Maksudul Ahsan

Maksudul Ahsan
Born Maksudul Ahsan
(1966-02-03)3 February 1966
Chandpur, Bangladesh
Nationality Bangladeshi
Education Institute of Fine Arts of Dhaka University (1987)

Maksudul Ahsan (born February 3, 1966) is a Bangladeshi contemporary artist and poet from Bangladesh.

Biography

Ahsan was born in Chandpur. In 1987, he graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts of Dhaka University, where, in 1989, he obtained a master's degree. In 1992, he received a diploma from the Academy of Planning and Development. Since 1989 – a teacher of the College of Art in Khulna, since 1991 - artistic editor of the weekly "Shamoy Songglap" in Dhaka. In 1994-2002, he lived and worked in Delhi (India). In 2008-2009, he was the editor of the weekly Shubarno Shodesh. Since 2011 – the Chief Executive Director of the Gallery of Modern Art "Basilo" (Dhaka).

Creativity

He works with watercolor and oil. An adherent of traditions in art and at the same time he is an impulsive improvisator. Pictures are characterized by a powerful pastosic painting technique smear, bright contrasting colors, converging and diverging lines. The artist succeeds moderately realistic as well as extremely abstract images.[1] The portraits of contemporaries made by the artist are very expressive.[2] He is also an illustrator of a number of books.[3] He published two collections of poems, "Bashwashi Korotol" and "Shoundarjyer Staba", in 1989.

Personal and collective exhibitions

The first solo exhibition of the artist took place in the gallery "La Gallery" in Dhaka in 1994. Since then he has held 12 solo exhibitions in Bangladesh, India and Canada, participated in more than 40 collective exhibitions in his homeland and abroad (India, Canada, Malaysia).[4] In 2016, the National Gallery of Bangladesh held a retrospective exhibition of the artist, dedicated to the 25th anniversary of his creative activity.[5] He organized 8 art workshops in Dhaka, Delhi and Calcutta with the participation of artists from the countries of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC).

Paintings in museums and private collections

The artist's paintings are kept in the National Museum of Bangladesh, in the National Picture Gallery of Bangladesh, in the Shilpakala Academy (Dhaka), in the Sheraton and Pan Pacific Sonargaon hotels, the Ravi Jain Memorial Foundation in Delhi, the Dhohomi Mal and "Kunika" galleries (Delhi), as well as in private collections in Australia, England, Bangladesh, Germany, India, Canada, China, the Netherlands, Pakistan, Switzerland, the USA.

Social activities

He is one of the founders of the society "Jania Abritti Charcha Kendra" (1987), Executive Director of the South Asian Society of Art and Culture (since 2003), Secretary General of the Arts and Cultural Society "Bandhan" (since 2004).

References

  1. ↑ "Maksudul's fantasy in painting" // «The Asian Age», February 13, 2017
  2. ↑ Takir Hossain "The age-old tradition of portrait painting" // "The Daily Star", February 28, 2009
  3. ↑ Aminur Rahman. The Sculpture (English and Spanish Edition). London: Aark Arts, 2002
  4. ↑ RS Yadav. «Making the Best of Opportunity» // Maksudul Ahsan. Selective Works of 25 Years. Dhaka: BANDHAN art and culture society, 2016
  5. ↑ "Painter Maksudul's retro underway" // «The New Age», Oct 31,2016
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