A SHARED CONDITION by Mubtasim Alvee

“A Shared Condition explores the territory in-between the personal and the collective, questioning the idea that emotional and psychological states belong solely to the individual.”

Alliance Française de Dhaka

Dhanmondi, Dhaka

8 - 16 May, 2026

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Alliance Française de Dhaka

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ARTCON

A Shared Condition is the first solo exhibition and collective by Dhaka-based multidisciplinary artist Mubtasim Alvee at Alliance Française de Dhaka, Dhanmondi from 8–16 May 2026. The exhibition features over 100 works created between 2024–2026, spanning acrylic, spray, pastel, print, and digital media.

Rooted in abstraction and perception, the exhibition explores how emotional and psychological states are shaped by collective systems rather than isolated individual experience. Through a process-based approach informed by Pareidolia, Alvee’s works reveal figures and meanings emerging from abstraction, reflecting memory, identity, and layered human experience.

A Shared Condition expands beyond a conventional painting exhibition through a series of collaborative programmes including panel discussions, workshops, screenings, theatre, music, and interactive audio-visual sessions. The project reframes the “solo exhibition” as a shared space of dialogue, participation, and collective becoming, positioning art as an ongoing social process rather than a fixed object.

“What appears as an individual struggle begins to reveal itself as part of a broader, shared experience.”

Mubtasim Alvee

b. 2001

Mubtasim Alvee (b. 2021) is a multi-disciplinary artist, animator, and activist based in Dhaka. Currently pursuing his MFA in Painting from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Dhaka University. His practice is rooted in abstraction and perception, driven by a belief in possibility and the potential for change. His work engages with open-ended visual ideas that reflect not only personal exploration but also a broader commitment to social and collective transformation. In his early years, alongside his studio practice, he volunteered, engaging with collaborative cultural platforms and remaining closely connected to music and interdisciplinary practices, reflecting an interest in shared experiences across media. He is the founder of Syllaবাদ(Syllabaad), an organisation that critically engages with pedagogical infrastructures, approaching art and education as collective and collaborative processes. He also founded the Charukola Animation Society, a space dedicated to learning, experimentation, and exchange within animation practices. Alvee and his works are connected to interdisciplinary and collective practices, extending beyond individual expression toward building shared cultural and creative environments. Alvee emphasised creating interactive experiences and fostering artistic dialogues among peers. The works emerge from a process-driven practice rooted in Pareidolia, the human tendency to perceive figures and meaning within abstraction. Through this method, forms are not imposed but discovered, allowing images to surface from within chaos, much like memory, identity, and emotion.

Concept Note

'A Shared Condition' explores the territory in between the personal and the collective, questioning the idea that emotional and psychological states belong solely to the individual.

The works emerge from a process-driven practice rooted in Pareidolia, the human tendency to perceive figures and meaning within abstraction. Through this method, forms are not imposed but discovered, allowing images to surface from within chaos, much like memory, identity, and emotion.

The exhibition approaches the psyche as something socially produced rather than privately owned. Experiences often labelled as instability, disorder, or fragmentation are reconsidered as responses shaped by larger systems like historical, political, and cultural events.

In this sense, the "condition" is not singular. It is distributed across bodies, inherited through time, and reinforced through structures that remain largely invisible yet deeply internalized with its surroundings. The works hold multiple moments in layers. Childhood, adolescence, and the present coexist within the same visual field.

These layers resist linear narratives, reflecting how memory operates: unstable, recursive, and constantly rewriting itself. The figures that emerge are often incomplete, shifting, or ambiguous, mirroring a self that is never fixed but continuously formed through interaction.

Within a post-colonial context, the exhibition considers how histories of division, control, and imposed identity continue to shape internal landscapes. The body becomes a site where these forces accumulate, where personal distress intersects with collective histories. What appears as an individual struggle begins to reveal itself as part of a broader, shared experience.

Introduction

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Curatorial Note

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