Farida Zaman (born 1953) is a Bangladeshi artist and illustrator. She is the chairman and professor of the department of Drawing and Painting at the

Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka The Faculty of Fine Arts (FFA) was established in 1948 as the Dhaka Art School. It was the first art school in the region and became the main centre of art and cultural practice. Since 1956 it has been situated in Shahbag, Dhaka, close to the Ban ...

. In recognition of her contribution in art, the

government of Bangladesh The Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh ( bn, গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ সরকার — ) is the central executive government of Bangladesh. The government was constituted by the Con ...

awarded her the country's second highest civilian award Ekushey Padak in 2020.

Early life

Zaman was born in 1953 in Chandpur of the then

East Bengal ur, , common_name = East Bengal , status = Province of the Dominion of Pakistan , p1 = Bengal Presidency , flag_p1 = Flag of British Bengal.svg , s1 = East ...

(now

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

). She graduated in fine arts from the Bangladesh College of Arts and Crafts (now Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka) in 1974 and received her post graduation degree in the same subject from the

Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, formerly Baroda College, is a public university in the city of Vadodara, in Gujarat state, India. Originally established as a college in 1881, it became a university in 1949 after the independence of ...

in 1978. She obtained her PhD from Visva-Bharati University in 1995.

Solo exhibitions

* College of Art & Crafts, Dhaka, Bangladesh (1979) * Institute of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh (1983) * Divine Art Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh (1995) * Chitrak Art Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh (2002) * My Country-My Love Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, Dhaka, Bangladesh (2006) * Rabindranath Thakur Centre, ICCR, Kolkata, India (2010) * Bound to the Soil, Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, Dhaka, Bangladesh (2013) * For the Love of Country, Nalini Kanta Bhattasali Gallery of Bangladesh National Museum (2019)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zaman, Farida 1953 births Living people People from Chandpur District University of Dhaka Faculty of Fine Arts alumni University of Dhaka faculty Visva-Bharati University alumni Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda alumni Recipients of the Ekushey Padak Bangladeshi women artists Date of birth missing (living people)