what’s on?
Activities,
Workshops,
Exhibitions,
Events,
Activities, Workshops, Exhibitions, Events,
Hearthside
Hearthside is an installation of a new body of work by British-Bengali artist Mohammed Z. Rahman, presented over six days, in collaboration with Oitij-jo, meditating on hospitality, food knowledge, ecosystems and the emotional power of the dinner table to foster solidarities.
Interpreting embodied culinary knowledge, reflections on food supply chains, and teeming moments of community, Rahman communicates their alchemical, magically alive gastronomical universe through paint, sculpture, and installation.
9 Sep 2025 – 14 Sep 2025
This exhibition will be closed to the general public from 5pm on Thu 11 September as we will be hosting an in-conversation event with Mohammed Z. Rahman within the exhibition space.
arms blue, knees bare
arms blue, knees bare is a multi-media exhibition by artist Puer Deorum in collaboration with Oitij-jo, bringing together and complicating narratives around memory, archives, and intimacy.
Comprised of performance, sculptural installation, and 35mm film photography from their personal archive between 2016-2024, in arms blue, knees bare Puer Deorum plays on ideas of object (im)permanence and opacity.
Strung together within the former central reading room of the Whitechapel Library, they unfold the idea of a live object, considering alternative methods of archiving, storing memories, and (re)collecting intimacy through physicality, impressions and material choices.
22-23 February 2025
Whitechapel Gallery, London
Mela
An exciting family-friendly programme of workshops, market stalls and performances from the Oitij-jo community.
Oitij-jo and Rich Mix invite you to a season of festivities this fall and winter. On selected Sundays, Oitij-jo Collective will host a Mela (festival) to bring community joy with free performances, workshops, activities and more.
হেমন্ত আর শীতের এই মৌসুমে ‘ঐতিহ্য‘ কমিউনিটি ও ‘রিচ মিক্স‘ আপনাদের আমন্ত্রণ জানাচ্ছে আকর্ষণীয় সব কর্মশালা, মার্কেট স্টল এবং পারফর্মেন্স ভরা এক উৎসব–মুখর আয়োজনে। আগামী তিন মাস ধরে নির্বাচিত রবিবারগুলোয় লন্ডনের বাঙালি সম্প্রদায়কে আনন্দে মুখরিত করতে ‘ঐতিহ্য‘ কালেক্টিভ একটি মেলার আয়োজন করছে– যাতে থাকবে বিনামূল্যে পারফর্মেন্স, কর্মশালা, বিভিন্ন কার্যক্রমসহ নানা আয়োজন।
Make it stand out
Join us for a day-long exhibition by artist Laisul Hoque in collaboration with Oitij-jo, mediating on the multiplicity of the Bangladeshi and British Bengali experience through the lens of diasporic food cultures, hybridity and tradition, and kinship.
During the day, visitors are invited to interact with Hoque’s latest sculptural installation, which features an antique sodium-lit “Bangladeshi sweet shop” display counter. The counter offers two ingredients visitors can use to recreate the artist’s father’s favourite snack: fried chickpea flour balls soaked in sugar syrup and seasoned fried gram flour flakes.
This interactive installation, titled An Ode to All the Flavours, is rooted in the artist’s earliest emotive memory of paternal love.
Creative Reflections
Series of Conversations curated by OITIJ-JO Collective
Making art and architecture in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Puer Deorum in conversation with Ruhul Abdin. Ruhul is based in Dhaka since 2009, he has co-founded and is one of the leads in the architecture, design and research studio -Paraa. He is also a mixed media artist, curator and teaches critical architectural practice.
Saturday 11th May 2024
Doors open: 6.30pm
Richmix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, E1 6LA
Level 4 - The Mix
Food will be available to buy from the Oitij-jo Kitchen
BHALO BASHO
A collection of short films from independent film makers, on love. Curated by Zubayr Hossain. Is this love? Whom do we love? Is it love by any other name? Without love. Questions and Answers. Very personal. The essence of who we are or who we become. The films will explore and look at some of these and many other themes on love.
film screening, Hosted by A SEASON OF BANGLA DRAMA
17/11/23 | 17:00
ELO MELO FESTIVAL
arts & cultural festival
09/09/23 | 17:00 - 00:00
Whitechapel Gallery, 77-82 Whitechapel High Street, London, E1 7QX
runjhuni - mask & instrument making
workshop
09/09/23 | 14:00 - 16:00
Toynbee Hall, 28 Commercial St, London E1 6LS
spinning soundscapes - djing
workshops
Wednesday 30th & Thursday 31st August 2023 | 10:00 - 12:30
Whitechapel Gallery, 77-82 Whitechapel High St, London E1 7QX
Storytelling through nakshi kantha embroidery
workshops
Wednesday 16th & Thursday 17th August 2023 | 10:00 - 16:00
Whitechapel Gallery, 77-82 Whitechapel High St, London E1 7QX
Lokkhi Maya’s disdain for daylight
4 course eating, interactive sound, performance & installation by JINIA TASNIN
08/08/23 | 18:30
Oitij-jo, Piazza Unit C, Lighterman House, 3 Clove Crescent, London, E14 2BE
Summer of creativity programme
workshops
wednesdays & thursdays | 10:00 - 12:30
Free childcare services available on site
Oitij-jo, Piazza Unit C, Lighterman House, 3 Clove Crescent, London, E14 2BE
Summer of Creativity - Nettle Weaving
workshop
07/07/23 | 10:00 - 12:00
Oitij-jo, Piazza Unit C, Lighterman House, 3 Clove Crescent, London, E14 2BE
Mukh - artist residency showcase
live performances & exhibition
21/06/23 & 06/07/23 | 18:30
artist talk
12/06/23 | 18:30
Oitij-jo, Piazza Unit C, Lighterman House, 3 Clove Crescent, London, E14 2BE
BHORTA - EID & BANGLA NEW YEAR CELEBRATION
lunch event
27/04/22 | 12:00 - 18:00
St Hilda’s East Community Centre, 18 Club Row, London, E2 7EY
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY - BANGLADESHI WOMEN IN STORYTELLING
panel discussion & film screening
08/03/23 | 18:00
Reserve a ticket here.
Oitij-jo, Piazza Unit C, Lighterman House, 3 Clove Crescent, London, E14 2BE
BANGLA INSPIRED CRAFT WORKSHOPS
workshops
02/02/23 & 09/02/23 | 10:00 - 13:00
Oitij-jo, Piazza Unit C, Lighterman House, 3 Clove Crescent, London, E14 2BE
NAACH - DINNER & DANCE
exhibition, party & fundraiser
08/12/22 | 18:00 - 22:00
St Hilda’s East Community Centre, 18 Club Row, London, E2 7EY
The Role of Arts and Crafts in Establishing Culture
panel discussion
15/11/22 | 18:00 - 20:30
Oitij-jo, Piazza Unit C, Lighterman House, 3 Clove Crescent, London, E14 2BE
Creative Women - Reunion Exhibition
art / exhibition
02/10/22 | 10:00 - 15:00
House of Annetta, 25 Princelet St, London E1 6QH
CHOLO CHITRO FILM KLAB
cinema club
CREATIVE WOMEN’S WORKSHOPS with House of Annetta
ENDED // workshops
EVERY WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY
27/07/22 - 11/08/22 | 10am - 12pm
House of Annetta, 25 Princelet St, London
E1 6QH
CREATIVE WOMEN’S WORKSHOPS
ENDED // workshop
EVERY TUESDAY | 10:00 - 14:00
Oitij-jo, Piazza Unit C, Lighterman House, 3 Clove Crescent, London, E14 2BE
HEAD TO HEAD - HEART TO HEART
art / exhibition
12/07/22 - 17/07/22
The Art Bypass Gallery, 261a City Rd, London EC1V 1AH
PETER AND PUTUL COME TO TEA!
workshop with SHAMA KUN & SABIYA KHATUN
12/12/21
Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London, E1 6LA
Ajker
art / exhibition
21/02/22 - 26/03/22
private view: 21/02/22 | 18:00
Oitij-jo, Piazza Unit C, Lighterman House, 3 Clove Crescent, London, E14 2BE
COMMUNITY GARDENING PROJECT
PAUSED // drop in / workshops
EVERY THURSDAY | 10:00 - 17:00
Oitij-jo, Piazza Unit C, Lighterman House, 3 Clove Crescent, London, E14 2BE
SUMMER PLAYSCHEME
ENDED // play-scheme for 8-12 year olds
27/07/21 - 20/08/21 | 10:00 - 15:00
Oitij-jo, Piazza Unit C, Lighterman House, 3 Clove Crescent, London, E14 2BE
Pohela Boishak 1428
food demonstration / workshop
15/04/21
Oitij-jo, Piazza Unit C, Lighterman House, 3 Clove Crescent, London, E14 2BE
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2021
craft exhibition & food demonstration
6/03/21 | 10:00 - 16:00
Oitij-jo, Piazza Unit C, Lighterman House, 3 Clove Crescent, London, E14 2BE
Sonar Bangla
Mighty Punch: Comics
Dhakarama
Co-existence
Exploring Bangladeshi Nakshi Stitching & Khadi Making (R&D)
exhibition
01/11/16 - 09/11/16
private view: 01/11/16 | 18:00
Rich Mix, Lower Café Gallery, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London, E1 6LA
Portraits of Kamalapur
3X3 Bangladesh Design
art / exhibition
14/09/16 18/09/16
private view: 13/09/16 | 18:00
Rich Mix, Lower Café Gallery, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London, E1 6LA
AKHON - Where is Bengal Now?
event / music
24/03/16 | 19:00
Rich Mix, Main Stage, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London, E1 6LA
‘TATI’ Emerging Bengali textiles & fashion
art / exhibition
07/06/16 | 19:00
Rich Mix, Venue 2, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London, E1 6LA
MEET THE DESIGNERS
art / exhibition / event / networking
09/06/16 | 19:00 - 21:00
Rich Mix, Lower Basement Gallery, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London, E1 6LA
SUNDAY ROAST
live broadcast / event with MisDigest.
06/03/16 | 11:00 - 18:00
Kobi Nazrul Centre, 30 Hanbury St, London E1 6QR
Oitij-jo festival at bargehouse
3 day festival
22/02/13 - 24/02/13 | 11:00
Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf, Barge House St, London SE1 9PH