Celebrating Womanhood: Gallery Lumina’s January Exhibition————
This January, Gallery Lumina opens the year with a powerful and timely exhibition celebrating womanhood through the voices of eight Bangladeshi American and Canadian artists. Spanning painting, mixed media, and conceptual work, the exhibition brings together diverse perspectives that honor resilience, identity, memory, and the evolving experiences of women across cultures and borders.
At the heart of the exhibition is a shared exploration of womanhood—not as a single narrative, but as a constellation of lived experiences shaped by heritage, migration, family, faith, and self-expression. The artists draw from their Bangladeshi roots while engaging with contemporary realities in North America, creating works that feel both deeply personal and universally resonant.
Visitors will encounter artworks that reflect intimate domestic spaces, generational stories and the quiet strength found in everyday rituals. Other pieces challenge expectations, confronting stereotypes and reclaiming agency through bold visual language and experimental forms. Together, these works invite viewers to consider how womanhood is remembered, redefined, and celebrated across time and place.
Gallery Lumina’s January exhibition also highlights the importance of diasporic voices in the contemporary art landscape. By featuring Bangladeshi American and Canadian women artists, the show creates space for nuanced conversations around belonging, hybridity, and cultural continuity. The exhibition becomes a meeting point where multiple identities coexist—where tradition and modernity, vulnerability and power, intersect.
The timing of the exhibition is intentional. Beginning the year with a celebration of womanhood sets a reflective and hopeful tone, encouraging audiences to listen, learn, and engage with stories that are often underrepresented. It is both a celebration and a call to attention—recognizing the creative labor of women artists and the richness they bring to the global art community.
Gallery Lumina invites art lovers, collectors, and community members to experience this thoughtful and inspiring exhibition throughout the month of January. Whether you are drawn to quiet moments of introspection or bold statements of presence, this exhibition offers a meaningful journey into the many dimensions of womanhood.
As Gallery Lumina continues its commitment to showcasing diverse and impactful voices, this January exhibition stands as a testament to the power of art to connect cultures, honor heritage, and celebrate the strength and beauty of women’s stories
Artists Name: Zakia Sultana. Marzia Kushnar, Ferdousi Islam, Shamim Subrana, Roksana Asad, Rokshana Akter, Syeda Reshma Akhter, Sahida Akter
Curator: Dina Zaman