I was born and raised in Khulna, a small town in Bangladesh. The cultural richness here affects on my later life as well. As a child, I liked to read and watch books of stories and poems with illustration. After growing up, the skill in drawing and writing increased. At the age of fifteen, I joined a theater group. Theater was the main point of concentration that time. After a few years, I left the theater and returned to the world of writing and painting.

Then I focused on writing poetry. That’s why I continued to study seriously. In 2005, I had edited a little magazine named “Sahaj”. The following year in 2006, completed the translation of Charyapada, the ancient precedent of the Bengali language to the conventional Bengali language. Then, in 2008, the first book of poetry “Geography in a Zoo…”, was published. And “Satan’s Novel Factory” in 2009.

Meanwhile, I finished my academic studies and moved to Dhaka. I started working as a copywriter in an ad firm. During this period writing of poetry was interrupted. Because when a piece of writing came to my mind, then maybe there was no environment to write it. Again, when the opportunity was available, the writing did not come perfectly. But I thought hands can work. Then I started sketching out the ideas of writing. What I could express in words, I started to express in canvas, color and brush.

Thus slowly painting became the main focus of interest of mine. And so far it has been.

Most of my work is conceptual. Sometimes I also do landscape to get a change. But conceptual works are my identity. Whatever surrounds me, I try to draw. Maybe some fantasy of my mind, maybe some national or international crisis, or love, or confusion, conflict, inquiry or satire are my subject of painting. My working medium is very simple. I do work mostly in pen, pencil and watercolor. Few are done with acrylic on canvas.

I have published several books of poetry meanwhile. Basically I am a poet and painter at the same time.

I quit my job and chose freelancing to devote time to my work. My work has not been exhibited much. All that has happened so far is in Dhaka.

My academic studies are in English literature. I am self-taught in painting.

Exhibitions

Solo

First solo: Insider (Home studio, 2013)
Second solo: Firefly (Alliance Francaise de Dhaka, 2015)
Third solo: Bimbo (Alliance Francaise de Dhaka, 2016)

Other Medium Solo

Online solo: Renowned web magazine Pratidhwanibd.com had arranged a solo online exhibition of my works on 26 August and it was closed on 28 September, 2023.
Projector based solo: A projector screen based solo exhibition and artist talk was arranged by Bot-tola, Khulna on 11 December, 2020.

Group

Ephemeral Reflections (Arcadia arts, a contemporary art gallery/ September, 2022)
Anonymous-1 (Kalakendra, an artists’ run space/ June 2022)
Anonymous-2 (Kalakendra, an artists’ run space/ May 2023)

Other artistic activities

Writings

Charyacharyo Binishchoy ( Translation of the first instance of Bengali language, 2006)
Geography in a zoo… ( Poetry book, 2008)
Satan’s fancy factory (Poetry book, 2009)  
Popcorn (Poetry book, 2014)  
The thinking machine (Poetry book, 2019) 
A random conversation with late autumn (Poetry book, 2022)

Theater

Some street dramas, audio dramas, and regular dramas.