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Qayyum Chowdhury

Present Position

Freelance artist and graphic designer.


Born in 1932 at Feni, Bangladesh.



Education

BFA, Govt. Institute of Arts, 1954 (presently Institute of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka)


Awards

2000 : Sheltech Award,
1999 : Sultan Padak,
1994 : 6th Bangabandhu Award,
1986 : Ekushe Padak (Bangladesh's highest civilian award for contribution in the field of arts)
1983 : Leipzig Book Fair Prize for Book Illustration,
1977 : Shilpakala Academy Award,
1975 : Gold medal for contribution in book design, National Book Center, Dhaka,
1973 : Award in Silver Jubilee Exhibition, College of Art and Crafts, Dhaka,
1966 : Imperial Court Prize, Tehran Biennale,
1961 : 1st Prize for Painting, National Art Exhibition Lahore, Pakistan,
1988, 1982, 1981, 1979, 1978, 1975, 1970, 1966, 1964, 1963 : 1st Prize, Best Book Cover Design, National Book Center,
1995 & 1960 : 1st Prize, Railway Time-Table Cover Design,


Positions held

Taught at the Government Institute of Fine Arts (presently Institute of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka), Bangladesh, for 37 years and retired as Professor in 1997
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Activities

2012

Solo Exhibition

Sumana Akter
Nasima Khan

Group Exhibition

Amity of Our's
Kibria Printmaking
Fair, 2012


Photography

Sayeed Siddiqui Rumi
Babu Ahmed

Seminar and other
Programs


Book Drive


2011

Solo Exhibition

Farhana Islam
Sanjib Datta
Ali Akbar
Dravid Saikot
Mustapha Khalid Palash
Minufar Nasrin

Naimul Bari
Mohammad Eunus
Mohammad Salim
Anwar Hossain

Group Exhibition

Crossover, 2011
Angina
Express Yourself
The Country of Rising Sadness
Group Painting Exhibition
Master and Apprentices
Paintings by Childrens
Rejoice
Jago Antore Momo

Workshop

Rickshaw Painters

Photography

Anwar Hossain
Plays in Light
Globalization: A Bipolar Story
Nafis Ahmed Nadvi

Seminar and other
Programs


Liberation War
Documentary Festival

Speech-Presentation
Bonsai Exhibition
K G Subramanyum

2010

Solo Exhibition

Jamal Ahmed
Monica Jahan Bose
Ferdousi Priyabhashini
Wakilur Rahman
Showpon Choudhury

Group Exhibition

Tree & Roots
Drawing Exhibition

Workshop

101 Art Camp
15 August 2010
Balu Chaya

Performance

Seiji Shimoda

Seminar

 

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