Naima Karim, is a Bangladeshi Dutch fine artist based in Saudi Arabia. She has participated in many exhibitions as a painter of the sky. For example, Asian Art Biennial 2022, the 1st and 2nd Dafen International Oil Painting Biennale, Shenzhen, and the 8th Beijing Biennale, China. Her first foray into virtual reality production and 3D art is The Anticipation of Rain. She used the VR tool Openbrush and created the 3D environment with her artistic style for the experience.
The Anticipation of Rain was recently exhibited at The International Documentary Film festival Amsterdam (IDFA) as part of the IDFA Doclab immersive non-fiction competition, 2022.
It also received two more award nominations, Crystal Owl Award by Steriopsia Europe, 2022, and the Social impact VR award by AIXR, UK, 2022