THE CURATOR OF THIS PAGE, RAHIMA BEGUM, IS A FINE ARTS GRADUATE WITH A MASTERS DEGREE FROM UNIVERSITY OF CHITTAGONG IN BANGLADESH. RAHIMA IMMIGRATED FROM HER HOME - BANGLADESH, TO UNITED OF STATES IN 2008. THE MOVE WAS PRIMARILY ROOTED IN HER DESIRE TO PROVIDE A BETTER LIFE FOR HER CHILDREN. DUE TO THE PLETHORA OF LIFE ADJUSTMENTS THAT IS REQUIRED OF AN IMMIGRANT, SHE HAD BEEN ABSENT FROM CURATING ART FOR MORE THAN A DECADE. BUT, DURING COVID - 19 PANDEMIC, SHE YEARNED TO HOLD PAINTBRUSHED ONCE AGAIN.

HER PASSION FOR ART NOW REIGNITED, RAHIMA RESTARTED PAINTING DURING THE SPRING OF 2020. IN THOSE SOCIALLY ISOLATED TIMES, HER CREATIVE SPELLS HELPED HER TO FIND COMFORT IN AN IDENTITY HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY THE LOCALE AND HER MEMORIES.

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