Abu Taher

Education

1963 : BFA, Institute of Fine Arts, Dhaka University

Experience

1997 : Taught as Assistant Professor, Institute of Fine Arts, Dhaka Unversity Laboratory School and College

Solo Exhibitions

1966 : Dhaka [organised by Congress for Cultural Freedom, Pakistan] 1974 : Bangladesh College of Arts & Crafts Gallery, Dhaka 1978 : Bangladesh College of Arts & Crafts Gallery, Dhaka 1983 : Zainul Gallery, Institute of Fine Arts, Dhaka 1986 : 25 Years Work, Bangladesh College of Arts & Crafts Gallery Dhaka 1980 : Zainul Gallery, Institute of Fine Arts, Dhaka 1993 : National Museum Gallery, Dhaka 2000 : Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka 2004 : Bangladesh High Commission, Canberra, Australia 2005 : Sydney, Australia 2005 : Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, Dhaka

Major Exhibitions

1964 : Prints Show, organised by Arts Ensemble Galleries, Dhaka 1965 : All Pakistan National Art Exhibition, Dhaka 1966 : Exhibition of Pakistani Paintings, Commonwealth Institute, London Abstract Paintings of East Pakistan sponsored by the German Cultural Institute, Dhaka and Chittagong, 5th Tehran Biennale, Iran 1970 : Expo 70 Tokyo, Japan 1973 : Contemporary Art of Bangladesh, Kolkata, Delhi and Mumbai, India Silver Jubilee Art Exhibition of Bangladesh College of Arts & Crafts, Dhaka 1978 : Contemporary Art of Bangladesh, Bonn and Berlin, Germany 1980 : Festival: Asian Art Show, Fukuoka, Japan 1983 : 5th Triennale India, New Delhi 1985 : Contemporary Art of Bangladesh, Kualalampur, Malaysia 1990 : SAARC Paintings Exhibition at Simla and Delhi, India 1995 : Contemporary Art of Bangladesh, Moscow, Russian Federation 1998 : Thirty Painters from Bangladesh, Osaka, Japan; Epar-Bangla Opar-Bangla Exhibition and Workshop, Kolkata, India; Selected Artists of the Fifties, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka; Contemporary Art of Bangladesh, Sudo Art Museum, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan 1999 : Silver Jubilee Exhibition of Saju Art Gallery, Dhaka; Contemporary Paintings from Bangladesh, Gallery Hill Gate, Kyoto, Japan; Paintings from Bangladesh, Nagoya, Japan; Fifty Years of Bangladesh Arts, Institute of Fine Arts, Dhaka University; Exhibition of the works of Contemporary Bengali Artists, Shilpakala Academy [organised by Bengal Foundation] 2003 : Exhibition of the works of the Contemporary Asian Art Workshop 2002, Shilpakala Academy Gallery, Dhaka [organised by Bengal Foundation and Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy] 1975-05 : 1st to 16th National Art Exhibition, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka 1981-04 : 1st to 11th Asian Art Biennale Bangladesh, Dhaka

Awards

1965 : ‘Honourable Mention’ at the all Pakistan National Art Exhibition, Pakistan Arts Council, Dhaka. 1973 : ‘Silver Jubilee Award’ at the Silver Jubilee Art Exhibition of Bangladesh College of Arts & Crafts, Dhaka 1990 : ‘Honourable Mention’ at the 9th National Art Exhibition, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka. 1994 : ‘Ekushe Padak’ (the highest civilian award for contribution in the field of art and culture)

Workshops and Seminars

1989 : SAARC Painters Workshop, Simla, India 1994 : International seminar of 8th Triennle, India, organised by Lalit kala Acdemy, New Delhi, India 1995 : Water Colour Workshop in the Sundarbans, organised by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka 1998 : Water Colour Workshop, organised by Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka 1998 : Dui-Banglar Artists Workshop, Sponsored by Kolkata Nandanik, Kolkata, India 1999 : Workshop of Contemporary Bengali Artists, organised by Bengal Foundation, Dhaka 2002 : Contemporary Asian Art Workshop 2002, Dhaka [organised by Bengal Foundation and Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy]

Member Jury Committee

1994 : 10th Young Artists Art Exhibition, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka 1997 : Khulna Division Paintings Exhibition, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka 1998 : 12th Young Artists Art Exhibition at Chittagong, organised by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka 2004 : International Children’s Art Biennale, Bangladesh Shishu Academy, Dhaka

Major Collections

National Art Gallery, Dhaka; Bangladesh National Museum, Dhaka; Nordness Gallery, New York; Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi; Banga Bhaban and Ganobhaban, Dhaka; Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bangladesh; Sangsad Bhaban, Bangladesh; Atomic Energy Commission, Dhaka; Kolkata; Nandanik, Calcutta, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Gallery Sambala, Kopenhagen; Bengal Foundation Dhaka and many other individual and institutional collections at home & abroad.

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