{"id":17028,"date":"2026-10-28T14:17:39","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T18:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=17028"},"modified":"2026-10-28T14:17:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T18:17:39","slug":"rana-begum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/rana-begum\/","title":{"rendered":"Rana Begum"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4502\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-17028-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2026\/RanaBegum.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2026\/RanaBegum.mp3\">https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2026\/RanaBegum.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_17030\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17030\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-17030\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/RB-Portrait-2025-SCAD-Museum-of-Modern-Art-hr-Large.jpeg?resize=696%2C464&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/RB-Portrait-2025-SCAD-Museum-of-Modern-Art-hr-Large.jpeg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/RB-Portrait-2025-SCAD-Museum-of-Modern-Art-hr-Large.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/RB-Portrait-2025-SCAD-Museum-of-Modern-Art-hr-Large.jpeg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/RB-Portrait-2025-SCAD-Museum-of-Modern-Art-hr-Large.jpeg?resize=696%2C464&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/RB-Portrait-2025-SCAD-Museum-of-Modern-Art-hr-Large.jpeg?resize=1068%2C713&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/RB-Portrait-2025-SCAD-Museum-of-Modern-Art-hr-Large.jpeg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17030\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SCAD Savannah \u2013\u00a0Fall 2025 \u2013\u00a0Exhibitions \u2013\u00a0Rana Begum \u2013\u00a0\u201cReflection\u201d \u2013\u00a0Artist Portrait \u2013\u00a0SCAD Museum of Art \u2013 Photography Courtesy of SCAD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Born in Bangladesh in 1977, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lehmannmaupin.com\/exhibitions\/rana-begum-2026-09-10\">Begum<\/a> lives and works in London. In 1999, Begum graduated with a BA in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Art and Design, and in 2002, she earned an MFA in Painting from Slade School of Fine Art.\u00a0Begum has exhibited in museums and biennials worldwide and created public art commissions in Europe, Asia, and the United States. Notable museum presentations include her participation in Is this Tomorrow at the Whitechapel Gallery in London, as well as her site-specific installation at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, which remains on permanent view. Her work has also been featured in numerous biennials around the world, including the Taipei Biennial in 2026, Desert X in Coachella Valley in 2023, and the 11th Gwangju Biennial in South Korea in 2016, among others.<\/p>\n<p>Her work is held in numerous international public and private collections, including the Museum ofFine Arts, Boston; the Samdani Art Foundation, Bangladesh; The Farjam Foundation, Dubai; the Ashmolean Museum, UK; Sainsbury\u2019s Visual Art Centre, UK; the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, India; and Wanas Konst, Sweden. She was elected a Royal Academician in 2020.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17031\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17031\" style=\"width: 682px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-17031\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/SAV_2025Summer_Exhibitions_RanaBegum_AS_070_DL_v1-Large.jpeg?resize=682%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/SAV_2025Summer_Exhibitions_RanaBegum_AS_070_DL_v1-Large.jpeg?resize=682%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 682w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/SAV_2025Summer_Exhibitions_RanaBegum_AS_070_DL_v1-Large.jpeg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/SAV_2025Summer_Exhibitions_RanaBegum_AS_070_DL_v1-Large.jpeg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/SAV_2025Summer_Exhibitions_RanaBegum_AS_070_DL_v1-Large.jpeg?resize=696%2C1044&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/SAV_2025Summer_Exhibitions_RanaBegum_AS_070_DL_v1-Large.jpeg?w=853&amp;ssl=1 853w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17031\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SCAD Savannah\u00a0\u2013 Summer 2025 \u2013\u00a0Exhibitions \u2013 Rana Begum \u2013\u00a0\u201cReflection\u201d \u2013 Documentation \u2013\u00a0SCAD Museum of Art, Gallery 110 \u2013 Photography Courtesy of SCAD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-17032\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/RB-LM40441-No.-1628-02-hr-Large.jpeg?resize=696%2C870&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/RB-LM40441-No.-1628-02-hr-Large.jpeg?resize=819%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 819w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/RB-LM40441-No.-1628-02-hr-Large.jpeg?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/RB-LM40441-No.-1628-02-hr-Large.jpeg?resize=768%2C960&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/RB-LM40441-No.-1628-02-hr-Large.jpeg?resize=696%2C870&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/RB-LM40441-No.-1628-02-hr-Large.jpeg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17033\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17033\" style=\"width: 682px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17033 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/RB-LM40146-No.-1261-T-Reflector-01-hr-Large.jpeg?resize=682%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/RB-LM40146-No.-1261-T-Reflector-01-hr-Large.jpeg?resize=682%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 682w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/RB-LM40146-No.-1261-T-Reflector-01-hr-Large.jpeg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/RB-LM40146-No.-1261-T-Reflector-01-hr-Large.jpeg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/RB-LM40146-No.-1261-T-Reflector-01-hr-Large.jpeg?resize=696%2C1044&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/RB-LM40146-No.-1261-T-Reflector-01-hr-Large.jpeg?w=853&amp;ssl=1 853w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17033\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rana Begum, No. 1261 T Reflector, 2023 Reflectors on aluminum,\u00a0 98 5\/8 x 16 5\/8 x 17 1\/4 inches 250.6 x 42.2 x 43.8 cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2026\/RanaBegum.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing listBorn in Bangladesh in 1977, Begum lives and works in London. 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