Shimul Saha (b.1983,Bangladesh) did his bachelor from Univesity Of Dhaka and masters from Beacon House National University, Lahore. Alongside an artist, Shimul curates exhibitions. Still now he has worked as an assistant curator at Chobimela and Dhaka Art Summit. As a freelance curator he has curated some individual projects as well. He is one of the trustee of Britto Arts Trust and at the same time Saha teaches at Pathshala South Asian Media Institute.
Shimul attended a number of residencies include : CICA (Curatorial Intensive South Asia), KHOJ International Artists Association, New Delhi, India (2018); Photo Kathmandu - Mixed Media Artist Residency, Kathmandu, Nepal. (2016) , Artel - TIFA, Pune, India (2016), Selected in a competitive process for Whitechapel Gallery / British Council Residency. Devised the concept for a collaborative workshop for 12 students in London, UK. (2015), Sandwich Residency Program, SANDWICH, Kyoto, Japan (2010); Taaza Tareen VI, VASL Artists’ Collective, Karachi, Pakistan (2014). Shimul has received Honorable Mention at 21st National Art Exhibition.
His selected solo and group exhibitions include: Tangible & Intangible - Britto Space, Dhaka (2013); Create / Elevate, Hearwood Biennial 2024, Harewood House, Leeds, England (2024), In Focus - A closer look at Photorealism, Centraal Museum Utrecht, Netherlands (2024), ReCollect, Kunsthaus Zurich, Switzerland (2023), Turning: On Field and Work, Here and Elsewhere - Serendipity Arts Festival, Goa, India (2023), Documenta Fifteen, Kassel, Germany (2022), Metaphors about Islands, Jakarta Biennale - 2021, Jakarta, Indonesia (2022), as a part of Britto Arts Trust; India Art Fair, New Delhi, India (2024, 2023, 2020 & 2019); The Library Project - The Chelsea Library, University of the Arts London, Chelsea College of Arts, UK (2023); Bengal Nama, Bikaner House, New Delhi, India (2022); Brihatta Home Art Project (2020); Bengal Shilpalay, Dhaka, Bangladesh (2021); Look, Stranger! - Serendipity Arts Festival, Goa, India (2019); Recalling, Open Heritage Day, Beauty Boarding, Dhaka, Bangladesh (2019); 23rd National Art Exhibition, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh (2019); (Dis) Place, Korean Cultural Centre, New Delhi, India (2018); Taiwan Annual, Association of the Visual Arts in Taipei (AVAT),Taipei, Taiwan (2018); Shohornama, Topography of Mirror Cities, Daily Star-Bengal Arts Precinct, Dhaka, Bangladesh (2018); UNSEEN Photo Fair, CO – OP, Amsterdam, Netherlands (2017); 17th Asian Art Biennale Bangladesh, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh (2016); Photo Kathmandu, Patan, Nepal (2016); 20th Young Artists’ Art Exhibition - Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh (2016); Identity of Space, an open studio of residency outcome, TIFA, Pune, India(2016); Fragments of the Anthropocene, Bengal Art Lounge, Dhaka, Bangladesh (2016); Samdani Art Award, Dhaka Art Summit, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh (2016); 1mile² Dhaka, a project exhibition at Juming Museum, Taipei, Taiwan (2015); 21st National Art Exhibition - Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh (2015); Sculpting with Light - Chobi Mela VIII, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy - Dhaka, Bangladesh (2015) .
Shimul Saha lives and works in Dhaka, Bangladesh.