Maksudul Ahsan
Maksudul Ahsan (born November 11, 1965) is a Bangladeshi Artist, Poet, Actor, Curator, Art dealer sociocultural activist.
Maksudul Ahsan
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- Name
- Maksudul Ahsan
- Born
- 25 November 1965
- Birthplace
- Chandpur, Bangladesh
- Training
- Institute of Fine Arts of Dhaka University (1987)
- Nationality
- Bangladesh
- Occupation
- painter
- Education
- University of Dhaka
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• Name — Maksudul Ahsan • Native Name — মাকসুদুল আহসান • Birth Name — Maksudul Ahsan • Born — 25 November 1965 • Birthplace — Chandpur, Bangladesh • Training — Institute of Fine Arts of Dhaka University (1987)
Early life
Early life
Maksudul Ahsan was born in Chandpur. In 1987, he graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts of Dhaka University and in 1989, he obtained a master's degree there. In 1992, he received a diploma from the Academy of Planning and Development.
Career
Career
In 1989 he became a teacher of the College of Art in Khulna. In 1991 he became artistic editor of the weekly Shamoy Songglap in Dhaka. From 1994 to 2002, he lived and worked in Delhi (India). In 2008–2009, he was the editor of the weekly Shubarno Shodesh. In 2011 he became the chief executive director of the Gallery of Modern Art "Basilo" (Dhaka).
Creativity
Creativity
He produces moderately realistic as well as abstract images. He illustrates books. He published two collections of poems, Bashwashi Korotol and Shoundarjyer Staba, in 1989.
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
The first solo exhibition of the artist took place in the gallery "La Gallery" in Dhaka in 1994. Since then he has held 12 solo exhibitions in Bangladesh, India and Canada, and participated in more than 40 collective exhibitions in his homeland and abroad (India, Canada, Malaysia). In 2016, the National Gallery of Bangladesh held a retrospective, dedicated to the 25th anniversary of his creative activity. He organized eight art workshops in Dhaka, Delhi and Calcutta with the participation of artists from the countries of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC).
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Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 1 entries
1966
Maksudul Ahsan born at Chandpur Sadar Upazila.
Collections
The artist's paintings are kept in the National Museum of Bangladesh, in the National Picture Gallery of Bangladesh, in the Shilpakala Academy (Dhaka), in the Sheraton and Pan Pacific Sonargaon hotels, the Ravi Jain Memorial Foundation in Delhi, the Dhohomi Mal and "Kunika" galleries (Delhi), as well as in private collections in Australia, England, Bangladesh, Germany, India, Canada, China, the Netherlands, Pakistan, Switzerland, and the US.
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- 1.Maksudul's fantasy in painting. The Asian Age. February 13, 2017.
- 2.Aminur Rahman. The Sculpture. Aark Arts. 2002. 978-1-899179-73-2.
- 3.RS Yadav. «Making the Best of Opportunity» // Maksudul Ahsan. Selective Works of 25 Years. Dhaka: BANDHAN art and culture society, 2016
- 4.Painter Maksudul's retro underway. New Age. October 31, 2016.
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Social activities
He is one of the founders of the society "Jania Abritti Charcha Kendra" (1987), executive director of the South Asian Society of Art and Culture (since 2003), and secretary general of the Arts and Cultural Society "Bandhan" (since 2004).