Shohrab Jahan
Email: shohrabjahan@gmail.com
Website: shohrabjahan.com.bd
Phone: (+880) 1911112131
Date of birth: 11/05/1987
Nationality: Bangladeshi
Art Education & Academic Practice
_2023-2024 MA Artists’ Film and Moving Image
Goldsmiths, University of London
_2012-2013 Master of Arts Field(s) of study: Fine Arts (Sculpture Pathway)
Institute of Fine Arts, University of Chittagong
_2006-2012 Bachelor of Arts Field(s) of study: Fine Arts (Sculpture Pathway)
Institute of Fine Arts, University of Chittagong
_2019-2021 Lecturer
Institute of Fine Arts, University of Chittagong
_2021- Current Assistant Professor
Institute of Fine Arts, University of Chittagong
_2026- Current Guest Faculty
Pathshala, South Asian Media, Bangladesh
Book design and Curation Practice
_2026 Dheu (ঢেউ)A curated mentoring exhibition featuring nine Bangladeshi artists, titled Re at the 10th Chobi Mela International Photography Festival 2026.
_2022 Book Bakery
Book publishing and dummy book exhibition | Funded by Goethe Institute Bangladesh | Links https://www.goethe.de/ins/bd/en/ueb/jub/22968147.html
_2012-2019 Cheragi Art Show (CAS)
An annual street art show by Jog Art Space, Jog is an artist-led art initiative that started in 2012 | Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrfycgGclgg
Practice-based project
_2021-2022 Chapakhana Archive workshop and Exhibition at Pathshala, South Asian Media
Institute in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and Volume Book Festival in Zurich, Switzerland.
_2018-2019 Art, activism and political imagination
Research | Archive | Exhibition
Association with the Centre for Applied Human Rights (CAHR) at the University of York,
funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).
_2017 A Landscape Activity, a site-specific exhibition in Avay Mitra Ghat
_2016 ‘Tigers Still Pass at TigerPass’ Solo exhibition organized by Bistaar: Chittagong Art Complex in association with Jog Art Space, funded by City Bank, Rawshan’s Boutique, and Red Line Communication, Batighor publication.
Residency
_2022 Zurich, Switzerland, Chapakhana Archive, print workshop, portfolio publication,
the exhibition organized and curated by Mara Zust, Shamsul Alam Helal.
_2021 Eindhoven, the Netherlands, “Majhi International Artist Residency”
Funded by Durjoy Bangladesh Foundation.
_2020 Kampala, Uganda, Trowell School of Industrial and Fine Art.
Funded by CAHR and the Centre for Applied Human Rights, University of York, UK.
_2019 York, the UK, Funded and organized by Centre for Applied Human Rights, University of York UK.
2018 York, the UK, in PICA studio
Funded by Centre for Applied Human Rights, University of York UK.
_2013 Lalitpur, Nepal, Student Residence Programme in Bindu Art Space
Organized by Britto Art Trust.
_2011 Young Artist Residence Program in Kustia, Bangladesh
Fund by Centre for Research of Art and Culture (CRAC).
Award
_2023-2024 Chevening Award (FCDO) studied MA Artists’ Film and Moving Image
Goldsmiths, University of London
_2012 Best award in sculpture in the annual art exhibition at the Institute of
Fine Arts, University of Chittagong
Workshop and Exhibition
_2018 Art Writing workshop
conducted by art critic and editor of Dep Art magazine, Mustafa Zaman
Organized by Bengal Foundation Arts Programme.
_2017 Book Making Workshop The workshop was conducted by Arifur Rahman Munir, Publisher Nokta
Organized by Jog Art Space, Nokta, Mastul & Institute of Fine Arts,University of Chittagong.
_2017 Asian Curator’s Forum, group conversation and criticism about
Curatorial practice in Asia organized by Bengal Foundation Arts Programme
_2013 BAKSHIRHAAT, A photo Photo Documentary workshop
Conducted by documentary photographer Kumar Biswas organized by Jog Art Space.
_2012 Cinematography Workshop
Cinematographer Pankaj Palith, tutor at Stamford University
Organized by Mise-en-Scene, Chottogram.
Group exhibition
_2022 An exhibition tribute to Artist Rashid Chowdhury. Organized by the Institute of Fine
Arts, University of Chittagong.
_2021 De-Real, an online art exhibition during the COVID-19 pandemic
Curated By Khkasha Sabah.
2011- 2022 National Art Exhibition
Organized by Bangladesh Shilpokola Academy.
_1018 22nd Young Art exhibition
Organized by Bangladesh Shilpokola Academy.
_2016,2022 17th Asian Art Biennale
Organized by Bangladesh Shilpokola Academy.
_2014 Question Bodies for SRHR
Organized and funded by Asian University for Women.
_2012 Chittagong Festival
Organized by Chittagong Shilpokola Academy.
_2008-2013 Annual art exhibition
Organized by the Institute of Fine Arts, University of Chittagong.
_2012 Kustia art Festival
Organized and funded by Zila Parishad, Kustia, Bangladesh.