Rohena Alam Khan is a Seattle-based interdisciplinary artist. She was born and raised in Dhaka, Bangladesh and completed her Bachelors in Journalism and Fine Art from Winthrop University in South Carolina. During the early years of Rohena’s corporate career in Copywriting, she completed another degree in Graphic Design from Raffles International College in Bangkok, Thailand.

A deep love for journalism permeates all facets of Rohena’s creative practice. As an immigrant, Muslim woman of color and the daughter of a freedom fighter, her advocacy always leans towards the most marginalized, systemically oppressed and the voiceless. Rohena’s art addresses social issues plaguing the universe and can take the shape of a classical Bharatanatyam dance, documentary film, large-scale painting or rap song. 
Taking inspiration from her own journey, Rohena explores layers of a life of migration, war, pop culture and politics and often combines abstract expressionism with narrative storytelling in her paintings. Rohena’s paintings have been exhibited in galleries of America, Thailand and Bangladesh and her murals can be seen in various locations in Seattle. Rohena loves to inaugurate her shows with a classical Bharatanatyam dance performance. 

Rohena is a mural grant recipient of Mayor Bruce Harrell’s “Hopes Corps Mural Project” as well as an Artist Trust GAP recipient. Currently she is editing a documentary short called “A Dancer in Dhaka” based on her Bharatanatyam guru. 

Rohena values the rich history and legacies that carry on through art and loves working with local artists, community organizations and city officials to promote equitable access to art and culture. 

Rohena’s art abides by no rules and no borders. Her goal is to continue to create media harboring the essence of modern Bangladesh.