Rokeya Sultana, visiting artist and Fulbright scholar discussed her paintings, prints and experiences visiting the US in the Printmaking Studio - Shwayder top floor room 230 April 18, 2012
 
Visiting art Fulbright Scholar Rokeya Sultana, professor of art and faculty of fine art at Dhaka University in Bangladesh

o Sultana is researching how to use fewer chemicals in printmaking. Her thesis is titled "Possibilities of Etching and in Representation of Identity."
 
o Her main focus is to explore the idea of womanhood in a changing world of a slowly progressing society using materials that are chemical-free and easy to apply.
 
o Rokeya's art is a reflection of loss and displacement, and the impermanence in life. She was influenced in her formative years by the tumultuous 1971 revolution that created Bangladesh, and the evolution of a strong cultural identity in her country's art and society.
  
o Sultana has been in residence in the Department of Art and Art History since October. Her lecture will focus on her creative work and the perspective she has on American life. Sultana met Karen Kunc in 1995 when Kunc traveled to Bangladesh. Sultana has also previously visited UNL in 2000.
 
o Sultana received her MFA from Vishwa Bharati University in India and her BFA from the Institute of Fine Arts at the University of Dhaka in Bangladesh.
 
o Sultana is an accomplished and award-winning printmaker and painter with recognitions in the 9th Asian Biennale in Dhaka and the 3rd Bharat Bhaban Biennale in India. She has exhibited her work in Poland, Nepal, Korea, Denmark, Pakistan, India, Egypt, Japan and the United States.