Rana Begum
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No. 1225 Chainlink, 2023
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No. 1187 Mesh, 2022
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No. 1079 Painting Large (MG), 2021
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No. 1071 Painting, 2021
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No. 1048 Mesh, 2020
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No. 1196 Tiles, 2022
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No. 1074 S Fold, 2021
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Infinite Geometry, 2021
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Is this Tomorrow?, 2019
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No. 670, 2016
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No. 700 Reflectors, 2016
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No. 764 Baskets, 2018
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No. 793, 2018
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No. 814, 2018
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No. 904 Painting, 2019
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No. 970, 2020
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No. 974, 2019-2020
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Roksanda A/W, 2020
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No. 1077, 2021
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No. 1220 Chainlink, 2022
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Dappled Light, 2022
Rana Begum was born in 1977 in Bangladesh and currently lives and works in London. Begum’s work focuses on the interplay between light and colour, blurring the boundaries between sculpture, painting and architecture. Her use of repetitive geometric patterns – found both within Islamic art and the industrial cityscape – takes its inspiration from childhood memories of the rhythmic repetition of daily recitals of the Qur’an. Influenced by the geometric abstraction of minimalism and constructivism and the work of artists such as Agnes Martin, Donald Judd, Jesús Rafael de Soto and Tess Jaray, Begum’s work ranges from drawings, paintings and wall-based sculptures to large-scale public art projects.
Recent solo exhibitions include Dappled Light, Concrete at Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, UAE (2023); Dappled Light, Pitzhanger Manor, UK (2022) and Mead Gallery, UK (2021); Infinite Geometry, Wanås Konst, Sweden, (2021); A Conversation with Light and Form, Tate St Ives, Cornwall, UK (2018) following the Tate St Ives Artists Programme residency at Porthmeor Studios; Space, Light, Colour, Djanogly Gallery, Nottingham, UK (2018) andSainsbury Centre, Norwich, UK (2017) and The Space Between, Parasol Unit, London, UK (2016). In 2017, Begum curated a group exhibition, Occasional Geometries, at Yorkshire Sculpture Park featuring works from the Arts Council Collection. Her work has been included in exhibitions at Desert X, Palm Springs, USA (2023); Dhaka Art Summit, Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh (2023); Creative Folkestone Triennial, Kent, UK (2021); Gemeente Museum, Den Haag, Netherlands (2016); Kettles Yard, Cambridge, UK (2018) and The 11th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Korea (2016).
Begum’s installation Catching Colour was launched as part of The Line in London (2022). Begum is working on a forthcoming site-responsive commission for the new Arts of Islamic Cultures Gallery at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), opening 2023. A new publication, Rana Begum: Space Light Colour was published by Lund Humphries in 2021. She was elected a Royal Academican in 2020.
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Rana Begum: No. 1225 Chainlink at Desert X 2023
4 March - 7 May 2023 8 March 2023The fourth iteration of Desert X has opened at sites across Coachella Valley. Curated by Artistic Director Neville Wakefield and Co-Curator Diana Campbell, the exhibition...Read more -
Rana Begum: Catching Colour at The Line, London
Launched 9 April 2022 13 April 2022Rana Begum's new installation No.1104 Catching Colour launched on the 9th April at The Line, London City Island. The installation of clouds of suspended coloured...Read more
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Frieze Art Fair London
Rana Begum, Chou Yu-Cheng, Marcus Coates, Laura Gannon, Goshka Macuga 12 - 16 October 2022 -
Art Basel
Rana Begum, Helen Cammock, Goshka Macuga & Francis Upritchard 16 - 19 June 2022 -
Art Basel
Bernard Piffaretti, Rose Finn-Kelcey & Rana Begum 23 - 26 September 2021 -
Frieze Art Fair London
Solo presentation with Rana Begum 4 - 7 October 2018