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Tasmina Khan Majles is an Australian-Bangladeshi contemporary multidisciplinary artist based in Naarm/Melbourne, Australia. Her practice centres on the interconnected themes of memory, migration, ecological belonging, and environmental consciousness through the lens of diasporic experience. Working across painting, mixed media sculpture, photography, installation, and community-engaged projects, she examines how personal and collective histories are carried through people, landscapes, and cultural traditions. Drawing upon her lived experience as a Bangladeshi–Australian artist, Majles creates contemplative works that navigate the emotional terrain between homeland and adopted country, where identity is continually negotiated rather than fixed.

 

Through layered surfaces, organic forms, fragmented imagery, and symbolic motifs, Tasmina investigates the ways memory inhabits both the body and the landscape. Her works often evoke thresholds, traces, and absences, reflecting on the enduring ties that connect individuals to places left behind while embracing the evolving realities of migration and cultural hybridity. Nature is not merely a backdrop within her practice but an active participant—landscapes become repositories of memory, resilience, and transformation, inviting reflection on humanity's reciprocal relationship with the environment. Balancing autobiographical narratives with broader social concerns, Tasmina positions personal experience within universal questions of displacement, cultural inheritance, and belonging while encouraging audiences to consider the shared emotional landscapes that transcend geographical and cultural boundaries.

 

Tasmina holds a Bachelor of Arts (Graphic Design) from Curtin University (2007) and a Master of Creative Arts (Painting) from Deakin University (2019), Australia. Since completing her postgraduate studies, she has developed a multidisciplinary practice with a national and international presence through exhibitions, institutional collaborations, public programs, and cross-cultural projects across Australia, Europe, and South Asia.

 

Her work has been presented in solo exhibitions at Bunjil Place-Art Space, Manningham Art Gallery, Montsalvat- Residents Gallery, Melton Library, Incinerator Gallery, and Dhaka Gallery, Bangladesh. She has also participated in significant national and international exhibitions including the XIII Florence Biennale, Islamic Museum of Australia, Linden New Art, Belconnen Arts Centre, Maroondah Federation Estate Gallery, and Creative Asia Art Centre. Alongside her studio practice, Tasmina has collaborated with organisations including UNHCR, the UN Global Call Out to Creatives, CDNI, and the Edith Wilkins Foundation on projects addressing migration, community connection, and social engagement.

 

At the heart of Tasminas’ practice is the belief that individual experiences of migration and memory reveal universal stories of connection. Through works that move between personal reflection and collective experience, she continues to explore how art can become a space for empathy, dialogue, and belonging across cultures and generations.

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I acknowledge and pay my respect to the Ancestors, Elders and families of the Boonwurrung (Bunurong), Woiwurrung (Wurundjeri) and Wadawurrung (Wathaurung) people of the Kulin Nation

Upcoming Events

Chai, Beats and Treats: Fundraising Event
Chai, Beats and Treats: Fundraising Event
When
30 Aug 2026, 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Where
Queen Victoria Women's Centre,
210 Lonsdale St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Chai, Beats and Treats: Fundraising Event
Chai, Beats and Treats: Fundraising Event
Sun, 30 Aug
Queen Victoria Women's Centre
Join us for an afternoon of food, music, dance, art, and community, all in support of Keoratala Basanabala Girls High School in rural West Bengal, India. Enjoy delicious deshi treats, live entertainment, dance workshops, and a special art auction.
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