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Kalidas KarmakarPresent Position Freelance Artist Born in 1946 at Faridpur, Bangladesh Education 1969 : Graduation in Fine Arts (5-yr LNM), Govt. College of Fine Arts and Crafts, Kolkata, India 1964 : Pre-degree study in Fine Arts (2-yr), Institute of Fine Arts, Dhaka University, Bangladesh Scholarship/Fellowship 2006 : Asian Cultural Council NY, Fellowship-Artist in Residence program 1997 : Govt of India ICCR Special Scholarship for research in Contemporary Modern Sculpture, West Bengal Lalit Kala Academy Studio, Kolkata 1988 : Nikho Artist Area, Fellowship, Resident Artist for research on Japanese Washi Paper Ar, Alfa Hill Studio, Japan 1987 : Japan Foundation Long-term Fellowship on Japanese Wood-block Fine Art, at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music 1981 : French Govt Superior Scholarship in Fine Arts, for research in multicolor etching at Atelier-17, with Prof. S W Hayter, Paris (1981-84) 1977 : Polish Govt Scholarship in Graphic Art at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Art, Warsaw University Solo Exhibitions 2009 : ‘Alluvial Diary’, Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, Dhaka, Bangladesh 2008 : ‘Image of Nature’, Garden Gallery, Dhaka 2007 : ‘Soul Soil Symbols’ -Retrospective Graphic Art Exhibition & French Colour Technique Graphic Art Workshop, La Gallerie, Alliance Française, Dhaka 2007 : ‘Alluvial Dream & Reality’, Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, Dhaka 2006 : ‘Alluvial Soul & Symbol’, Studio Point B, New York 2006 : ‘Alluvial Image’, Bangladesh Embassy, Washington DC. USA 2006 : ‘Alluvial Pain & Salvation’, La Gallerie, Alliance Française, Dhaka 2002 : Gallery Yamaki, Osaka, Japan 2000 : ‘Sail Art’, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Iran 2000 : Siraj Cultural Center and Kerman Cultural Center, Iran 2000 : Yazd Academy of Fine Art, Iran 1999 : Yamaki Art Gallery, Osaka, Japan 1998 : West Bengal Lalit Kala Studio Gallery, Kolkata, India 1998 : Santiniketan Open Art Space (Hiralini), India 1998 : ‘Liberation '71 - Homage to Blue’, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (National Art Gallery), Dhaka 1997 : Multimedia Art Exhibition ‘Soul of an artist and his Land’, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka 1997 : ‘Pain and Salvation’, Alliance Française Art Gallery, Dhaka 1997 : ‘Love Lyrics Lamentation’,National Museum, Dhaka 1996 : Yamaki Art Gallery, Osaka, Japan 1996 : Gallery 4, Los Angeles, USA 1995 : Yamaki Art Gallery, Osaka, Japan 1994 : ‘Realisation of soul’,Yamaki Art Gallery, Osaka, Japan 1994 : International Island Arts & Music Festival, Enoshima, Japan 1994 : ‘Neo-Image of Holy Symbol’, Washi Paper Art Exhibition National Art Gallery, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka 1993 : ‘Holy Image-1’, Yamaki Art Gallery ,Osaka, Japan 1993 : Gallery-4, L A, USA 1993 : ‘Reality and Dream’, Alliance Francaise Art Gallery, Dhaka 1992 : ‘Holy Image-2’,Yamaki Art Gallery, Osaka, Japan 1992 : ‘Vision of Life’,Gallery JAA, Tokyo, Japan 1991 : Yamaki Art Gallery, Osaka, Japan 1991 : Gallery JAA, Tokyo, Japan 1991 : ‘Love and Nature’, La Gallery, , Dhaka 1990 : “Holy Symbol” Yamanashi Museum of Art, Yamanashi Pref. Kofu, Japan 1990 : Yamaki Art Gallery, Osaka, Japan 1990 : Contemporary 5 Artist Show, Gallery Memory, Japan 1990 : ‘Harmony in Vision’,Hong Kong City Hall, Hong Kong 1990 : Los Angeles International Art Fair, LA, USA 1989 : Yamaki Art Gallery, Osaka, Japan 1989 : Gallery JAA, Tokyo, Japan 1989 : Los Angeles International Art Fair, LA, USA 1989 : ‘Pain and Love’, La Gallery, Dhaka 1988 : Gallery JAA, Tokyo, Japan 1988 : Yamaki Art Gallery, Osaka, Japan 1988 : Tokyo National University Art Space, Japan 1988 : Toyamaya Art Gallery, Kobe, Japan 1988 : Gallery Grando, Nagoya, Japan 1987 : Yamaki Art Gallery, Osaka, Japan 1987 : Gallery Nagai, Tokyo 1987 : Italian Foreign Ministry Club Art Space, Rome, Italy 1986 : ‘10 years Exhibition 1976-86’, Hotel Sonargaon, Dhaka 1986 : Yamaki Art Gallery, Osaka, Japan 1986 : Gallery Blanche, Kyoto, Japan 1985 : ‘First South Asian Solo Art Exhibition’, Working People Cultural Place Gallery, Beijing, China 1985 : Gallery Nabis-Ginza, Tokyo, Japan 1985 : Visual Art Gallery, Visual Art Institute, Hong Kong 1984 : Gallery Bernanos, Paris 1983 : IMF Art Society Gallery, Washington DC, USA 1983 : Turkish Center Art Space, sponsored by Bangladesh Permanent Mission in UN, New York, USA 1983 : CIDA Art Space, Ottawa, Canada, sponsored by Bangladesh High Commission, Ottawa 1982 : Cite des Art Gallerie, Paris 1982 : CROUS Gallery, Paris 1981 : Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka 1980 : First Solo Graphic Art Exhibition in Bangladesh, Gallery Alliance Francaise de Dhaka 1980 : First Solo Drawing Exhibition, Goethe Institute, Dhaka 1980 : Shilpakorn University Art Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand 1980 : University of Malaya Art Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1980 : TIM Art Center, Jakarta Art Council, Indonesia 1980 : ASRI, Academy Seni Rupa Indonesia Art Gallery, Jogjakarta, Indonesia 1980 : Bali Art Center, Denpasar, Indonesia 1979 : Travelling Exhibition, Damascus, Syria/Beirut, sponsored by H.E. Paulo Da Costa Franco, Ambassador of Brazil in Lebanon 1978 : Gallery Nusantra, Warsaw, Poland 1978 : Asia Pacific Museum, Warsaw, Poland 1978 : Gallery Young, Krakow, Poland 1978 : Gallery KMPK, Zakopane, Poland 1977 : Bangladesh Center, London, UK Warsaw KMPK Gallery, Poland 1977 : Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Poland 1976 : Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy Gallery, Dhaka 1976 : First Solo Art Exhibition after 1971, sponsored by Bangladesh Embassy, Washington DC, USA 1973 : Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation Festival, Kaptai, Chittagong, Bangladesh 1971 : Transition-7, New Delhi, India 1970 : Missouri Mall, Missouri, India 1969 : Ahmedabad Art Club, Open-air Art Exhibition, India Group Exhibitions 2008 : KOLKATA-DHAKA art exhibition, organized by Arts Trust and Bengal gallery of Fine Arts, Kolkata, India 2008 : Bangladesh Contemporary Art Week, New York, USA 2008 : Contemporary Bangladesh : Art from a Vibrant Culture, European Commission, Brussels 2008 : Asian Art Biennial, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka 2006 : Asian Art Biennial, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka 2002 : Asian Art Biennial, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka 2000 : First Islamic World Contemporary Art Biennial, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Iran 2000 : 9th Asian Art Biennial, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy 2000 : ‘Art Exhibition for Victims of the Great Earthquake in Japan’, organized by Yomiuri Newspaper, Japan 2000 : Bangladesh Contemporary Art Exhibition, Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, Dhaka 2000 : Bangladesh Contemporary Mobile Art Exhibition, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka 1999 : International Art Camp, Dhaka, Bangladesh 1999 : ‘Permanent display’, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum Show, Fukuoka, Japan 1998 : National Art Exhibition, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka 1997 : Asian Art Biennial, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka 1996 : National Art Exhibition, National Art Gallery, Dhaka 1994 : 7th Asian Art Biennial Bangladesh, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka 1992 : National Art Exhibition, National Art Gallery, Dhaka 1992 : International Los Angeles Art Fair, USA 1991 : 6th Asian Art Biennial Bangladesh, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka 1991 : International Los Angeles Art Fair, USA 1990 : Bangladesh Contemporary Art Exhibition, Paris, France 1990 : International Los Angeles Art Fair, USA 1989 : Group Art Show, Yamaki Art Gallery, Osaka, Japan 1989 : International Los Angeles Art Fair, USA 1988 : Bangladesh Contemporary Art Exhibition at Meguro Museum, Tokyo, Japan 1987 : Graphic Atelier-71, Group Art Exhibition, Rome & Milan, Italy 1986 : 3rd Asian Art Biennial, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka 1986 : Indian International Triennial, Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi, India 1986 : Seoul Contemporary Asian Art Show, Seoul, Korea 1986 : Graphic Atelier-71, Group Art Show, Sheraton Art Space, Dhaka 1985 : Second Asian Art Show, Fukuoka City Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan 1985 : Sao Paulo Biennial, Sao Paulo, Brazil 1984 : Cite des Art International Art Exhibition, Paris, France 1983 : Cite des Art International Art Exhibition, Paris, France 1983 : International Art Exhibition, Organized by CROUS, Paris, France 1982 : Group Art display, Atelier-17, Paris, France 1982 : International Art Exhibition, Organized by CROUS, Paris, France 1981 : First Asian Art Biennial Bangladesh, Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka 1981 : The Sixth Festival of Asian Art, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong 1980 : Bangladesh Contemporary Art Exhibition, White Chapel Gallery, London, UK 1979 : Bangladesh First Contemporary Art Exhibition, Warsaw, Krakow, Bulgaria, Hungary, Belgrade, West Germany, GDR, Sweden, Denmark 1978 : Pacific Print Biennial, Australia 1976 : Life in Bangladesh Art Show, Bangladesh Shilpakala Aeademy, Dhaka 1975 : First National Drawing and Print Exhibition, Dhaka 1975 : National Art Exhibition, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka 1974 : Silver Jubilee Exhibition of Bangladesh College of Arts & Crafts, Dhaka 1972 : National Art Exhibition, Lalitkala Academy, New Delhi, India 1969 : Annual Art Exhibition, Govt. College of Arts & Crafts,Calcutta, India 1968 : All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society, New Delhi, India 1968 : All Indian youth Art Festival Competition, Kolkata, India Event Performance & Environment Art 2008 : Homage of Alluvial Soil-2, Kotka beach, Sundarnbans, Bangladesh 2008 : Homage of Alluvial Soil-1, Lumbok beach, Indonesia 2008 : Image of Acid Victim, Painting with music, Garden gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh 2008 : Image of SIDR, Painting with music, Garden gallery, Dhaka 2006 : Harmony in vision-5, Paint with sitar at Bangladesh Embassy Washington, D.C. USA, For victory day celebration 2006 : “Harmony in Motion” at Point B Studio, New York, USA 2004 : Mud-Soul-Body Art at Yogyakarta Art Gallery, Indoneshia. 2003 : “Mukti”, Mud and Nature at KEPZ, Chittagong 2000 : “Harmony in Vision -1”, Paint with Traditional Iranian Music, Santor & Daff, Tehran contemporary Museum of Art, Tehran, Iran 2000 : “Harmony in Vision-2”, Paint with Traditional Iranian Music Santor & Daff, Siraj Cultural Center, Siraj, Iran 2000 : “Harmony in Vision-3”, Paint with Traditional Iranian Music Santor & Daff, Kerman Cultural Center, Kerman, Iran 2000 : “Harmony in vision-4”, Paint with Traditional Iranian Music Santor & Daff, Yazd Academy of Fine Art, Yazd, Iran 1999 : “Performance with Fire-Paint-Music”, Meghna River, Dhaka 1998 : “Installation Art with Fire-Paint-Mud”, Hiron Point, Sundharban, Bangladesh 1997 : “Environmental Art with Music & Paint” River Padma, Bangladesh 1996 : “Installation Art with Fire-Paint-wood-and Baul Music”, Dublarchar, Bay of Bengal in Collaboration with guide Tours Ltd., Bangladesh 1996 : “Paint with Mud & Music”, Katka Beach, Sundharban, Bangladesh 1996 : “Environmental Art with Paint-Sand-Song and Puppet”, Sundharban, Bangladesh 1996 : ‘National Watercolour Workshop’, Sundarban, Bangladesh 1994 : Installation and Environmental Art ‘The Cry of the Padma’ in collaboration with Helikon Flim GMBH, Germany, at River Padma, Bangladesh 1993 : Installation Art with Paint, Fire and Tribal Mask, Paro, Bhutan 1992 : Body Art Performance ‘Nude-Nature-Washi & Paint’, with Alfa-Hill Studio, Yamanashi, Japan 1992 : Performance ‘Nude-Nature-Paint’, Samed Island, Thailand 1991 : Body-Art, Los Angeles International Art Fair, USA 1991 : ‘Paint in Action’, Rio-Carnival, Rio, Brazil 1990 : ‘Harmony in Vision-Paint with Music’, Hong Kong, organized by Hong Kong Asia Trust, with Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Ustad Zakir Hossain and orchestra conducted by Fukumora from Japan 1988 : ‘Paint with Mime-Padma Nadir Majhi’, with Partha Pratim Majumder, Paris, Rouen, Bordeaux, France, to raise funds for flood victims in Bangladesh. Awards and Honor 2000 : Judge in the ‘First Islamic World Contemporary Art Biennial’, Tehran Contemporary Museum of Art, Iran 1996 : Two Purchase Awards at the International Art Exhibition, Osaka, Japan, organized by Yomiuri Shimbun in the aid of Hanshin earthquake victims 1985 : Two Purchase Awards at the 2nd Asian Art Show, Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan 1984 : Best Award in Graphic Art (Etching) at the International Biennial de L estam Camp Ville de Sarcelles, France 1984 : Best Award in Graphic Art at the International Exhibition in Paris, organized by the French Ministry of Cultural, Academy of Paris and CROUS, France 1978 : Awarded 5 Medals by Asia and Pacific Museum for outstanding artwork, Warsaw, Poland 1969 : Best Exhibition Award in Oil Painting, Govt. College of Arts & Crafts Annual Exhibition, Dhaka 1969 : Silver Medal, Best Group of Graphic Arts, College Annual Exhibition, Dhaka 1968 : Certificate of Merit, Calcutta University Institute Painting Competition, India 1968 : Certificate of Merit, Best Water Color, College Annual Art Exhibition 1968 : Medal in Oil Painting, All India Youth Festival Art Competition, Kolkata 1967 : Silver Medal, Best Graphic Art (Etching) 1966 : Silver Medal, Best Group of Water Color & Basic Design, College Annual Art Exhibition, Dhaka. Public Collections Asian Cultural Council, New York. Bangladesh Consulate General, New York; National Art Gallery, Bangladesh; Asia and Pacific Museum, Warsaw, Poland; Seni Asia Museum University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Fukuoka Asian art Museum, Fukuoka City, Japan; Bangladesh National Museum, Dhaka Bangladesh; Tokyo National University of Fine Art and Music, Tokyo, Japan; Japan Foundation, Tokyo, Japan; Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw, Poland; Washington Theatre, Arena Stage, Washington D.C., USA; Teharn Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran; Jakarta Art Council, Bali Art Center, ASRI, Indonesia; Shilpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand; IMF, World Bank, Washington DC, USA; French Ministry of Culture Crous de Paris, Cite de Arts, Unesco, Paris, France; Chinese Ministry of Culture, Central Academy of Fine Art, Beijing, China; Nippon Chistian Academy, Kyoto, Japan; Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rome, Italy; Nikho Artist Area, Yamanashi, Yamaki Art Gallery, Toda-Sho-Ten, Osaka, Japan; Government of Bangladesh, Dhaka; Youngone Corporation, Seoul, Korea; Youngone Corporation- KEPZ, Bangladesh; Bengal Foundation, Bangladesh; BRAC, Bangladesh; Arab Bangladesh Bank, Dhaka, Bangladesh; Biman, FDC, Bangladesh Tourism Corporation, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh; Bangladesh Embassy- London, Washington DC, New York, Tehran, Warsaw, Rome, Beijing, Tokyo, Paris. Private Collections (Selected) Major works have been collected by Mr. Kihak Sung, Youngone Corporation, Korea and Bangladesh, Mr. Hiroshi Toda, Mr. Takeo Yamaki, Mr. Takashi Kobayashi, Mr. Abul Khair, Chairman, Bengal Foundation, Ambassador Paulo Da Costa Franco, and many other private collectors,at home and abroad. |
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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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