Artist Info
Sunara Begum
Sunara Begum born 22 September 1984 is an English visual and performance artist, filmmaker, photographer and writer of Bangladeshi descent. She uses installation, film, photography, live performance, sonics and text. Begum is the founder and director of Chand Aftara, a creation centre, and is also the co-founder of Living Legacies, a traditional music archive in Gambia and New Horizons Africa, a music and arts festival in Lagos, Nigeria.
She graduated from Central St Martins College of Art and Design where she completed BA in Fine Art and MFA in Fine Art. During her studies Begum did several apprenticeships with renowned international visual artists, as well as working as archivist for the Henry Moore Foundation and as research assistant, camera operator and line producer for Halaqah Media.
BA (Hons) Fine Art, 2004-2007
MA Fine Art, 2008