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Born :    1943, Chapai Nawabganj, Bangladesh.

Education :
1970      :   Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bangladesh Collage of Arts and Crafts (presently Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka)
1973-76 :   Studied Printmaking in Athens School of Fine Arts under Greek Govt’s Post Graduate Scholarship, Greece.

Solo Exhibitions :
1976 :  Campion School, Athens, Greece.
1981 : Bangladesh Collage of Arts and Crafts Gallery, Dhaka.
1983 :  solo Carton Exhibition, Bisawa Shaahitya Kendra, Dhaka.
1985 : Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
1987 : Non-Aligned Countries Gallery, Titograd, former Yugosiavia presently Serbia.
1998 : Shilpangan Art Gallery, Dhaka.
2004 :  ’25 years of Tokait’ Gallary Chitak, Dhaka
2006 : Down Memory Lane, Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, Dhaka.

Major Group Exhibitions :
1964 : 16 Painter’s Show, Dhaka, Bangladesh
1966 : Fifth Tehran (regional) Biennial, Tehran, Iran Open Air Exhibition, Arts Ensemble Gallery, Dhaka
1967 : Exhibition of Painting, Graphic and Ceramic, Dacca Lions Club, Dhaka
1988 :  Two Man Show (Hashem Khan and Rafiqun Nabi), Dhaka
1971 :  Cartoon Exhibition, Dhaka
1972 :  Exhibition of Sketch Art of Bangladesh
1973 :  Exhibition of Contemporary Art of Bangladesh, Kolkata, Delhi and Mumbai, India
1974 :  Mobile Group Exhibition, Athens, Greece
1977-05: 3^rd to 16^th National Art of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka
1977    :  Print Exhibition of Bangladesh in Yugoslavia (Serbia). Germany. Poland and Rumania
1978 :  1st International saloon of Cartoons. Canada.
1979 :  1st Asian Graphic Design Biennial, Tehran, Iran. Water Colour Exhibition in Dhaka.
1980 :  Inter Graphic-80, Berlin, East Germany.
:Contemporary Asian Art Show Fukuoka. Japan.
:Drawing and Print Show in Dhaka.

1981-06 : 1st to 12 Asian Art Biennial Bangladesh, Dhaka.
1981 :  6th Festival of Asian Art, Hong Kong.
1982 :  Fifth Triennial-India, New Delhi, India.
1983 :  9 Artists Graphic Print, Dhaka.
1984 :  8th British International Print Biennial, Bradford, UK.
:  Print Biennial, Oslo, Norway.
:  Inter Graphic-84, Berlin, Germany.
:  Prints of Bangladesh, Warsaw, Poland.

1986 :  Drawing Exhibition, Rejeka, Yugoslavia (Serbia).
1987 :  Graphic Print Biennial, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia (Serbia).
1988 :  Print of Asia and Africa, Vienna.
:  Contemporary Art of Bangladesh, Tokyo, Japan.
:  Inter Graphic-88, Berlin, Germany.
:  Exhibition of Original Drawings, Rijeka Ljubljana Yugoslavia. (Serbia)

1989 :  Contemporary Art of Bangladesh Exhibition, Beijing, China.
:  Contemporary Art of Islamic World London, UK.

1990 :  Inter Graphic-88, Berlin, Germany.
1992 :  Contemporary painters of Bangladesh, Paris, France.
1993 :  Contemporary Graphic Art of Bangladesh, Kolkata, India.
1994 :  Osaka Triennial, Osaka, Japan.
:  Contemporary Art of Bangladesh, Delhi and Kolkata, India.

1995 :  Contemporary Art of Bangladesh, Moscow, Russia.
:  Victory-Day Exhibition Organized by Bangladesh Deputy High Commission, Kolkata, India.
:  Special Exhibition Organized by Fulki, Gallery 21, Dhaka.

1999 :  Bonner Summer Festival Contemporary Art Exhibition of Bangladesh, Bonn, Germany.
:  Tribute to Tagore organized by Gallery 21. Dhaka.
:  5-Artists of Bangladesh and Japan, Tsukuba, Japan.

2000 :  Group Exhibition organized by Saju Art Gallery, Dhaka.
:  Group Exhibition on the occasion of  ’50 Years’ o Institute of Fine Arts, Dhaka.
:  Srijan Shamahar organized by Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, Dhaka.
:  Group Exhibition organized by Gallery Chitrak, Dhaka.
:  First Biennial of  Bangladesh Charu Shilpi Sangsad, Bangladesh National Museum, Dhaka.

2001 :  Contemporary Art of Bangladesh, High Commission of India in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
:  Line and Rhythm organized by Gallery Chitrak, Dhaka.

2003 :  Bangladesh-India Cartoon Exhibition, Bangladesh, India.
2004 :  Group Exhibition of Bangladesh Painters, Mumbai, India.
2005 :  ‘100 Years of Dhaka’, Shilpangan Art Gallery, Dhaka.
:  Group Exhibition of Bangladesh Painters, Agartala, India.
:  Bridge of Friendship Bangladesh-Japan Joint Art Exhibition, Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, Dhaka.

Awards :
1980 :  Promoters Prize, Inter Graphic-80, Berlin, Germany.
1989 :  Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy Award, Dhaka.
1993 :  Ekushey Padak (highest civilian award for contribution in Fine Arts), Dhaka.
1995 :  Agrani Bank Award for Children book design, Dhaka.
1995 :  Agrani Bank Award for Juvenile Novel Chadke Jdaha, Dhaka.
2000 :  Tri-Taranga Gold Medal, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
2002 :  S.M. Sutan Padak, S. M. Sultan Foundation, Narail, ‘Chardike Juddha’, Dhaka.
1968-90s : National Book Centre prizes for Children Book Covers for 13 times, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

International Seminars, Festivals, Workshops and Art Camps :
1987 :  Attended seminar on Child Survival and Development organized by UNICEF, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
1994 :  Attended Bangladesh Cultural Festival, Kolkata, India.
1996 :  The Mexican Imitational Tribunal against child labour, Mexico.
1997 :  Attended Cultural Festival of Eight Countries and seminar on Folk Art, Istanbul, Turkey.
1999 :  Art Camp of Contemporary Bengali Artists from West Bengal and Bangladesh organized by Bengal Foundation, Dhaka.
2003 :  Cartoon Workshop in Bangalore organized by Maxueller Bhawan, Bangalore, India.
2004 :  Workshop at Mumbai, India.
2005 :  Workshop at Agartala, India.
:  Italy Art Camp 2005 organized by Bengal Foundation, Florence, Italy.

2006 :  Artist Camp on the Bengal Bashakhi Utsav 1413 (Bengali New Year Festival) organized by Bengal Foundation, Dhaka.
:  Artist Camp for fund rising for Muktijudha Jadughar on the occasion of Independence Day, organized by Channel-I and Muktijudha Jadughar, Dhaka.
:  Artist Camp organized by Impress Telefilm Ltd (Channel-I and Gallary Chitrak.) Dhaka.
:  Dhaka Art Camp organized by Bengal Foundation, Dhaka.

Present Position & Address :
Professor & Dean
Faculty of Fine Art
University of Dhaka
Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh.
Tel :         800-2-9675219
E-mail  : Rafiqunnabi@yahoo.com

Previous Position :

Director,
Institute of Fine Arts
(At present Faculty of Fine Art, University of Dhaka

Senate Member
University of Dhaka.

President
Artists Association of Bangladesh

Born in 1953 at Chandpur, Bangladesh

Education:
1974 : Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bangladesh College of Arts and Crafts (presently Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka), Dhaka
1978 : Master of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sivaji Roy University, Baroda, India
1995 : Ph. D. Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan, India

Work experience :
2005- 2006 : Director, Institute of Fine Arts, university of Dhaka.
2008-2011 : Chairman, Drawing and Painting Department, Faculty of Fine Arts, university of Dhaka.
01-09-1978 Joined as a Lecturer, Department of Drawing & Painting, Faculty of Fine, Arts, University of Dhaka. Now continuing as a most senior Professor.
• A member National Committee of Asian Art Biennale.
• A Member, Jury Committee of National Young Art Exhibition of Bangladesh.
• A Member, Jury Committee Burger Young Art Exhibition, Dhaka.
• Bangladesh through ages (72 show cases) social, cultural and economic history of Bangladesh from Pre-History to emergence of Bangladesh Shishu Academy children Museum, Dhaka, 1996.
• A founder member of ‘Shako’ women Artist Association, Dhaka.

Publication : • “Adhuinik Chitrakalai Lokoshilpokalar provhab” Published by Folklor Department, Bangla Academy.
• For the love of country Writer: Martin Bradly, Panjeery Publication, Dhaka-2019.

Short Film : • Joler Silpo Monjuree (Water World), by film maker, Anwar and Jammy, Director by Manzare Hassin, 2006.
• Jol Godhuly, by Bengal Foundation, short film maker, Shabnam Ferdousy, 2004.

Solo Exhibitions:
1979 : College of Art & Crafts, Dhaka, Bangladesh
1983 : Institute of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
1995 : Divine Art Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2002 : Chitrak Art Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2006 : Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2010: Nature & Life, Jamini Roy Gallery, Rabindranath Tagore Center, ICCR, Kolkata
2013: Bound to the Soil, Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
2019: For the love of Country Naliny Kanti Gallery, National Museum Dhaka, Bangladesh

Important Group Exhibitions (Abroad):
2016: A Group Exhibition in Nepal, Art Council of Kathmandu, Nepal.
2016: A Group Exhibition in Nepal, Art Council of Kathmandu, Nepal.
2016: Bangladesh Women Artist Exhibition, ROGUE space, Chelsea, New York.
1975 : Painting Exhibition on ‘International Women’s Year’, New Delhi, India
1976 : Group Exhibition, Bombay & Hyderabad, India
1977 : Group Exhibition, Bombay & Hyderabad, India
1978 : Group Exhibition, Kolkata, India
1979 : Contemporary Art of Bangladesh Exhibition, Hong Kong
1979 : Young Artist Art Exhibition, White Chapel Art Gallery, London, UK
1980 : Asian Art Festival, Fukuoka, Japan
1981 : Contemporary Bangladesh Art Exhibition, Beijing, China
1982 : Contemporary Bangladesh Art Exhibition, Bulgaria
1982 : 5th Triennial International Art Exhibition, New Delhi, India
1984 : Noma Konkor, Tokyo, Japan
1985 : KIS 1985, Kusan International Exhibition, Seoul, Republic of Korea
1986 : EIMAS ’86, Hiroshima, Japan
1986 : Contemporary Bangladesh Art Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
1987 : Bussan Biennial, Republic of Korea
1987 : Salon de Tokyo Art Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
1992 : SAARC Young Artists Exhibition on the occasion of ‘SAARC Festival India 1992’, New Delhi, Kerala, Bangalore and Bombay, India
1994 : Bangladesh Women Artists Art Exhibition, Kolkata, India
1994 : Contemporary Bangladesh Art Exhibition, Kolkata, India
1994 : Contemporary Bangladesh Art Exhibition, Germany
1999 : A Group Exhibition for Kolkata Book Fair, Kolkata, India
1999 : Contemporary Painters Exhibition from Bangladesh, Gallery Hill Gate, Japan
199 : Bonner Summer Festival, Contemporary Art Exhibition of Bangladesh, Bonn, Germany
2001 : 1st Contemporary Artists Exhibition from Bangladesh, Sudo Art Museum Tokyo, Japan
2002 : Contemporary Bangladesh Art Exhibition, Paris, France
2004 : International Art Exhibition & Workshop India, organized by Bharat Sevashram Sangha, Delhi, India.
2007 : Contemporary Painting Exhibition, Ney York, Boston, USA. 2007: Contemporary Painting Exhibition, Toronto, USA. 2008: International Exhibition in Olympic 2008, China. 2010: SAARC Summit International Exhibition, Thimpu, Bhutan. 2011: International Contemporary Painting Exhibition, organized by Bengal Gallery, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
2011: International Contemporary Painting Exhibition organized by Bengal Gallery, Maldives.
2012 : A Group Exhibition on the occasion of 150th Anniversary of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, organizes by Calcutta Painters, Kolkata
2013 : A Group Show from Bangladesh – Setochi Festival in Japan.
2014 : A Group Show songs of the Land, Melbron, Sydney, Canberra, in Australia organized by Bengal Gallery & Annando Path.
2014 : A Group Exhibition in 21, Dhaka

Important Group Exhibitions (home) (Abroad):
1974 : Group Painting Exhibition of four Women Artists, Dhaka, Bangladesh
1974 : Contemporary Art Exhibition on the Occasion of ‘Silver Jubilee of Bangladesh College of Arts and Crafts’, Dhaka, Bangladesh
1975- 04 : All ‘National Art Exhibition’s organized by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh
1979 : Young Artist Art Exhibition (Mobile), Bangladesh
1980 : 31 Teacher’s Painting Exhibition, Dhaka, Bangladesh
1981-08 : All ‘Asian Art Biennale Bangladesh’ exhibitions organized by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh
1993 : Exhibition of Art Works on the Liberation War, Dhaka, Bangladesh
1993 : (12+1) Female Artists, Women in Bangladesh, German Cultural Center, Dhaka, Bangladesh
1994 : Prize Winners Exhibition, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh
1994 : ‘She’, A Group Art Exhibition, Gallery Arial, Dhaka, Bangladesh
1996 : ‘Struggle of Independence and Bangabondhu’ at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh
1996 : Contemporary Art Exhibition, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2000 : A Group Art Exhibition of Renowned and Upcoming Woman Artists of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2000 : A Group Exhibition, Chitrak Art Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2002 : Contemporary Art of Bangladesh (Trends 3 & 4), Dhaka, Bangladesh
2003 : 6 Painters Exhibition, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2004 : Group Art Exhibition, by ‘Shako’ – Women Artists Association of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2004 : Image in the Mirror A house show held at the residence of the US ambassador, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2005 : Image in the Mirror A Group Art Exhibition of Shako, Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2006 : The Other Voice, Exhibition of 21 Women Artist, On the occasion of International Women’s Day, Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, Dhaka
2006 : Image of Ibsen’s Life & Play, Art Exhibition, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, organized by Centre for Asian Theatre (CAT)
2011- Dhaka-Shantiniketan Exchange program 2010-2011 Art Exhibition, Bengal Gallery of Art, Dhaka. 2011-Group Art Exhibition Rooted Creativity – 2 by 10 selected artists of Bangladesh. Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts
2011: 150th Birth Anniversary of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, Exhibition, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka.
2016: A Workshop and Permanent Collection in Arts Acre Foundation, Kalkata, India.
2016: Bangladesh Thailand Joint Art Camp ‘AMITY’ and Exhibition in Thailand by Bangladesh Embassy in organized Thailand Also held an Exhibition in ‘Dusit Thai Hotel’ in Bangkok.

Awards :
1975 : Scholarship under Bangladesh – India Cultural Exchange Programme
1977 : 1st Prize in Painting, Baroda, India
1979 : Young Artist Award (Gold Medal) at 4th Young Artists Exhibition (Mobile) held in all the district towns of Bangladesh.
1981: Cultural Exchange Award (1 Month Visit), China
1982 : Commendation Award, 5th Triennial India, New Delhi, India
1985 : Cultural Award from Australian Government Consisting of one month visit to Australia.
1986: National Book Center Award for Children Book Illustration, Bangladesh
1988: International Life Membership Award from “Salon de Tokyo”, Japan
1988: U.G.C. Scholarship, Bangladesh-India Cultural Exchange Programme
2008: gold Medal, Excellent Artist of the World, Beijing Olympic 2008. 2009: Bangladesh Mahila Parishad Award, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
2020: “Akushey Padak 2020” The Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Republic of Bangladesh.
2020: “Sultan Swarna Padak 2020” Shilakala Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Workshops and Art Camps:
1999 : ‘Art Camp of Contemporary Bengali Artists’ form West Bengal and Bangladesh, organized by Bengal Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2002 : ‘Asian Art Workshop’ at Rajendrapur, organized by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy and Bengal Foundation
2005 : Workshop organized by ‘Shako’ – Women Artist Association of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
: Artist Camp organized by ONGC Agartala, India
: Series of Painting (12 artist) based on historical event, organized by Mutual Trust Bank, Bangladesh
2006 : Artist Camp on the occasion of Pahela Baishakh (Bengali New Year) organized by Bengal Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh
200 6 : Artist Camp for fund raising for Muktijudha Jadughar on the occasion of Independence Day, organized by Channel-I and Muktijudha Jadughar, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2006 : Artist Camp organized by Impress Telefilm Ltd (Channel-I and Chitrak Art Gallery), Dhaka, Bangladesh
2011: 150th Birth Anniversary of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, a joint India-Bangladesh art workshop at Agartala, India
2011: Dhaka-Shantiniketan Exchange program 2010-2011 Art Workshop, Faculty of Fine Art, University of Dhaka.
2011: Contemporary painting Exhibition program, Bangladesh-Seoul, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
2011 : Birth centenary celebrations of Begum Sufia Kamal Art Exhibition, Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, Dhaka.

Collections:
Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan; Kusan International Art Gallery, Republic of Korea; Bangladesh National Museum, Dhaka, Bangladesh;
Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh; Shahid Smriti Museum, Rajshahi,
Asiatic Society of Bangladesh; Bangabhaban (President House), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Bangladesh Bank, Many private collections in home and abroad.

Present Position: Honorary Professor, Department of Drawing and Painting, Faculty of Fine Art,
University of Dhaka.
Studio : Amble Barnak, Plot No: 372, 373, Basundhara R/A, Road-05, Block-I, Apartment- (7A+B), Dhaka-1229.
Mob: +88 01552483651, Tel: +88 09666911463.
Email: faridazaman53@gmail.com, faridazaman53@yahoo.com / Office: painting.dpt@gmail.com