Figurative
Painting
Sculpture
Contemporary Visual Artist
FARHANA AKHTER
Selected Solo and Group Exhibitions
2019
Miami River Art Fair, Miami, Florida
Tui Sensimar Blue Lagoon Palace Hotel Gallery, Thesaloniki, Greece
Abstract 8, Virago Art Space, New York, NY
Art Expo New York, New York, NY
2018
Red Dot Art Fair, Miami, FL
Poetic Perspectives, Miyako Yoshinaga Gallery, New York, NY
Central Booking Offline Gallery,Po New York NY
Spanish Benevoloent Society Gallery, New York, NY
2017
Metamorphic Continuum, A Solo Exhibition, Gallery 26, New York, NY
Chicas Bonitas, La Retama Library, Corpus Christy, TX
Arte News Artists Exhibition, Spanish Benevolent Society Gallery, New York, NY
2016
Floating and Drowning Installation Performance by Monica Jahan Bose, Role: Assistant Performer, Superfine Art Fair and Satelite Art Show, Miami, FL
Highline Open Studios Chelsea Armory Show Arts Week, New York, NY
Postcards from the Edge, Sikkema Jenkins & Co. Gallery, New York, NY
2015
Miami River Art Fair, Paul Cabezas Gallery, Miami, FL
Postcards from the Edge, Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York, NY
West Chelsea Artists Open Studio, New York, NY
Highline Open Studios Chelsea Armory Show Arts Week, New York, NY
New York –Tokyo, NIW Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2014
Cavalleni Festival, White Box Arts Center, New York, NY
Innovation of Beauty, West Park Art Gallery, New York, NY
Chelsea Art Walk Open Studio, New York, NY
Highline Open Studios Chelsea Armory Show Arts Week, New York, NY
Postcards from the Edge, Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York, NY
2013
Miami River Art Fair, Paul Cabezas Gallery, Miami, FL
New York - London, House Gallery, London, UK
Infinite Possibilities, Elena AB Gallery Tribeca, New York, NY
ASC Projects Inaugural Show, Gallery 304, New York, NY
MONA – Documenta USA, Museum of New Art, Detroit MI
Chelsea Art Walk Open Studio, New York, NY
West Chelsea Artists Open Studio, New York, NY
Highline Open Studios Chelsea Armory Show Arts Week, New York, NY
Melodies of Earth and Sky, Spanish Benevolent Society Gallery, New York, NY
The 2013 NYC Mom Show, Chashama 461 Gallery, New York, NY
Fantasy of Color, West Park Art Gallery, New York, NY
Dream and Allegory, West Park Art Gallery, New York, Ny
Beauty and Paradise, West Park Art Gallery, New York, NY
2012
Infinity Mode, West Park Art Gallery, New York, NY
2011
Thomas Werner Gallery, New York, NY
2010
Gallery 220, New York, NY
Alternative Art Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Global Fusion Art Space, Garden City, NY
2009
Long Island Artist Open Studio, Hempstead, NY
2008
Noho Gallery, New York, NY
Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY
The Spark, New York, NY
Creative Pier Gallery, New York, NY
The Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY
Broadway Mall Gallery, New York, NY
The Showroom Gallery, New York, NY
2007
Jeannie Tengelsen Gallery, Dix Hills, NY
Vault Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Sapphire Gallery, New York, NY, *Solo Exhibition
Salmagundi Club Gallery, New York, NY
Second Presbyterian Church, New York, NY
Broadway Mall Gallery, New York, NY
2006
Broadway Mall Gallery, New York, NY
2005
Jonathan Shorr Gallery, New York, NY
Broadway Mall Gallery, New York, NY
2004
Broadway Mall Gallery, New York, NY
2003
Broadway Mall Gallery, New York, NY
2002
Studio Art”, Studio Group Gallery, New York, NY
Savage Beauty Arts and Crafts, New York, NY
Bibliography:
2017 Arte News, 2017
2015 Arte News, Dec, 2013
2013 Paul Cabeza, Arte News, Dec, 2013
Paul Cabeza, Arte News, July, 2013
2008 Peter Wiley, Gallery & Studio Magazine, April/May 2008
2007 Marie R. Pagano, Gallery & Studio Magazine, Nov-Dec 2007/Jan 2008
2006 Maureen Flynn, Gallery & Studio Magazine, Feb.-Mar., 2006
Byron Coleman, Gallery & Studio Magazine, Feb/Mar 2006
2005 Marie R. Pagano, Gallery & Studio Magazine, Nov-Dec 2004/Jan 2005
2004 Lawrence Downs, Gallery & Studio Magazine, Apr/May 2004
Stuart Leslie Myers, Gallery & Studio Magazine, Feb/Mar 2004
Robert Vigo, Gallery & Studio Magazine, Nov-Dec 2003/ Jan 2004
Awards & Collections:
2007 “Healing Power of Art”, Winner of Best in Painting, Manhattan Arts International
2007 “Her Story”, Winner of Best in Painting, Manhattan Arts International
Numerous private collections throughout United States, Canada, France, Italy, Greece and Bangladesh.
Career-Related Experience:
2008 - 2011
Founder/Director/Curator, Global Fusion Art, New York. NY
Founded a collective group of multicultural artists and communities committed to support cross-cultural understanding through various art forms including
visual, performance, language and multi-media. The initiatives are event based focused on raising awareness of the global community and promote
individuals and organizations that provide humanitarian services across the world.
2008 Curator of Global Fusion Art Exhibition at Noho Gallery and Art events at the Spark Art Center
2008 Art Education & Administration, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, N Y
2006 Co-Curator, “Personal Touch”, Broadway Mall Gallery, New York, NY
2004 Co-Curator, “Revelations”, Broadway Mall Gallery, New York, NY
Professional Membershi:ps
2013 - present Highline Open Studios Organization
2008 - present Global Fusion Art Organization Founding Member
2008 - 2010 Santa Fe Art World – Juried Membership
2007 - 2010 Manhattan Arts International - Juried Membership
2007 - 2011 Long Island Arts Council
2003 - 2006 West Side Arts Coalition
Education
2004-2005 Art Students League of New York
1991-1995 Bachelors of Science in Psychology with Arts & Humanities, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.