SUMI ANJUMAN
Carte Blanche Students Laureates
Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts / Royal Academy of Art
La Haye, Pays-Bas / The Hague, Netherlands
Sumi Anjuman is a visual artist, from the northern region of Bangladesh. She experiences the oppression as a woman in an Islamic orthodox society, that her work tackles forthrightly. Despite her socially-focused subject matter, her work is not straightforward-documentary; rather it feels more poetic and abstract. Her collaborative process echoes the ideas of inclusivity while her photographs often invite the viewer to be curious about what they see.
Somewhere Else Than Here
Somewhere Else Than Here envisions the passage of social and religious transitioning of the LGBTQI+ individuals of Bangladesh. Simultaneously, this trajectory explores their love, hope, and fantasy; fanatical angst, homophobic isolation, and their struggle to be perceived as what they are: human.