Born 1948, Jamalpur, Bangladesh
Education
1969 Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka
Solo Exhibitions
1979 : Zainul Gallery, Institute of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka
1985 : Zainul Gallery, Institute of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka
1993 : Saju Art Gallery, Dhaka
1998 : Cover Design Exhibition, Gallery Tone, Dhaka
2003 : Water Colour Exhibition, Gallery Chitrak, Dhaka
2005 : Gallery Shilpangan, Dhaka
2010 : Gallery Shilpangan, Dhaka
2013 : Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, Dhaka
Group Exhibitions
1969 : Painting exhibition with SM Khaled at Jamalpur
1970 : Painting exhibition on ‘Nabanna’ and ‘Kalbaishakhi’ at Bangladesh College of Arts and Crafts, Dhaka
1973 : Sketch group show at Bangladesh College of Arts and Crafts, Dhaka
1974 : Silver Jubilee Exhibition of Bangladesh College of Arts and Crafts, Dhaka
1975-92 : National Art Exhibitions at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy
1975 : Graphic and Drawing exhibition at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy
1975-82 : Young Artists Art Exhibition at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy
1980 : Water Colour Exhibition at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka
1981 : Countrywide Mobile Art Exhibition organised by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy
1984 : Bengali New Year Painting Exhibition at Bangladesh College of Arts and Crafts, Dhaka
1987 : Contemporary Graphic Arts of Bangladesh at Hotel Sheraton, Dhaka
1989 : Landscape of Bangladesh Exhibition at Bangladesh National Museum, Dhaka
1990 : Exhibition of Graphic Atelier -71
1995-2010 : Annual Exhibitions of Dhaka Art Circle
2000 : Shilpito Darshan – An exhibition of contemporary artists, Bengal Gallery
2001 : Contemporary Art Exhibition of Bangladesh, High Commission of India, Dhaka
2002 : Shilpir Chokhay Bandarban – Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka
: Countrywide Mobile Art Exhibition organised by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy
2010 : Rooted Creativity-5, Bengal Gellery of Fine Arts
2011 : ‘Muktijuddho O Bangabandhu’, a group art show of contemporary Bangladeshi artists, Gallery Jolrong, Dhaka
: Moulavibazar Through the Eyes of an Artist, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy
2012 : Dhaka Art Summit, organised by Samdani Art Foundation
: Group Art Exhibition, Athena Art Gallery, Dhaka
: Memories of the Old Town, Shilpangan Art Gallery
: Art Exhibition on 150th Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka
International Exhibitions
1971 : Exhibition of Bangladeshi Artists at Birla Academy of Arts and Culture, India
1973 : Contemporary Art Exhibition of Bangladesh, Kolkata, Mumbai and Delhi, India
1975 : Third Triennial – India
1978 : Contemporary Paintings of Bangladesh Bonn, Germany
1979 : Bangladesh Art Exhibition, White Chapel Art Gallery, London
1981 : Contemporary Art of Bangladesh in the 7th Festival of Asian Art at Hong Kong Museum of Art
1981-2002 : Asian Art Biennials, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy
1987 : Contemporary Graphic Art Exhibition of Graphic Atelier -71 in Europe, North America, Asia and Pacific region
: 19th Biennial International De Sao Paulo, Brazil
1990 : Intergrafik 90, Berlin, Germany
2011 : Bangladesh Cultural Day Painting Exhibition, Kaifan Theater, Kuwait
2011 : Contemporary Artists of Bangladesh, Mumbai, India
2012 : Exhibition of Paintings on Tagore’s Composition and Portraits, Nandalal Bose Gallery, Rabindranath Tagore Centre, Kolkata, India
: Art Exhibition on 150th Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, Kolkata, India
Awards
1999 : Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin Gold Medel
1999 : Honorable Award from Saju Art Gallery
2002 : Jatiya Grontho Kendra Award for best cover design
2002 : Honourable Award from Muktijudda Utsab Ayojok Committee
2004 : Palok Shishu Shahittay Award
2004 : Atish Dipankar Gold Medel
2004 : Chandraboti Gold Medel
2006 : Agrani Bank Shishu Sahitya Award for best cover design and illustration
2007 : Nawab Faizunnessa Gold Medal
2007 : Poet Abu Zafar Obaidullah Award
2008 : Netaji Suvash Chandra Bose Award
Workshops
1976 : Graphic Print workshop at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy
1987 : Graphic Print workshop at Graphic Atelier-71
2002 : Shilpir Chokhay Bandarban – Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy
2006 : Channel I – art camp at Gallery Chitrak
2006-09 : Independence Day Art Camp at Muktijudha Smrity Jadughar
2007 : Bengal Gallery and Aranya Crafts art camp
2007 : Channel I art camp on the occasion of ‘Rabindra and Nazrul Jayanti’
2008-12 : Channel I Victory Day Art Camp
2008 : University Grand Commission Art Camp
2009 : Jatiya Kabita Parishad Art camp
2009 : Lab Aid Foundation Art Camp
2010 : Bengal Art Camp, Dhaka
Workshops Conducted
2010 : Joler Dhara, a watercolour Workshop, Dhaka
2010 : Standard Chartered Sreejoni, a watercolour Workshop, Dhaka
Publication
Esho Chobi Aki
Children’s drawing book published in six volumes
Collections
Bangladesh – National Art Gallery, National Museum, Bongobhaban and other private collections
International – Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark,Germany, India, Japan, Norway, Pakictan and USA
Work Experience
Chief Artist (1970 – 2005)Bangladesh National Herbarium Ministry of Environment and Forest Government of Bangladesh; Designer (1971) Directorate of Press, Publicity, Information and Broadcasting Government of Bangladesh (Mujibnagar)
Present Position
Freelance artist and designer General Secretary
Dhaka Art Circle, a group of contemporary artists
Executive Chairman – Potua Quamrul Hassan Art School