Achievement
Award:
- Exceptional Talent Award 2018: Being First Woman curator in Bangladesh, given by Society for Promotion of Bangladesh Art (SPBA). Published News
- Travel Grantee for CIMAM 2018 Annual Conference, ‘Museum in transition’ Stockholm, Sweden. News Link
- Honorary Mention Award at Gonesh Haloi Bengal Research Grant 2017; Bengal Foundation of Arts, Bangladesh. News Link
Recent Achievement:
- Assistant Curator (Guest) - 5th edition of Dhaka Art Summit; Working with Diana Campbell, Kathryn Weir and 40+ International and local art collectives. Link
- Published Text- ‘Art: A journey to Solitude’ art review text on artist Nazia Andaleeb Preema for her biographical book PREEMA DONNA (ISBN 978-984-34-7377-6) publish by Cosmos Books, 2020.
- 15 Bangladeshi Art Collectives’ profile text (Catalogue) for Dhaka Art Summit 2020 exhibition.
- Curated exhibition 'Celebrated Violence 4' - archived catalog on Asia Art Archive, Link
MFA Thesis:
- Contemporary Art Curating: Praxis and Practice in Bangladesh
Degrees:
- 2010: MFA Drawing & Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka, (Final exam held 2013) securing 1st Class with MFA Thesis: Contemporary Art Curating Praxis and Practice in Bangladesh
- 2008: BFA, Drawing & Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka, securing 2nd Class 1st.
A Few News related to Kehkasha's work:
- Interview published in C-print, a Sweden based Art Journal: https://www.instagram.com/p/CPXvLEYlzsa/
- De|Real Exhibition opening new on Dhaka tribune: https://www.dhakatribune.com/showtime/2020/07/14/emk-centre-to-virtually-support-the-de-real-exhibiton
- De|Real Exhibition opening new on Daily Star: https://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/news/de-real-exhibition-curatorial-research-project-response-the-global-pandemic-1930269?browserpush=true
- A short interview by published Brand Forum on 'Leading amidst patriarchy' : https://bbf.digital/prejudices-at-work
- Dhaka art Summit2020, Collective movement project review by Berlin-based artist and writer Sumugan Sivanesan: http://artsoftheworkingclass.org/text/reconsidered-dhaka-art-summit-2020
- Curated Exhibition 'How do I rent a Plan' review by NAEEM MOHAIEMEN: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5adb48841aef1d426616a62f/t/5c27caff88251b499668332c/1546111743943/Ramiz_Was_Not_Seen_Before_1757.pdf
- 'Changing Paradigms of Bangladeshi art' written by Ruxmini Choudhury, published in FARGBRIKEN: https://fargfabriken.se/en/archive/item/1427-the-changing-paradigms-of-bangladeshi-art-written-by-ruxmini-reckvana-q-choudhury
- Exhibition review of 'Inside out' published on Daily Sun: https://www.daily-sun.com/magazine/details/178630/Inside-Out/2016-10-28
- Exhibition review of 'Unraveling' published on Asian age: https://dailyasianage.com/print-news/33024
- Exhibition review of 'Fuzzy Fear' published on Daily Independent: https://www.theindependentbd.com/printversion/details/2005
- Exhibition review of 'Informal' published on Depart https://departmag.com/index.php/en/detail/442/Of-surfaceand-materiality-and-the-rhetoric-of-andquietnessand
- Exhibition review of 'Deliberate/Random' published on Depart https://departmag.com/index.php/en/detail/405/Engageanddisengage-to-initiate-sensory-ruptures
- Exhibition review of 'Celebrated Violence 1' published on Depart https://departmag.com/index.php/en/detail/322/Aesthetic-meditation-on-violence
- Exhibition review of 'Known Unknown' published on Depart https://departmag.com/index.php/en/detail/380/Uncertain-ends-and-serrated-edges-in-Farzana-Ahmed-Urmiands-andandandKnown-Unknownandandand