Born    : 1950, Mymensingh, Bangladesh

Education

1973    : BFA, Bangladesh College of Arts and     Crafts,       Dhaka, Bangladesh
1978    :     MFA, M S University, Baroda, India

Awards

2006    : Beijing Olympic 2008 Contest Award for
Landscape Sculpture, China
1989    : Grand Award, 4th Asian Art Biennale,
Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka
1985    : Honorable Mention, 3rd Asian Art Biennale,
Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka
1987-1996    :     Honorable Mention: 8th, 9th and 12th
National Art Exhibition, Bangladesh
Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka
1979    :     Best Sculpture : Young Artists’ Art Exhibition,
Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka
Solo Exhibitions

2008    :’Ecology of Mind -2’, Bengal Gallery of Fine     Arts
and British Council, Dhaka
2007    :    ‘Steps to Ecology of Mind -1’,
DC Hill, Chittagong
1985    :    ‘Shahid’, TSC, University of Dhaka
1983    :    ‘Abaddha’,
Bangladesh College of Arts & Crafts, Dhaka
1981    :    ‘Matir Kanna’,
Bangladesh College of Arts & Crafts, Dhaka

Workshop / Symposium / Residency Program

2007    :     International Sculpture Symposium,
Hai Phong, Vietnam
2006    :     4th International Sculpture Symposium,
Hue, Vietnam
: International Artist Workshop, VASL Gadan,
Pakistan
2005    :     BRITTO International Artist Workshop,
Bogra, Bangladesh
2005    :     International Sculpture Symposium,
Kunming, China
2003    :     Svendenborg International Sculpture
Symposium, Denmark
:     International Sculpture Symposium, ‘Terra’,
Kikinda, Yugoslavia
:     International Sculpture Symposium,
Vietnam
2002    :     Workshop-Conducted at Kyushu Sangyo
University, Fukuoka, Japan
:     Residency-Fukuoka Asian Art Museum,
Fukuoka, Japan
2001    :     World Sculpture Park Symposium,
Changchun, China.
2000    :     Velvy Community Centre Workshop,
Copenhagen, Denmark
1990    :     Ceramic Workshop, organised by ILO / UNDP
and BISIC, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Commission Work

2007    : Assurance Developments Ltd, Dhaka
2006    :     Sculpture and Mural. Mr. Suman, Dhaka
:     Sculpture, Dhaka Bank, Dhaka
:     Mural, Sculpture and Fountain,
Assurance Developments Ltd, Dhaka

2005    :     Mural, SAARC Fountain, Airport Road,
Dhaka
2004    :     Sculpture, Fountain and Landscape,
Bengal Shipping, Gulshan, Dhaka
2003    :                 Mural, Kuliarchar Sea Foods Ltd, Cox’s Bazar
2002    :     Sculpture and Mural, Mirzapur Cadet College,
Tangail
2001    :     Mural, SMC Tower Banani, Dhaka.
:     Mural, Reckit & Colman,Dhaka
:     Mural, Sculpture & Landscape, Baridhara,
Dhaka

2000    :     Mural, RDRS, Rangpur
:    ‘Shawdhinata Manchitra’,
Bangladesh  Military Academy, Chittagong

1999    :     Mural, Gramin Bank, Mirpur, Dhaka
:     Mural, BNSB, Pahartali, Chittagong
:     Mural, Royal Park Hotel, Banani, Dhaka
1998    :     Mural, Youngone Ltd, CEPZ, Chittagong
:     Sculpture & Landscape, Khaulshi, Chittagong
1997    :     Mural, Youngone Ltd, DEPZ, Dhaka
1996    :     Mural, Bangladesh Bank, Chittagong
:     Mural, Youngone Ltd, CEPZ, Chittagong
:     Sculptures, Youngone Ltd, CEPZ, Chittagong
1995    :    ‘Shawdhinata Manchitra’-Sculpture and Mural
Bangladesh Military Academy, Chittagong.
:     Mural, Safura Tower, Banani, Dhaka
1994    :     Sculpture & Landscape, Duncan Brothers,
Dhaka
1990    :     Mural, Sculpture & Landscape
Bengal Shipping, Dhaka
1987     :     Mural, Grameen Bank, Mirpur, Dhaka
1978    :     Mural,VS Hall, M S University, Baroda, India
Collections

Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, Japan
Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan
Terra Museum, Kikinda, Serbia
Bangladesh National Museum, Dhaka
Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka

Studio / Contact

Aroni, Chowdhury Haat ( East )
Fatehabad, Haathajari, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Tel: +880-031-2580400, Cell: +8801819335381
Email: alaknilu@yahoo.com
URL: www.sculpture.org/portfolio/sculptorPage.php?sculptor_id=1000519

Present position

Professor, Department of Fine Arts
University of Chittagong, Bangladesh