Runa Islam
| Runa Islam | |
|---|---|
| Born |
10 December 1970 Dhaka, East Bengal (now Bangladesh) |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Royal College of Art |
Runa Islam (Bengali: রুনা ইসলাম; born 10 December 1970) is a Bangladeshi-born British visual artist and filmmaker based in London. She was a nominee for the 2008 Turner Prize. She is principally known for her film works.
Islam was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh and moved to London aged three. She attended the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam from 1997 – 1998.
In 1999, Islam exhibited at EASTinternational which was selected by Peter Doig and Roy Arden. She completed a M.Phil at the Royal College of Art, London in 2004.
Islam has been inspired by European auteurs such as Jean-Luc Godard.
In 2005, she participated in the Venice Biennale. Islam's 2006 16mm film installation Conditional Probability, was the result of a residency at North Westminster Community School, in the final year before its closure. It was first exhibited at the Serpentine Gallery and "imbues even the most mundane dusty corner with a little visual magic". The other artists included in the project to document the life of the school before it closed were Christian Boltanski, Faisal Abdu'allah and the architect Yona Friedman.
In 2010, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney (MCA), presented Runa Islam's first solo exhibition in Australia. Works included Magical Consciousness (2010), co-commissioned by the MCA and the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal (MACM). and Scale (1/16 Inch = 1 Foot) featuring the now demolished Trinity Square (Gateshead) multi-storey car park.
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