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Mohammad Kibria Born : 1929, Birbhum, West Bengal, India Died : 7th June, 2011, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Education Graduated in Painting from the College of Arts and Crafts, Calcutta, India, 1950; Studied Painting and Graphics at Tokyo University of Fine Arts, Japan, 1959-62 Awards First Prize in Painting, National Exhibition of Art; Starlem Award, First Young Asian Artist Exhibition, Tokyo, 1957 & 1959; All Japan Print Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan, 1960; President's Medal for Pride of Performance in Painting, 1969 Ekushe Padak (Bangladesh's highest civilian award for contribution in the field of arts), 1983 Bangladesh Charu Shilpi Sangsad Award, 1985 Independence Day Award, 1999 Positions held Taught at the Government Institute of Fine Arts (presently Institute of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka), Bangladesh for 45 years and retired as Professor in 1994. Noted artist and one of the pioneers of modern art movement in Bangladesh Mohammad Kibria died at a city hospital 7th June, 2011. He was 82. Kibria was ailing from age-related complications, and admitted to Square Hospital recently. Reserved, modest and at times seemingly reclusive, Kibria was a dedicated teacher and a spiritual artist. He was born in Birbhum (West Bengal, British India) in 1929. After completing graduation in Painting from College of Arts and Crafts, Calcutta (now Kolkata), India, he moved to Dhaka in 1951 and started his career as an art teacher at the Nawabpur High School. He joined as a teacher at the Government College of Arts and Crafts (currently Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka) in 1954. Kibria studied Painting and Graphics at Tokyo University of Fine Arts (1959-62) as well. He taught at Faculty of Fine Arts for 45 years and retired as Professor in 1994. The artist focused on colors and textures and gradually moved to experimenting with pure geometrical forms. His works underscore the inner journey. The painter exhibited his works at home and abroad (Brazil, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Japan, UK, France etc). Kibria had received Ekushey Padak in 1983; Bangladesh Charu Shilpi Sangsad Award in 1985 and Independence Day Award in 1999. |
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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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