Dhaka Art Center, Bulbon Osman

Contact Address

House 60, Road 7/A, Dhanmondi R/A,
Dhaka - 1205
dhaka.art.center
@gmail.com

Location Map

Library and Archive

Gallery Rent

Bulbon Osman

Present Position
Professor, History of Art
Institute of Fine Art
Former Director, Institute of Fine Art, University of Dhaka.

Studio

7A, Momenbag, Dhaka-1217, Bangladesh.
Phone: 088-02-9331178 (Res.), Fax: 880-2-505767
E-Mail: duregstr@bangla.net, e-mail@ducc.agni.com

Born

20th February 1941, Howrah, West Bengal, India.
Forefather’s Home: Vill.: Sabalsinghapoor, Hoogly.
In 1950, Bulbon Migrated with parents to Bangladesh.

Education

B.A. (Hons.), M.A. in Sociology, 1963, University of Dhaka.

Awards

United Bank Limited literary award for juvenile novel KANAMAMA (One eyed maternal uncle), 1967, during Pakistan time. Bangla Academy Award in juvenile literature, 1973.

Solo Exhibition

1989: Water Colour at the gallery of the Alliance Francaise de Dhaka.
1991: Pastel painting at the gallery of the German Cultural Centre, Dhaka.
1992: Miniature painting at La Gallery, Dhaka.
1992: Painting at Center Art Gallery, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
1994: Oil painting at the gallery of the Alliance Francaise de Dhaka.
1997: Painting at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Kolkata, India.
2000: Dry-point at Divine Art Gallery, Dhaka.
Participate regularly at the National and Biennial exhibition at Shilpakala Academy.
Participated 5th Annual International Exhibition of Miniature Art, Toronto, Canada, 1990.
Participated in Exhibition of Miniature Art Society, Bangladesh, 1991-92.

Publications

Short Stories
Mukure Mukh (The Face in the Mirror)
Prattyalir (An Archer’s Position)
Sada Bari Bonduker Nal (The White House the Barrel of Gun)

Essays
Sangskriti O Sangskritittya (Culture & Culturology)
Shilpo, Shilpi O Samaj (Art, Artist & the Society)

Translation
Adim Samaj (H.L. Morgan’s Ancient Society in Bengali)
Chittrita Ghora (The Spotted Horse: William Faulkner’s Novel in Bengali)

Juvenile Novel
Kanamama (One eyed maternal uncle)
Oirabat (name of Indra’s elephant)
Utko (Queer)

Attention

Artist Profile

We request all of the painters to e-mail their detail information with updated contact info at dhaka.art.
center@gmail.com

Resource Center

is open for all on every Saturday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 3 pm to 7 pm.

We Need Your Support

We hope you will join us to enrich our Resource Center by donating books, magazines, periodicals, DVDs and all other necessary art publications.

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