Naeem Mohaiemen is a Bangladeshi film-maker, photographer and writer whose work looks at the unfinished histories of the left and of South Asia after empire. He grew up partly in Libya and in Dhaka, studied at Oberlin College and took a PhD in anthropology at Columbia University, where he teaches visual arts. He was nominated for the Turner Prize in 2018 and received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2014. His films are held by Tate Modern.
Naeem Mohaiemen
Film-maker and writer on South Asian postcolonial history
- Born
- 1969
- Website
- shobak.org
Where to see their work
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Naeem Mohaiemen: THROUGH A MIRROR, DARKLY, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton
Opens Saturday 24 October
Further reading: Wikipedia
