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· About
An online marketplace for original art from independent artists in Bangladesh and beyond.
Akivuki started in a Dhaka studio with a simple frustration: the distance between the people making original art and the people who wanted to live with it had grown too long. Galleries took fifty percent and waited months to pay. Print-on-demand platforms optimized for click-throughs, not the slow, considered look that original work asks for. We thought a small, well-run marketplace could close the gap.
We focus first on Bangladeshi artists because that's the soil we know best — but the roster is widening as we meet makers whose practice fits the tone. The brand takes its name and palette from the Aparajita flower (অপরাজিতা), which grows in nearly every courtyard in this country: indigo, modest, unmistakable. It seemed honest.
Every work is seen, in person, by us or someone we trust. The roster stays small on purpose.
Our commission rate is published. Payouts go out monthly without the artist asking.
No urgency banners, no fake countdowns, no infinite scroll. Take your time.
Hand-handled, insured, tracked. Each piece leaves the studio with a maker-signed certificate of authenticity.
Practitioners whose work shapes how we think about craft on Akivuki.
Bangladesh
Bangladeshi painter working across watercolour, acrylic, and oil. Subjects span Sundarbans wildlife, monsoon-soaked landscapes, and figures drawn from village life — held together by a feel for weather and a soft, attentive hand.
Dhaka, Bangladesh
A distinguished Bangladeshi painter and senior professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka. Her work carries a quiet, contemplative aesthetic rooted in the rhythms of riverine Bengal — riverine life, fishermen, and her iconic prawn (chingri) series.
An artist residency program. Wider international shipping. A printed catalogue twice a year. We're in no rush; come along.
Phone
+880 1700-000000Studio
House 12, Road 5, DhanmondiHours
Mon–Fri, 10:00–18:00 (BST)
