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MURIELBOWSERMAYOR
May6,2026
‘TheHonorablePhilMendelsonChairmanCounciloftheDistrictofColumbiaJohnA.WilsonBuilding
1350PennsylvaniaAvenue,NW, Suite504Washington,DC20004
DearChairmanMendelson:
Inaccordancewithsection2 oftheConfirmationActof1978,effectiveMarch3,1979(D.C.Law2-
142;D.C.OfficialCode§ 1-523.01),andpursuanttosection305oftheOfficeofAsianandPacific
IslanderAffairsEstablishmentActof2001,effectiveOctober3,2001(D.C.Law 14-28;D.C.
OfficialCode§2-1374),Iam pleasedtonominatethefollowingindividual:
Ms.MonicaJahanBose
BelmontRoad,NW‘Washington,DC 20009(Ward1)
forappointmentasapublicmemberoftheCommissiononAsianandPacificIslanderCommunityDevelopment,fillingavacantseatformerlyheldbyJohnTinpe,foratermtoendApril17,2028,
Enclosed,youwillfindbiographicalinformationdetailingtheexperienceoftheabove-mentioned
nominee,togetherwithaproposedresolutiontoassisttheCouncilduringtheconfirmationprocess.
Iwould appreciatethe Council’s earliestconsiderationof this nomination forconfirmation.Please
do not hesitateto contact me, or Steven Walker, Director, Mayor’s Office of Talent and
Appointments,shouldtheCouncilrequireadditionalinformation.
Sincerely,
M
Mayor
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3 at the request of the Mayor
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6 A PROPOSED RESOLUTION
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10 IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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15 To confirm the appointment of Monica Jahan Bose to the Commission on Asian and Pacific
16 Islander Community Development.
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18 RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
19 resolution may be cited as the "Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander Community
20 Development Monica Jahan Bose Confirmation Resolution of 2026".
21 Sec. 2. The Council of the District of Columbia confirms the appointment of:
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23 Monica Jahan Bose
24 Belmont Road, NW
25 Washington, DC 20009
26 (Ward 1)
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28 as a public member of the Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander Community
29 Development, established by section 305 of the Office of Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs
30 Establishment Act of 2001, effective October 3, 2001 (D.C. Law 14-28; D.C. Official Code§ 2-
31 1374), filling a vacant seat formerly held by John Tinpe, for the remainder of an unexpired term
32 to end April 17, 2028.
33 Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia shall transmit a copy of this resolution,
34 upon its adoption, to the nominee and to the Mayor.
35 Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.
MONICA JAHAN BOSE
‘SELECTEDSOLO& DUOEXHIBITIONS/INSTALLATIONS/PROJECTS
Braids& Threads:ConnectingLegacies,WashingtonProjectfortheArts,2025-2026(duowithAutumn
Spears;selectedforinauguralexhibitionandresidencyatnewWPAspaceinDupontCircle)
WeavingResistance:StorytellingwithSaris,Washington,DC,2025(seriesofworkshops,exhibition,
performanceandculminatingmarchwith100-footsaribannerongender/sexualityforWorldPrideDC2025;
selectedforcommunitygrantasofficialpresenterbyCapitalPride/WorldPride)
TakeMe totheWater,GalleryY,WashingtonDC,2025(curatedbyBethFerraro)
Choloman(Ongoing),ArtGalleryatAloki,Dhaka,Bangladesh,2024(three-channelvideoinstallationwithworkshops;partofartistexchangethroughUSStateDepartmentArtinEmbassiesprogram,curatedbyRuxminiChoudhury)
Sustenance2,GalleryMarionChauwy,Paris,2024(duowithAnjuChaudhuri
Swimming,publicartproject,Washington,DC,2024(22massivesariartworkswerecocreatedwiththe
Publicandmadeintoswimmingpoolshape;ashortfilmwasscreenedoutdoorsforAdMoMovieNights)
ClimateHope,presentedbyArlingtonArts(curatedbyCynthiaConnolly),2024(seriesofeightworkshopswithArlingtonArtTruckandculminatingperformance)
Choloman(Ongoing),ArtGalleryatAloki,Dhaka,Bangladesh,2024(partofUSArtinEmbassiesprogram)
Nourish:StorytellingwithSaris,TheNicholsonProject,Washington,DC,2023
PinkPower(CarbonFree),KatzenArtCenter,Ami
installation,andperformancewithstudents) inUniversity,WashingtonDC,2022(workshops,
‘Sustain,publicartproject,Washington,DC,2022
Renew,KohlGallery,WashingtonCollege,Chestertown,MD,2021(exhibition,studiovisits,workshop/talk)
ConcreteDreams,publicartproject,Washington,DC,2021(workshopsaddressingracism,whitesupremacy,theJanuary6,2021insurrection,ourConstitution;artonfabricsaris,smallplastersculptures,poetryslams)
WarmingWaters,publicartproject,C&OCanal,Washington,DC,2020(saris,performancesandprojections)
‘TheTides/LaMarea,MACROContemporaryArtMuseumofRome,Rome,Italy,2019(exhibition,climatelab,co-creationlabs,andperformance,curatedbySimonaAmelotti)
Subsistence,theWindow,Paris,France,2019(residency,installation,andperformance)
SevenMinutesontheB67,OpenSourceGallery,Brooklyn,NY,2019(workshops,installation,performance)
WRAPture,publicartproject,Anacostia,Washington,DC,2019(wrappingfiveDCbuildingswith65saris)
Footprint-Apotypoma,SerafioSports,Culture,andInnovationCenter,Athens,Greece(attheinvitationof
theCityofAthens),2018(largescalesite-specificsoloinstallationwithworkshopsandperformance)
AndThen,BangladeshNationalMuseum,Dhaka,Bangladesh,2015(multi-mediainstallationandperformancewithOneBillionRisingBangladesh)
SELECTEDGROUPEXHIBITIONS
MONICA JAHAN BOSE
FabricofFreedom,WorldPrideWelcome& VisualArtsCenter,Washington,DC2025
MaterialiteetHeritage,GalerieMarionChauvy,Paris,France(2025)
ThePaglees:BetweenReasonandMadness,SouthAsiaInstitute,Chicago,IL,2024(inauguralshowofnewfeministcollective;organizedandcuratedexhibitionandcatalogue);McCollCenter,Charlotte,NC(2025)
AboveBelowWater,CultureHouse,WashingtonDC,2023(curatedbyBethFerraro)
ign,Milwaukee,WI,2021(curatedby
ReimaginingtheGlobalVillage,MilwaukeeInstituteofArtandD
NirmalRaja)
‘SELECTEDPERFORMANCES
WeavingResistance,MarieReedPlazaandLincolnMemorial,Washington,DC,2025(outdoorperformance
forWorldPrideDC2025with100-foot-sariongender/sexualitycocreatedwiththepublic)
ShuiShuta/NeedleandThread,UniversityofVictoria,B.C.,Canada,2023(createdkeynotemendingandsewingperformanceforGenderedThreadsofGlobalizationconference)
Jalkonya(WaterWoman),UniversityofDhaka,2023(incollaborationwithPreemaNaziaAndaleeb)
LightYourFire,HirshhornMuseumandSculptureGarden,2022(seriesofworkshopsandculminatingperformancewithDCteens)
Prokash/Reveal,Brooklyn,NY,October2021(bilingualperformanceandworkshopsongender/sexuality)
Offering,SirenArtsandTransformerGallery,AsburyPark,NJ,2021(beachperformancewith30people)
TheTides/LaMaria,MACROMuseumofContemporaryArt,Rome,Italy,2019
WaterResistance,2019,Paris,France,2019(performancewith20people,incollaborationwith inaLune)
‘SELECTEDPRESS
lanKibria,“MonicaJahanBose’sSwimmingInstallationHighlightedHistoricalInequiResilience,”EastCityArt,July10,2024.
MarkJenkins,"ShimmeringSarisandVideoMakeUpColorfulInstallation",”TheWashingtonPost,June14,2024
NylahShah,“ArtivistMonicaJahanBoseCreatesClimateHope,"BusinessStandard,April1,2024
MrittikaGhosh,"ReimaginingSouthAsianWomanhood:A ReviewofthePaglees,BetweenReasonandMadness,”SixtyInchesfromCenter,February23,2024
MaluCursino,“We'reLosingOurCultureandHeritage.”BBCNewsOnline,November30,2023.
MarkJenkins,“StylishSarisTellTalesviaLinkedCultures,”TheWashingtonPost,October27,2023
DejaNycoleandMaggieWalsh,“CONCRETEDREAMS:EnvisioningaSustainablePlanetthroughArtand
Poetry,”DhakaCourier,Volume37,Issue51,July2,2021
VoiceofAmericafeatureonWarmingWaters,RTVnetworkandonline,September10,2020
RileyBoard,“EighteenFeetofFabricCanGoaLongWay,”SmithsonianMagazine(Digital),August12,2019.
“ClosingtheGapBetweenCommunitiesinSimilarSituations,”GoodMorningWashington,ABCChannel7,April8,2019(featureonWRAPtureproject)
CourtneyLindall,NRDC,“FromBangladeshtoBrooklyn:aClothingExchangeInspiresClimateAction’,August19,2029
AmbikaSamartya-Howard,“FightingClimateChangewithArtandSaris,”TheEstablishment,Nov.26,2018
GiorgosMylones,“MonicaBose’sFootprintforthefirsttimeinAthens,”TheHuffingtonPost,July9,2018
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MONICA JAHAN BOSE
MarkJenkins,“WeathertheStormImagesareOminousYetReassuring,”TheWashingtonPost,April15,2018
MerazMostofa,“APicture,aSari,andaSong,”TheDhakaTribuneClimateEdition,April20,2018
ARTIST'SBOOKS,
Renew(2020)
RisingUptoClimateChange(2018)
HerWords:StorytellingwithSaris(2013)
‘SELECTEDWORKSHOPS/LECTUREPRESENTATIONS
YaleSchooloftheEnvironment,NewHorizonsinConservationConvening,artandpoetryworkshop,2024
SmithsonianCenterforEnvironmentalJustice,Women’sEnvironmentalLeadershipSummit,workshop,2024
SmithsonianAnacostiaCommunityMuseum,presentationandworkshop,WashingtonDC,2023
PresentationforSmithsonianNaturalHistoryMuseumandAsianPacificAmericanCenter,2022
Artist'stalkandfilmpremiereofWRAPture:APublicArtProjectatKennedyCenterREACH,2021
‘SmithsonianWebinar“MakingArtandGlobalinterconnections,”2020
KeynoteSpeakerfor“SouthAsiaandtheWorld”series,UniversityofWisconsin-Milwaukee,Feb.2017
COLLECTIONS
‘SmithsonianAnacostiaCommunityMuseumandSmithsonianNationalCollection(2024acquisitionof
paintings,saris,andWRAPtureprojectarchives)
CityofWashingtonDC,PublicArtCollectionandArtBankCollection
BangladeshEmbassyinAthens,Greece
Privateandnon-profitcollectionsinUS,Bangladesh,France,Japan,HongKong,andU.K.
ELECTED AWARDS& GRANTS
WorldPrideDCGrantasFeaturedArtist,2025,
WherewithalGrant,WashingtonProjectfortheArts(throughAndyWarholFoundation),2022
PublicArtGrants,DCCommissionontheArts& Humanities,Swimming(2024),Sustain,2022,Concrete
Dreams,2021,WarmingWaters,2020,WRAPture,2019
ArtistFellowships,DCCAH(withNEA),2014,2016,2018,2019,2020,2021,2022,2023,2024,2025
TEACHINGEXPERIENCE
AdjunctProfessor,StudioArtDepartment,AmericanUniversity(2021-present)
EDUCATION
BA,DoublemajorinStudioArt(painting)andMathematics,WesleyanUniversity,Middletown,CT,USA
Post-GraduateDiplomainFineArt(pai
ing),Viswa-BharatiUniversity,Santiniketan,India
JurisDoctor,ColumbiaUniversitySchoolofLaw,NewYork,NY,USA
AFFILIATIONS
MONICA JAHAN BOSE
FoundingMember,ThePaglees,feministcollectiveofSouthAsianAmericanwomenacrosstheU.S.,2023to
present,
BoardMember,Samhati,BangladeshiWomen’sOrganization,Washington,DC,2003topresent.
BoardMember,SouthAsianWomen’sCreativeCollective,NewYork,NY,2011to2016.
Member,VisArtsArtistsAdvisoryCouncil,Rockville,MD,2020topresent.
BoardMember,SakhiforSouthAsianWomen,NewYork,NY,1991-1994,
ExecutiveOfficeoftheMayor— Mayor’sOfficeofTalentandAppointmentsJohnA.WilsonBuilding|1350PennsylvaniaAvenue,Suite600|Washington,DC20004
MonicaJahanBose
Ms.MonicaJahanBoseisaBangladeshi-Americanartistandactivistwhosework spansperformance,painting,printmaking,film,performance,andinstallation.Hersociallyengagedworkhighlightsthe
intersectionofclimate,racial,gender,andeconomicinjusticethroughco-createdworkshops,installations,andperformances,ShehasexhibitedherworkextensivelyintheUSandinternationallyincludingsoloexhibitionsattheBangladeshNationalMuseumandMACRO MuseumofContemporaryArtRome.Ms.Bosehasbeenawardedfivelarge-scale
publicartgrantsinWashingtonDC,eachcenteringcommunityco-creationand featuringmultipleworkshops,poetry_ slams,film/projections,performance,andsite-specificinstallation.
Ms.Bose’songoingcollaborativeartandadvocacyprojectStorytellingwithSaris,startedin2012withwomenfarmersfromherancestralislandvillage,hastraveledtoeightcountriesand13USstates,engagingthousandsofpeople.HerworkhasappearedintheMiamiHerald,theWashingtonPost,BBC,ArtAsiaPacific,theMilwaukeeSentinel,theHonoluluStarAdvertiser,theJapanTimes,ProthomAloandallmajornewspapersinBangladesh.TheSmithsonianAnacostiaCommunityMuseumhasacquiredacollectionofherpaintings,saris,woodblocks,andarchivalmaterials.
A Ward1resident,Ms.BoseearnedherBachelorofArtsinStudioArtfromWesleyanUniversity
andherJurisDoctorfromColumbiaUniversity.
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