Rana Begum

The work of London-based artist Rana Begum distills spatial and visual experience into ordered form. Through her refined language of Minimalist abstraction, Begum blurs the boundaries between sculpture, painting and architecture. Her visual language draws from the urban landscape as well as geometric patterns from traditional Islamic art and architecture. Light is fundamental to her process. Her works absorb and reflect varied densities of light to produce an experience for the viewer that is both temporal and sensorial.

For #100NHSROOMS Begum has created two new diptychs for display

Rana Begum, No 451, 2020, Spray paint on paper

Rana Begum, No 452, 2020, Spray paint on paper

Rana Begum installed in Silvertown Staff Room, Newham Hospital

In 1999, Begum graduated with a BA in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Art and Design and, in 2002, gained an MFA in Painting from Slade School of Fine Art. Begum’s work has been internationally exhibited, in 2010 she had an exhibition with Vital Arts at Barts Hospital with recent solo shows at Tate St Ives, Cornwall (2018); Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich (2017); Parasol Unit, London (2016); Dhaka Art Summit, Bangladesh (2014); Delfina Foundation, London (2010). In 2017 Begum curated the Arts Council Collection in an exhibition at Yorkshire Sculpture Park and was awarded the Abraaj prize, Art Dubai.