Nadia Samdani
Nadia Samdani | |
|---|---|
নাদিয়া সামদানি | |
 Samdani in 2017 | |
| Nationality | British-Bangladeshi |
| Other names | Nadia Khalil Choudhury |
| Occupation(s) | Art collector, businessperson |
| Spouse | Rajeeb Samdani |
Nadia Samdani MBE (née Khalil Choudhury) is a British born Bangladeshi businesswoman, art collector, and philanthropist. She is involved in developing platforms for art and culture in Bangladesh.[1] Along with her husband Rajeeb Samdani, she is the co-founder of Samdani Art Foundation and its headline event the Dhaka Art Summit, which she also leads as its director.[2][3] She serves as the Vice President of the Alliance Française de Dhaka.[4]
In 2022, Samdani was appointed
Background
Samdani's family moved to Dhaka from the UK in the late 1980s.[7]
Career
Nadia is a founding committee member of Tate's South Asian Acquisition Committee and is also a member of Tate's International Council.[8] She is a founding member of the Harvard University Lakshmi Mittal South Asia Institute's Arts Advisory Council and a member of the Alserkal Avenue Programming Committee in Dubai and also serves on the advisory council of the art fair Art Dubai.[9][10][4] She presented the work of the foundation at museums and art fairs such as the Royal Ontario Museum, Art Basel, and Frieze Art Fair.[11][12][13][14][15][16]
Her art collection has been recognized since 2015 on the Artnews Top 200 collectors listing[17] – one of the sole South Asian collections to receive this recognition.[18][19] The Samdani collection is featured in international news publications including Hong Kong Tatler.[20]
Business
Samdani is director of Golden Harvest Group, a conglomerate in Bangladesh active in information technology, commodities, logistics, food processing, agriculture, dairy, aviation, insurance, banking, infrastructure development and real estate. She is the chairperson of Braintrain Studio, a subsidiary of Golden Harvest which is active in architecture and interior design consultancy in Bangladesh. She is also a director of the Khalil Group.[21]
Honours, awards and recognition
- Knight of the Order of the Arts and Letters (2023)[22]
- Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) (2022)[23]
- “Woman of Inspiration Award” by the Bangladesh chapter of Junior Chamber International (JCI) (2020)[24]
- “Women of the Decade in Arts Leadership” by the Women Economic Forum (2018)[25]
- Montblanc de la Culture Arts Patronage award by Montblanc Cultural Foundation (2017)[26]
- 2015 to 2020 Top 200 collectors listing bby ARTnews (2015-2020)[17]
References
- ^ Sussman, Anna Louie (9 March 2020). "How These 7 Women Are Making the Art World More Diverse". Artsy.
- ^ "Our Team". Samdani Art Foundation.
- ^ "DAS Team". Dhaka Art Summit.
- ^ a b "Executive Committee & Constitution". Alliance Française de Dhaka.
- ^ "British-Bangladeshi Nadia Samdani, an art patron, receives MBE in Queen's Birthday Honours". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
- ^ "Nadia Samdani awarded with Order of Arts and Letters by French Ministry of Culture". Dhaka Tribune. 2023-03-16. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
- ^ "My Dhaka: Nadia Samdani". Art Basel. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
- ^ "Rajeeb and Nadia Samdani among top art collectors in the world". Dhaka Courier.
- ^ "Committees". Art Dubai. Archived from the original on 2019-06-20.
- ^ "Founding members form South Asian Arts Council". The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute, Harvard University. 9 December 2015.
- ^ "ArtAsiaPacific: Almanac2013". ArtAsiaPacific.
- ^ Samdani, Nadia (22 February 2013). "Collecting Art Is Deeply Personal". livemint.com.
- ^ "Nadia Samdani participates in Speaker's Forum, India Art Fair". The Daily Star. 11 February 2013.
- ^ "Highlights from the Second Edition of the Private Museum Conference". Larry's List.
- ^ "South Asian Art - Past, Present, Future". events.berkeley.edu.
- ^ "Nadia & Rajeeb Samdani, Diana Campbell Betancourt". ArtReview.
- ^ a b "Nadia and Rajeeb Samdani". ARTnews. 10 September 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- ^ "Who Will Shape the Art World in 2020?: ARTnews Presents 'The Deciders'". ARTnews. 14 January 2020.
- ^ "Nadia & Rajeeb Samdani, Diana Campbell Betancourt". ArtReview.
- ^ Giles, Oliver. "Inside Art-Collecting Couple Nadia and Rajeeb Samdani's Impressive Home in Dhaka". Tatler Asia.
- ^ "Nadia Khalil Choudhury - Biography". marketscreener.com.
- ^ "Nadia Samdani presented the Order of Arts and Letters by French cultural ministry". The Daily Star. Dhaka. 23 July 2023.
- ^ "No. 63714". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 June 2022. p. B28.
- ^ "JCI Bangladesh awards nine women leaders of country". The Financial Express. Dhaka. 10 March 2020.
- ^ "About WEF Awards 2018". Women Economic Forum. 10 July 2018. Archived from the original on 2021-04-15.
- ^ Shaikh, Ayesha (17 September 2017). "Montblanc De La Culture Arts Patronage Award Presented In Dubai". Harper's Bazaar Arabia.