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SHAHABUDDIN
Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy
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SHAHABUDDIN
kvwšÍ SHANTI 19 March - 18 April 2018
National Art Gallery
Creative Bangladesh
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Creative Bangladesh

Supported by

Ministry of Cultural Affairs

Published as a part of the solo painting Layout & Photography

exhibition of Shahabuddin Ahmed, ARK Reepon
titled ‘SHANTI’, at Bangladesh
Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka
Shahabuddin’s Portrait
Nasir Ali Mamun / Photoseum
19 MAR - 18 APR 2018
National Art Gallery : Gallery-2
Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy Images © ART con
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74.5 x 63 in, 2015
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51.5 x 63.5 in, 2015 65.5 x 39.5 in, 2015
Platoon
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15th August Amar Shathi
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Veneration Le Victoire
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Veneration Liberté
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Nayika, Oil on canvas, 64 x 51.5 in, 2014 Des Jumeaux, Oil on canvas, 63.5 x 51.5 in, 2015
Nayika Arreter Le Genocide
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Freedom Exhilaration
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Pathos Freedom
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Joie Veneration
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Ecstasy Rebelle
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War Cry Royal Bengal Tiger
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58 x 79 in, 2015 37 x 67 in, 2015
Priere Bijoy
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Liberté Wounded
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Shahabuddin Ahmed 2004 : Gallery Bouchindhomme, Lille, France
El Almudin Museum, Valence, Spain
‘Les dîners de l’ Art Contemporain’ Europe Zen Factory, Paris, France
Born in 1950 at Dhaka, Bangladesh 2003 : India Habiart Center, Delhi, India
2002 : Gallery Raymond Joseph, Aix en Provence, France
1974-81: Ecole Superieure des Beaux-Arts of Paris (Atelier Nallard) 2001-08 : Three exhibitions at Gallery Jas de la Rimade, Carcès, France
1973 : BFA, Bangladesh College of Arts & Crafts (Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka) 2000-01 : Two exhibitions at Gallery Jacob-1, Paris, France
1971 : Platoon Commander in the Liberation War of Bangladesh 2000 : ‘The Harmony show’, Nehru Center, Mumbai, India
1999 : Gallery ‘Arts Vivendi’, Munich, Germany
AWARDS Yazienki Krolenskie Museum, Varsovie, Poland
Contemporary Art Center Spazio, Italy
2014 : Chevalier d i order das arts at das letters (Knight in the order of Arts & Literature), France 1998 : Gallery Arbitraire, Dôle (Jura), France
2000 : Independence Day Award (Highest state award award in Bangladesh), Bangladesh Gallery Grewal Mohanjeet, Paris, France
1992 : Olympiad of the Arts ‘50 Master Painters of Contemporary Art’, Barcelona, Spain 1997 : Gallery Epoke, Copenhagen, Denmark
1986 : Honourable Mention Award, 3rd Asian Art Biennal, Bangladesh 1996-05 : Three exhibitions at Gallery Brûlée, Strasbourg, France
1982 : Best Award in Painting, Young Artists Art Exhibition, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy ‘A Return to India’, Ashutosh Gallery, Kolkata, India
1981 : Gold Medal, Salon du Printemps, Paris, France 1995 : ‘Portrait de Gandhi’, Gallery Grewal Mohanjeet, Paris, France
1980 : 1st Prize, Exhibitions of Painters from 31 Countries, UNESCO, Paris, France 1994-02 : Two exhibitions at Birla Academy of Fine Arts and Culture, Kolkata, India
1975 : Gold Medal, Salon du Printemps, Paris, France Vadhera Art Gallery, Delhi, India
Silver Medal, Salon des Artistes Français, Paris, France 1993-2000 : Five exhibitions at Shilpangan Contemporary Art Gallery, Dhaka
1993 : Gallery Atelier 80, Bordeaux, France
MAJOR SOLO EXHIBITIONS Gallery Pyramide Pernod, Créteil, France
1992 : Ethnic Art Gallery, Switzerland
2018 : ‘Shanti’, National Art Gallery, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka 1991 : Gallery Arbitraire, Dôle (Jura), France
2017 : Gallery Daniel Besseiche, Paris Gallery Evelyne Guichard, Aoste, Italy
2017 : Rashtrapati Bhavan (the official home of the president of India), New Delhi, India 1990-96 : Three exhibitions at Gallery Samagra, Paris, France
Gallery Jas de la Rimade, Carces-Aix en Provence, France Cultural Center of Bourg-en-Bresse, France
2016 : Gallery Jas de la Rimade, Carces-Aix en Provence, France 1990 : Gallery Espace et Art Contemporain, Quimper, France
2015 : Ganges Art Gallery, Kolkata, India Gallery Marie-Thérèse Wagner, Thionville, France
2014 : Received The Orders of Arts and Letters from the French government Gallery Gabrielle Fliegans, Monaco, France
Gallery Brûlée, Strasbourg, France Gallery des Carmes, Rouen, France
2013 : Gallery Jas de la Rimade, Carces-Aix en Provence, France Gallery Atelier 80, Bordeaux, France
Gallery Chitrak, Dhaka, Bangladesh 1989 : Museum of Contemporary Art of Bangladesh, Taiwan
Gallery 21, Dhaka, Bangladesh Gallery Gabrielle Fliegans, Strasbourg, France
2012 : Gallery Lazoukine, Deauville, France Gallery Contraste, Brussels, Belgium
Gallery Daniel Besseiche, Geneva and Paris 1988 : Gallery Pierre Cardin, Cannes, France.
2011 : Ganges Art Gallery, Kolkata, India Gallery Contraste, Lille, France
2010 : Saju Art Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh Gallery de la Maison des Beaux-Arts, Paris
Gallery Daniel Besseiche, Paris 1987-89 : Two exhibitions at Gallery Pierre Parrat, Paris, France
2009 : La salle Cai-Luzan, Zaragoza, Spain Two exhibitions at Gallery
JAI BANGLA, Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, Dhaka, Bangladesh Carlier, Le Touquet, France
2008 : Ganges Art Gallery, Kolkata, India 1986 : Bangla Academy Gallery, Dhaka
2007 : Indian Contemporary Art Institute, Mumbai, India 1985 : Gallery Nationale, Dakar, Senegal
Gallery Lazoukine, Deauville, France 1984 : Gallery de l’Agence, Paris, France
2006-08 : Three exhibitions at Gallery Daniel Besseiche, Paris, France 1981: Gallery Voude-Port, Royan, France
2006 : Contemporary Art Museum of Elche, Spain 1981-97: Four exhibitions at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka
Gallery Bouchindhomme, Lille, France 1980-88: Gallery de la Maison des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
2005 : Gallery Lazoukine, Deauville, France 1977: Cultural Center, University of Vasorvie, Poland
Foundation Jaume II ‘El Just’ Monastere Royal de Santa-Maria de Valdigna, 1976: Cite des Arts, Paris, France
Valence, Spain 1975: Cultural Center of Groningen, Holland. Gallery des Voutes du Port, Royan, France
2004 : Gallery du Fleuve, Paris 1975-77: FIAP Art Gallery, Paris, France
Gallery de Arte Contemporaneo Jorge Ontiveros, Spain 1973-79 : Two exhibitions at College of Arts and Crafts, Dhaka
MAJOR GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2015 : Ganges Art Gallery, India Art Fair, New Delhi.

2014 : Ganges Art Gallery, India Art Fair, New Delhi.
2014 : Dhaka Art Summit, Bangladesh.
2013 : Ganges Art Gallery, India Art Fair, New Delhi.
2008 : Contemporary Bangladesh Art week, New York, USA, Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts.
2002 : Seoul Art Center, South Korea; ‘La Maison des Arts’ de Châtillon, France.
2001 : Espace Belleville, Expositions de dessins, Paris, France.
2000 : Gallery Brûlée, Strasbourg, France
Cigares de la Havana, Gallery Flake, Paris
1999 : Contemporary Art Center Spazia, Italy
Cigares de la Havana, Society Tabacalara & Club Epicur de mumeurs de cigares, Cuba
1997 : ‘The Harmony Show’, Nehru Centre, Mumbai, India
1996 : L’ art du Marché, Saint-Cloud, France
Gallery Clemengis, Châlons-en-Ehampagne, France
Gallery Barbara Moran, Massachusetts, USA
‘The Harmony Show’, Nehru Centre, Mumbai, India
1995 : ‘Bombay’, Jahangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
1992 : Olympiad of the Arts ‘50 Master Painters of Contemporary Art’, Barcelona, Spain
African Art Biennal, Dakar, Senegal
1991 : Gallery Atelier 80, Bordeaux, France
1990 : Gallery Pluriels, Deauville, France
Espace Belleville, d’ Art Contemporain, Paris, France
1989 : Museum of Contemporary Art, Taishung, Taiwan
Gallery Contraste, Brussels, Belgium
Salon des Arts Contemporains, Paris, France
Museum of Bourg-en-Bresse, France
Colour of Life, Paris, France
1988 : Olympiad of the Arts, Seoul, South Korea
Contemporary Art of Bangladesh, Beijing, China
1986 : Gallery Pierre-Parrat, Paris, France
Gallery Carlier, Le Touquet, France
1985 : Contemporary Art of Bangladesh, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia
1983-86 : 2nd and 3rd Asian Art Biennal, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka
1982 : Young Artists Art Exhibitions, organized by Bangladesh Shikpakala Academy, Dhaka
1981 : International Students Painting Exhibition, organized by CROUS, Paris, France
1980 : Exhibition of Painters of 31 Countries, organized by UNESCO, Paris, France
1977 : FIAP Art Gallery, Paris, France
1974 : Silver Jubilee Commemorative show of Bangladesh College of Arts and Crafts, Dhaka

COLLECTIONS

Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Museum, Dhaka,
Bangladesh; Seoul Olympic Museum, Republic of Korea; Bangladesh National Museum,
Dhaka, Bangladesh; National Art Gallery, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka,
Bangladesh; Bengal Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh; National Museum of Bulgaria, Sofia,
Bulgaria; National Museum of Taiwan, Taiwan; Olympic Museum of Lausanne, Switzerland;
Museum of Bourg-en-Bresse, France and many other private collections.