 54th Venice Biennale and has curated exhibitions and festivals such as ‘The Memoirs’ at Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts(2017); Kathmandu International Art Festival (KIAF) (2009 & 2012); Video Zoom Bangladesh at Sala1, Rome (2010); Britto New Media Festival (2009). Lipi is the Co-Founder and Trustee of Britto Arts Trust. Her works are part of the collection of the Samdani Art Foundation, Bengal Foundation, Devi Art Foundation, Harmony Art Foundation, Jindal Foundation, the Guggenheim and Taiwan National Museum of Fine Art.

Tayeba is the Co-Founder and Trustee of Britto Arts Trust. Her works are part of the collection of the Samdani Art Foundation, Bengal Foundation, Devi Art Foundation, Harmony Art Foundation, Jindal Foundation and the Guggenheim.

Tayeba Begum Lipi recreates everyday objects, such as bathtubs, baby perambulators, picture frames, and handbags, appearing as if they are encased in their own suit of metallic armor. Closer inspection reveals that their polished surfaces are comprised of gleaming stainless steel razor blades, carefully welded into these rigid yet fragile structures. In a complementary series of works, Lipi fabricates items of clothing, such as bikinis and nightdresses, from gold plated safety pins through a process of interlinking them into a mesh as pliable as fabric. Through a creative range of media explores, she explores feminist issues of marginality, structural bias and representation of the female body, to address societal contradictions.Lipi’s relationship with her materials date back to the artist’s childhood, during which the ever-growing families of her eleven older siblings preoccupied her life. Her work reflects her visceral memory of purchasing and cleansing sparkling new razor blades and pins, as the crucial, often only, tools available to the midwives assisting with the arrival of each new addition to the family.