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Sadya Mizan is an independent curator and researcher currently based in Bangladesh. Her curatorial expertise lies in initiating decentralised platforms to identify, reconnect and archive cultural heritage and community narratives. She investigates contemporary social art practices, explores architectural history through collective memories, redefines museums through youth engagement and community participatory interventions to inspire new generations, audiences, practitioners and creators. 

The Uronto Artist Community (Uronto Artist community) is a pioneering initiative by her since 2012. Mizan is also the founding trustee of the Art Initiative Bangladesh (2018). She has also served as Artist Facilitator at the Rohingya Cultural Memory Centre (UN-IOM). As a curatorial partner with the British Council’s Our Shared Cultural Heritage project, she has connected South Asian youth networks with museums across the UK and South Asia. Recently completing an MLitt in Museum Studies at the University of Aberdeen, she brings expertise in museum standards, digital innovation, and cross-cultural collaboration. Internationally recognised, she continues to build archives, exhibitions, and programmes that bridge heritage, art, and lived experience. In addition to mentoring diverse academic courses internationally, she is engaged in significant research on art infrastructure and socially engaged creative practices.