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Renowned Bangladeshi artist Laila Sharmeen was selected to exhibit her artworks in mixed media on paper at the Juried Exhibition section of CFS 2016 Biennial, which was began in Canada on June 15 will be continued till July 10. The jurors picked 22 artists for the Juried Exhibition section of the Biennial.
The works of the artists were put on display at the Papermill Gallery located at the Todmodern Mills Heritage Site in Toronto.
Laila Sharmeen has 11 solo exhibitions and over 60 international shows to her credit. She has showcased her work at major international art fairs and biennales including Tokyo International Art Fair, Oxford International Art Fair, Barcelona Art Fair, Art Shopping (Carrousel Du Louvre, Paris), Art Expo New York, Izmir Biennale (Turkey) and Effetto Biennale (Merida, Mexico). She was awarded a Purchase Prize at the 16th Space International Print Biennial, Seoul in 2011.
Currently Director of Hyacinth Garden Gallery, Sharmeen’s works are in permanent collections of Ataturk Museum in Izmir, National Museum of Bangladesh, Central Bank of Bangladesh, GrameenPhone, Eastern Bank Ltd and in many private collections at home and abroad.