Shikh Sabbir Alam - Biography

Shikh Sabbir Alam (b. 1982; Kushtia, Bangladesh) studied at the Oslo Academy of Fine Arts (MFA) and at the Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University of Baroda, India (BFA). Select exhibition participations include, "বনমানুষ / Bon-Manush", Experimenter - Ballygunge Place, India (2025); “In Our Veins Flow Ink and Fire”, curated by Shubigi Rao, Kochi-Muziris Biennale, India (2022-23); "Oude Wijn/Nieuwe Zakken - 50 Jaar Kunst In De Warande", Cultuurhuis De Warande, Turnhout, Belgium (2022); "Zoology", curated by Benedict Vandaele, Zebrastraat, Ghent, Belgium (2021); "Poetic Faith", S.M.A.K, Ghent, Belgium (2020); "Old Tree", Hordaland Art Center, Bergen, Norway (2020); "Destiny's Gratinée" Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway (2018); Dhaka Art Summit, curated by Diana Campbell Betancourt, Dhaka, Bangladesh (2018), among others. Alam’s work is held in the collections of S.M.A.K, the Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art Ghent, Belgium, Fiorucci Art Trust, London, among others.