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Yasmin Nupur

A Flying Seed and A Bird Named Hiramon

A Flying Seed and A Bird Named Hiramon Spore Initiative, Berlin. 16th and 17th September 2023(8 hours performance)The Spore studio is transformed by a performative conversation with Yasmin Jahan Nupur , complementing her handwoven soft sculptures and engaging visitors with ” A Flying Seed and a Bird Named Hiramon ” – an intimate moment of storytelling that encourages the audience to relax, connect and immerse oneself in conversations about childhood, memories of forgotten places, rivers and emotions, communal experiences of home, migration and changing ecology. Since storytelling played an important role in Yasmin’s childhood, a key part of her work involves interacting with children and people of all ages to revisit almost forgotten fairy tales and breathe new life into them. 1image 2IMG 3IMG 4.IMG 4IMG

Words and Hope

Words and Hope Performance Feb 1–2, 20199 hrs total” “India Art Fair (IAF), New Delhi, IndiaART India / JSW initiative”

I Dreamed About Walking in the Sky

I Dreamed About Walking in the Sky Textile / Embroidery” “2019Also shown Sep–Dec 2023″ “Montalvo Art Center, California, USA; The Whitaker Museum & Art Gallery, UKTextile Biennial”

Let Me Get You a Nice Cup of Tea

Let Me Get You a Nice Cup of Tea Performance” “2019–2023London Frieze 2019; Dhaka Art Summit 2020; Tate Modern 2022–23″ “London, UK; Dhaka, BangladeshExhibit320 / Peabody Essex Museum commission”

Time Could Not Be Kept at Bay

Time Could Not Be Kept at Bay Installation / Textile. 2021Also exhibited 2022, 2024 Asian Biennale Dhaka; Exhibit 320 Gallery, Delhi, India

Home Participatory Installation

Home Participatory Installation2022–202390 hrs performance” “Multiple venuesBagri Foundation, Samdani Art Foundation, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art”

Gangaburi-Performance

“Gangaburi Performance” “Nov 15–17, 20252 hrs” “Buriganga River, Dhaka, BangladeshBrihatta Art Foundation” A river heritage performance responding to the Buriganga River — once the lifeblood of Dhaka’s trade and craftsmanship — now under severe environmental pressure from pollution and urban expansion. The work pauses the relentless pace of city life to reflect honestly on the river’s declining state, often invoked for ritual purposes but rarely protected. Using charcoal and indigo, the artist writes a letter of truth to the river, acknowledging its reality and the collective negligence surrounding it.

Unraveling Silence Solo Exhibition

“Unraveling Silence Solo Exhibition” Oct 10 – Nov 29, 2025 Bengal Shilpalay, Dhaka, Bangladesh A solo exhibition of soft sculptures and textile works rooted in Bangladesh’s material heritage — nakshi kantha quilts, jamdani weaving, and zari embroidery — reclaiming fabric long dismissed as craft into feminist, political art. The work draws on the colonial destruction of thriving weaving traditions by the British East India Company and the artist’s personal encounter with five unemployed Jamdani weavers who began working again through family support. Each thread holds memory of land, labor, migration, and womanhood, foregrounding what refuses to disappear.

The Touch

“The Touch Performance” “Feb 13–14, 20262.5 hrs” “Aspinwall House, Kochi, IndiaKochi-Muziris Biennale” A durational performance confronting the physical and psychological violence of borderlines and barbed wire, compelling the body to experience how imposed divisions strip away dignity and fracture human connection. Barbed wire becomes a psychological and emotional barrier — to reach across it is to risk vulnerability and face surveillance. A simple gesture of touch transforms into an act of resistance, insisting on intimacy and shared humanity despite systems of separation. AJJ00971 copy AJJ00994 copy AJJ01140 copy AJJ01177 copy AJJ01205 copy _JB_9285 copy _JB_9287 copy _JB_9315 copy _JB_9326 copy _JB_9341 copy