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Rafiqun Nabi Present PositionProfessor Drawing & Painting Institute of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka Born in 1937 at Chapai Nawabganj, Bangladesh Education 1964 : Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bangladesh College of Arts and Crafts (presently Institute of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka) 1973-76 : Studied Print Making in Athens School of Fine Arts under Greek Govt's Post Graduate Scholarship, Greece. 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 best Juvenile Novel 'Chardike Juddha', Dhaka 2000 : Tri-Taranga Gold Medal, Chittagong, Bangladesh 2002 : 'S M Sultan Padak', S M Sultan Foundation, Narail, Bangladesh 1968-90 : National Book Centre prizes for Children Book Covers for 13 times, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Solo Exhibitions 1976 : Campion School, Athens, Greece 1981 : Bangladesh College of Arts and Crafts Gallery, Dhaka 1983 : Solo Cartoon Exhibition, Biswa Shahittya Kendra, Dhaka 1985 : Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh 1987 : Non-Aligned Countries Gallery, Titograd, former Yugoslavia presently Serbia 1998 : Shilpangan Art Gallery, Dhaka 2004 : '25 Years of Tokaii', Gallery Chitrak, 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 1966 : Open Air Exhibition, Arts Ensemble Gallery, Dhaka 1967 : Exhibition of Painting, Graphic and Ceramic, Dacca Lions Club, Dhaka 1968 : Two Man Show ( Hashem Khan and Rafiqun Nabi), Dhaka 1971 : Cartoon Exhibition, Dhaka 1972 : Exhibition of Sketch Group, Dhaka, Bangladesh 1973 : Exhibition of Contemporary Art of Bangladesh, Kolkata, Delhi and Mumbai, India 1974 : Mobile Group Exhibition, Athens, Greece 1977-05 : 3rd to 16th National Art Exhibition, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka 1977 : Prints 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 1979 : Water Colour Exhibition in Dhaka 1980 : Inter Graphic-80, Berlin, East Germany 1980 : Contemporary Asian Art Show, Fukuoka, Japan 1980 : Drawing and Print Show in Dhaka 1981-06 : 1st to 12th Asian Art Biennial Bangladesh, Dhaka 1981 : 6h Festival of Asian Art, Hong Kong 1982 : Fifth Triennial - India, New Delhi, India 1983 : 9 Artists Graphic Prints, Dhaka 1984 : 8th British International Print Biennial, Bradford, UK 1984 : Print Biennial, Oslo, Norway 1984 : Inter Graphic-84, Berlin, Germany 1984 : Prints of Bangladesh, Warsaw, Poland 1986 : Drawing Exhibition, Rejeka, Yugoslavia (Serbia) 1987 : Graphic Print Biennial, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia (Serbia) 1988 : Prints of Asia and Africa, Vienna 1988 : Contemporary Art of Bangladesh, Tokyo, Japan 1988 : Inter Graphic-88, Berlin, Germany 1988 : Exhibition of Original Drawings, Rijeka, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia (Serbia) 1989 : Contemporary Art of Bangladesh Exhibition, Beijing, China 1986 : Contemporary Art of Islamic World, London, UK 1990 : Inter Graphic-90, Berlin, Germany 1992 : Contemporary Painters of Bangladesh, Paris, France 1993 : Contemporary Graphic Art of Bangladesh, Kolkata, India 1994 : Osaka Triennial, Osaka, Japan 1994 : Contemporary Art of Bangladesh, Delhi and Kolkata, India 1995 : Contemporary Art of Bangladesh, Moscow, Russia 1997 : Victory-Day Exhibition organized by Bangladesh Deputy High Commission, Kolkata, India 1997 : Special Exhibition organized by Fulki, Gallery 21, Dhaka 1999 : Bonner Summer Festival Contemporary Art Exhibition of Bangladesh, Bonn, Germany 1999 : Tribute to Tagore organized by Gallery 21, Dhaka 1999 : 5-Artists of Bangladesh and Japan, Tsukuba, Japan 2000 : Group Exhibition organized by Saju Art Gallery, Dhaka 2000 : Group Exhibition on the occasion of '50 Years of Institute of Fine Arts', Dhaka 2000 : 'Srijan Shamahar' organized by Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, Dhaka 2000 : Group Exhibition organized by Gallery Chitrak, Dhaka 2000 : 'First Biennial of Bangladesh Charu Shilpi Sangsad', Bangladesh National Museum, Dhaka 2001 : Contemporary Art of Bangladesh, High Commission of India in Dhaka, Bangladesh 2001 : Line and Rhythm organized by Gallery Chitrak, Dhaka 2003 : Bangladesh-India Cartoon Exhibition, Bangalore, India 2004 : Group Exhibition of Bangladesh Painters, Mumbai, India 2005 : '100 Years of Dhaka', Shilpangan Art Gallery, Dhaka 2005 : Group Exhibition of Bangladesh Painters, Agartala, India 2005 : Bridge of Friendship' Bangladesh-Japan Joint Art Exhibition, Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, Dhaka Publications 3 Novels, 5 Volumes of 'Tokaii', 1 Juvenile Novel and 1 Collected Essays. Collections National Art Gallery, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh; Bangladesh National Museum, Dhaka, Bangladesh; Banga Bhaban (President House), Dhaka, Bangladesh; Gono Bhaban, Dhaka, Bangladesh; National Assembly, Dhaka, Bangladesh; Prime Minister's Secretariat, Dhaka, Bangladesh; Non-Aligned Countries Gallery, Titograd, former Yugoslavia (Serbia); Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Jordan; Kusan International Art Gallery, Republic of Korea; Shahid Smriti Museum, Rajshahi, Bangladesh; Asiatic Society of Bangladesh; and many private collections in home and abroad. 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 International 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 2005 : Italy Art Camp 2005 organized by Bengal Foundation, Florence, Italy 2006 : Artist Camp on the Bengal Baishakhi Utsav 1413 (Bengali New Year Festival ) organized by Bengal Foundation, Dhaka 2006 : Artist Camp for fund raising for Muktijudha Jadughar on the occasion of Independence Day, organized by Channel-I and Muktijudha Jadughar, Dhaka 2006 : Artist Camp organized by Impress Telefilm Ltd (Channel-I and Gallery Chitrak), Dhaka 2006 : 'Dhaka Art Camp 2006' organized by Bengal Foundation, Dhaka. Positions Held 1994-97 : Director, Institute of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh 1986-90 : President, Bangladesh Charu Shilpi Sangsad (Bangladesh Artists Association) 1997-2000 : President, Bangladesh Charu Shilpi Sangsad (Bangladesh Artists Association) |
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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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