Mariom Manjury Nishe | Surface Rhythms Nishe began her journey as a painter in Bangladesh, where she completed her bachelor’s and master’s degrees. She practiced both realism and abstract painting. “Realism helped me understand structure, proportion, and discipline. But deep inside, I always felt more connected to abstraction,” revealed Nishe. “I was drawn to color, emotion, and the freedom it allowed.” Nishe explores more than just color and gesture. While working with acrylic paint, foam and wood board, and forms of mixed media, she plays with sculptural form and how to cut, build, layer and reshape materials incorporated in her work. “When I came to the United States and began my MFA at USD, something shifted,” said Nishe. “I started to question the flat canvas and the traditional rectangle.” Emotion, memory, and cultural transition inform her process as she connects those themes to tension, balance, and growth, using unique shapes to communicate her art. “Moving from Bangladesh to the United States changed how I see space and structure,” added Nishe. “I create to understand that shift.” Nishe’s upcoming MFA exhibition focuses on surface as structure while incorporating bold color, edges, and textured surfaces. The relationship between intuition and structure is essential for Nishe. The honest act of creating has allowed her to eloquently respond to material, rather than forcing an image to surface. Her work transmits the dependence interior composition and physical structure have on one another. “My style is abstract, layered, and dimensional—it feels energetic, but also reflective,” said Nishe. “The work balances tension and softness.”
“A major turning point was when I stopped protecting my paintings and allowed risk. Letting accidents stay changed my confidence as an artist.”
MARIOM MANJURY NISHE
FAMILY ISSUE april 2026
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