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Central to Najmun Nahar Keya’s artistic practice is the relationship between human behavior and society. Having spent five years in Tokyo, on the prestigious Monbukagakusho Japanese government scholarship, awarded to one emerging Bangladeshi artist every year; these years had a disproportionately high impact on Keya’s art, and on her person. The experience of being an immigrant in a country not known to welcome immigrants, brought out in her a talent of finding beauty, even when it is buried deep. Her art, too, embraced Japanese art in nuanced ways.