Asma Sultana  আসমা সুলতানা | Visual Artist, Art Historian, Translator, Writer, Poet. | Email: meetasulatana3@gmail.com

Education
2026: M.F.A (Master of Fine Arts), York University, Toronto.
2025: Diploma in Asian Studies, York University, Toronto.
2024: BA, Art History, York University, Toronto.
Art and Psychoanalysis: From da Vinci to Damien Hirst, by Dr David Morgan, Short Course, the Department for Continuing Education, Oxford University, Oxford, England.
2023: History of Museum: From the Cabinet of Curiosities to the Contemporary, by Amy Halliday, Short Course, the Department for Continuing Education, University of Oxford, Oxford.
2012: Post Graduate Diploma in Fine Art, Toronto School of Art, Toronto.
2007: Certificate course, History of Modern Arts, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London.
2001: B.F.A (Bachelor of Fine Arts) Drawing & Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Awards
2025: Recipient of SSHRC, Tri-Council scholarship (CGS-Masters, SSHRC doctoral, NSERC doctoral, CIHR doctoral, or Vanier CGS).
Selected for Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) and Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology (QEII)
Recipient of Franc & Mary Joubin Bursary Fund, York University, Toronto.
2023: Art History Award, York University, Toronto.
Konopny-Fischtein Family Award, York University, Toronto.
OAC Exhibition Assistance Grant, Toronto.
2017: Best Mixed Media Best Award, Visual Art Centre, Bowmanville, Toronto.
2016: OAC Exhibition Assistance Grant, Toronto.
2012: The Edie Yolles Award, Toronto School of Art, Toronto.
2011: The Matthew David Stein Memorial Scholarship Award, Toronto School of Art, Toronto.
2001: 6th Berger Young Painter’s Award, Zainul Gallery, Dhaka.

Solo Exhibitions
2026: Seasonless, Gales Gallery, York University, Toronto.
2025:  Map of Misfortune, Gerrard Art Space, Toronto.
2024:  Aflame Myth on Procrustean Bed, Toronto Public Library, Don Mills Branch, Toronto.
Ectopic Pregnancy, Show Gallery, Toronto.
Memoir, The Bhaban, London, UK.
2023: Long Lost Lullabies, Gerrard Art Space, Toronto.
2022:Words Have Wings, YYZ Gallery Outlet, Toronto.
Words Have Wings, EMK Centre, Dhaka.
2019: Unweaving Myself, A Space Gallery, Toronto.
2018: Constellationscape, Gallery1313, Toronto.
2017:The Alchemy of Losses, Kala Kendra, Dhaka.
2016: Letter to My Unborn Child, Gallery 50, Toronto.
2014: The Other Side of Silence, Woodside Public Library, Toronto.
2011: Identity, Launch Gallery, Toronto School of Art, Toronto.
Epic-2, Launch Gallery, Toronto School of Art, Toronto.
2007: The Red Ger, La Gallery, Alliance Francaise, Dhaka.
2004: Epic, Zainul Gallery, Dhaka.

Group Exhibitions
2026 Unsilenced Stories: Art as Witness in Health Research, SAW Gallery, Ottawa.
Dying, Artscape Young Place, Toronto.
Thresholds, Remote Gallery, Toronto.
Being Seen, Workmanarts, Toronto.
2025Threads in Between, Gales Gallery, York University, Toronto.
En Las Nubes, Gales Gallery, York University, Toronto.
Echoes of the Everyday, Gales Gallery, York University, Toronto.
Members’ Annual Show, Gerrard Art Space, Toronto.
Safar, (Interwoven Journeys: Migration, Memory, and Identity), Two Men Show, Gales Gallery, York University, Toronto.
Textile Show, Gerrard Art Space, Toronto.
2024 Light Years, Gales Gallery, York University, Toronto.
Being Scene, Art Scape Young Place Gallery, Toronto.
World Art Day, Visual Arts Mississauga at Riverwood, Mississauga.
Untitled, Art Bangla Foundation, Dhaka.
2023 Of Catharsis and Healing, Gallery 35, Brampton.
2023 The Body Electric, Virtual show, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
2023 Being Scene, 2023, Workman Arts 22nd Annual Art Show, Daniel Spectrum Gallery, Toronto.
2022 Member Show, Gerrard Art Space, Toronto.
2022 Diapause, Beaver Hall Gallery, Toronto.
2021 Still Life Show, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto.
2021 HeART of HealthCARE, Safe and Respectful Maternal and Newborn Care Online show, Toronto.
Member Show, Gerrard Art Space, Toronto.
Portrait Show, Gerrard Art Space, Toronto.
2020 Being Scene, Online Art Show, Toronto.
Art is Movement, Online Art Show, Toronto.
Why do you create, Visual Arts Mississauga.
Drawing, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto.
2019 Being Scene, Toronto Media Arts Centre, Toronto.
What We Take, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto.
Annual Juried Show of 41st Anniversary of Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga.
2018 My World, My Community, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto.
Mistletoe Magic, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto.
38th Annual Juried Show, Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Clarington, Ontario.
22nd Annual Juried Show, Uxbridge, Ontario.
Hard Twist 13, Hotel Gladstone, Toronto.
Ontario Society of Artist Open Juried Exhibition, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto.
Drawing Show, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto.
The Fifty Show, Gallery 50 Textile Show, Toronto.
Textile Show, Gerrard Art Space, Toronto.
Heart Show, Gerrard Art Space, Toronto.
Collective 20, Gallery1313, Toronto.
2017 37th Annual Juried Art Show, Visual Art Centre, Bowmanville, Ontario.
2015 Beyond Measure, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario.
2014 On the Wild Side, Gallery 1313, Toronto.
Ebb & Flow, Toronto School of Art Juried Student Exhibition 2014, Lift Ground Print Studio, Huntsville, Ontario.
Dance me to the end of love, Forest Brook Gallery, Ajax, Ontario.
2013 Group Art Exhibition of Pineridge Art Council, Mclean Community Centre, Pickering.
Group Art Exhibition, Gallery 1313, Toronto.
Group Art Exhibition, Ajax Public Library.
2012 Methodical Mergers, SAVAC, Toronto School of Art, Toronto.
Open House, Toronto School of Art, Toronto.
Nextus, Gallery 1313, Toronto.
2012 Two Men Show, Ambiance Chocolate, Toronto.
Printmaking Exhibition, Launch Gallery, Toronto School of Art, Toronto.
Sculpture Exhibition, Launch Gallery, Toronto School of Art, Toronto.
Gen 12, Launch Gallery, Toronto School of Art, Toronto.
2011 The Gift, Ambiance Chocolat, Toronto.
Open House Exhibition, Toronto School of Art, Toronto.
Installation and Assemblage, Launch Gallery, Toronto School of Art, Toronto.
Drawing as a Contemporary Practice, Launch Gallery, Toronto School of Art, Toronto.
Installation and Assemblage, Launch Gallery, Toronto School of Art, Toronto.
Group Show, the Bangladesh Art Society of North America, Toronto.
2010 Drawing as a Contemporary Practice, Toronto School of Art, Toronto.
Open House Exhibition, Toronto School of Art, Toronto.
2009 Shells and Souls, Drik Gallery, Dhaka.
2008  Perceptions 12, Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata, India.
Silent Poetry, Battersea Contemporary Art Fair, Lavender Hill, London, England.
2007 7th Helen Keller International Award Art Exhibition, Glasgow, England.
2006 Nepal- Bangladesh Young Artists’ Group Art Exhibition, National Museum, Dhaka.
2005 Battersea Contemporary Art Fair, Lavender Hill, London, England.
2004 Shilpakarma Prodorshoni, Jhenidah, Bangladesh.
2003 8th Berger Young Painters’ Award Group Art Exhibition, Zainul Gallery, Dhaka.
Art Exhibition on the occasion of the birthday of President Ziaur Rahman, Zainul Gallery, Dhaka.
Young Artists’ Group Art Exhibition, Dhanmondi, Dhaka.
Group Art Exhibition, Zainul Gallery, Dhaka.
2002 7th Berger Young Painters’ Award Art Exhibition, Zainul Gallery, Dhaka.
11 Artists’ Group Art Exhibition, Russian Cultural Centre, Dhanmondi, Dhaka.
5 Women Contemporary Group Art Exhibition, Russian Cultural Centre, Dhanmondi Dhaka.
Group Art Exhibition, Zainul Gallery, Dhaka.
Art Exhibition on the occasion of the birthday of President Ziaur Rahman, Zainul Gallery, Dhaka.
Art Exhibition on the occasion of Women’s Day, Zainul Gallery, Dhaka.
Exhibition of Modern Painting Workshop, Alliance Francaise, Dhaka.
2001 6th Berger Young Painters’ Award Art Exhibition, Zainul Gallery, Dhaka.
Art Exhibition on the occasion of National Mourning Day, Zainul Gallery, Dhaka.
1998 Dress Show, Zainul Gallery, Dhaka.
Art Exhibition on the Occasion of the Golden Jubilee of the Fine Arts Institute, National Museum, Dhaka.
Group Art Exhibition, Zainul Gallery, Dhaka.
95-02 Annual Art Exhibition, Institute of Fine Arts, Zainul Gallery, University of Dhaka, Dhaka.
2D Animation International Workshop, Greenfield Animation, Dhaka.

Jury Member
2021: Annual Juried Show, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario.
Member
Workman Arts, Aspace Gallery, SAVAC, Gerrard Art Space.