Laila Sharmeen at Spectrum Miami and Salon des Beaux Arts

Bangladeshi artist Laila Sharmeen will exhibit her mixed media works in December at Spectrum Miami and at the annual international exhibition Salon des Beaux Arts in Paris.

Spectrum Miami, to be held at the  Wynwood Arts District in Miami, begins on December 5 and curtains open on Salon des Beaux Arts on December 13 at the prestigious Carrousel Du Louvre.

Sharmeen has 11 solo exhibitions and over 60 international group shows to her credit. In 2011, she won a Purchase Prize at the 16th Space International Print Biennial, held in Seoul.

Her works are in permanent collections of many local and international organisations including National Museum of Bangladesh, Izmir Cultural Center, Central Bank of Bangladesh and Grameenphone.

Sharmeen's artistic concern is mainly based on peace. Her quest for peace is reinforced by her readings of the ancient philosophical text, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, containing Hindu and Buddhist concepts particularly the ones regarding three duties that each individual must perform. These duties are Datta Dayadvam Damyata, meaning giving, compassion and control. The motifs that recur in her works include henna, lotus blossoms, hay stacks and ducks, which are symbols of the innocent world of her childhood, where she finds her peace.