Education
Ahmed studied at Dhaka Art College (nowCareer
Ahmed served as a platoon commander for the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971, before studying art, and his experiences in the war are clearly reflected in his artwork. He was member of guerilla teamPainting style
Ahmed's painting style is iconic. It stands out from the work of all his fellow Bangladeshi artists. He has a distinct oil on canvas style that is heavily influenced by European artists. It is argued that Shahabuddin is greatly inspired by European artists from the 1980s, especially that ofAwards
*2014 : Chevalier de l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Knight in the order of Art & Literature) Paris, France. *2000 :Art collections
Shahabuddin has created countless paintings. Unlike many artists, Shahabuddin has numerous paintings stored in many collections spread all over the world. There are many stored in private collections, of course. Here are some public collections of Shahabuddin's art work from various countries: *Bangobondhu Sriti Museum Dhaka, Bangladesh *Bangladesh National Museum, Dhaka, Bangladesh *National Art Gallery Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh *Bengal Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh *Seoul Olympic Museum, South Korea *National Museum of Taiwan, Taiwan *National Museum of Bulgaria, Sofia, Bulgaria *Olympic Museum of Lausanne, Switzerland *Museum of Bourg-en-Bresse, FranceExhibitions
Ahmed has taken part in countless exhibitions all over the world. His work has been viewed and appreciated by people from numerous counties. His exhibitions are listed below just to give an idea of how far his work has reached. Major solo exhibitions *1973 : College of Arts & Crafts, Dhaka, Bangladesh *1975 : Cultural Center of Groningen, Holland * Gallery Voude-Port, Royan, France * FIAP Art Gallery, Paris, France *1976 : Cité des Arts, Paris, France *1977 : Cultural Center, University of Varsovie, Poland *1978 : Gallery de la Maison des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France *1979 : College of Arts & Crafts, Dhaka, Bangladesh *1980 : House of Fine Arts Gallery, Paris, France *1981 : Gallery Voude-Port, Royan, France *1981 : Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh *1983 : Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh *1984 : Gallery de l'Agence, Paris, France *1985 : Gallery Nationale, Dakar, Senegal * Bangla Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh *1986 : Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh * Alliance Française, Dhaka, Bangladesh *1987 : Gallery Pierre Parrat, Paris, France * Gallery Carlier, Le Touquet, France *1988 : Gallery Pierre Cardin, Cannes, France * Gallery Contraste, Lille, France *1989 : Gallery Carlier, Le Touquet, France * Gallery Centrast, Brussels, Belgium * Gallery Pierre Parrat, Paris, France * Gallery Gabrielle Fliegans, Strasbourg, France * Bangladesh National Museum, Dhaka, Bangladesh *1990 : Espace d'Art Contemporain, Quimper, France * Gallery Gabrielle Fliegans, Monaco, France * Gallery des Carmes, Rouen, France * Gallery Marie Thérèse Wagner, Thionville, France * Cultural Centre, Bourg-en-Bresse, France * Gallery Atelier 80, Bordeaux, France *1991: Gallery Samagra, Paris, France * Gallery Arbitraire, Dôle (Jura) France * Gallery Evelyne Guichard, Aoste, Italy *1992 : Ethnic Art Gallery, Switzerland *1993 : Gallery Samagra, Paris, France * Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh * Gallery Atelier 80, Bordeaux, France * Gallery Pyramide Pernod, Créteil, France *1994 : Birla Academy of Fine Arts and Culture, Kolkata, India * Vadhera Art Gallery, Delhi, India *1995 : Shilpangan, Contemporary Art Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh * "Portrait de Gandhi" Gallery Mohanjeet Grewal, Paris, France *1996 : Gallery Brûlée, Strasbourg, France * " A return to India" Ashutosh Gallery, Kolkata, India * Gallery Samagra, Paris, France *1997 : Gallery Epoke, Copenhagen, Denmark *1998 : Gallery Arbitraire, Dôle (Jura) France * Gallery Mohanjeet Grewal, Mohanjeet Grewal, Paris, France *1999 : Gallery "Arts Vivendi" Munich, Germany * Yazienki Krolenskie Museum, Varsovie, Poland * Contemporary Art Center Spezia, La Spezia, Italy *2000 : "The Harmony Show" Nehru Center, Mumbai, India *2000 : Gallery Jacob-1, Paris, France * Shilpangan, Contemporary Art Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh *2001 : Gallery Jacob-1, Paris, France * Gallery Jas de la Rimade, Carcès, France *2002 : Gallery Raymond Joseph, Aix en Provence, France *2003 : India Habiart Center, Delhi, India *2004 : Gallery du Fleuve, Paris, France * Gallery Bouchindhomme, Lille, France * "Les dîners de l'Art Contemporain" Europe Zen Factory, Paris, France * El Almundin Museum, Valence, Spain * Gallery de Arte Contemporaneo Jorge Ontiveros, Alicante, Spain *2005 : Gallery Lazoukine, Deauville, France * Foundation Jaime II "El Just" Monastere Royal de Santa-Maria de Valdigna, Valence, Spain *2006 : Contemporary Art Museum of Elche, Elche, Spain * Gallery Bouchindhomme, Lille, France *2006–2008 : Three exhibitions Gallery Daniel Besseiche, Paris, France *2007 : Indian Contemporary Art Institute, Mumbai, India * Gallery Lazoukine, Deauville, France *2008 : Ganges Art Gallery, Kolkata, India *2009 : La Salle Cai-Luzan, Zaragoza, Spain * "Joy Bangla" Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, Dhaka, Bangladesh * Maison des Arts de Châtillon, Châtillon, France *2011 : Ganges Art Gallery, Kolkata, India *2012 : Gallery Lazoukine, Deauville, France * Bangladesh National Museum, Dhaka, Bangladesh * Gallery Daniel Besseiche, Paris, France * Gallery Daniel Besseiche, Geneva, Switzerland *2013 : Gallery Jas de la Rimade, Carcès, France * Gallery 21, Dhaka, Bangladesh * Gallery Chitrak, Dhaka, Bangladesh *2014 : Gallery Brûlée, Strasbourg, France Major group exhibitions *1974 : Silver Jubilee Commemorative show, College of Arts & Crafts, Dhaka, Bangladesh *1977 : FIAP Art Gallery, Paris, France *1979 : Exhibitions of Painters from 31 countries UNESCO, Paris, France *1981 : International Students Painting exhibition, CROUS, Paris, France *1982 : Young Artists exhibition, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh *1983 : Second Asian Art Biennal Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh *1985 : Contemporary Art of Bangladesh, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia *1986 : Gallery Pierre Parrat, Paris, France *Gallery Carlier, Le Touquet, France *1988 : Olympiad of Arts, Seoul, South Korea *Contemporary Art of Bangladesh, Beijing, China *1989 : Museum of Contemporary Art, Taishung, Tawain *Colour of Life, Paris, France *Salon des Arts Contemporains, Paris, France *Museum of Bourg-en-Bresse, France *Gallery Contraste, Brussels, Belgium *1990 : Gallery Pluriels, Deauville, France *Espace Belleville d'Art Contemporain, Paris, France *1991 : Gallery Atelier 80, Bordeaux, France *1992 : Olympiad of Arts "50 Master Painters of Contemporary Art" Barcelona, Spain *African Art Biennal, Dakar, Senegal *1995 : "Bombay" Jahangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, India *1996 : L'Art du Marché, Saint-Cloud, France *"The Harmony show"Nehru Centre, Mumbai, India *Gallery Clemengis, Châlons-en-Champagne, France *Gallery Barbara Moran, Massachusetts, US *1997 : "The Harmony show"Nehru Centre, Mumbai, India *1999 : Contemporary Art Center Spezia, La Spezia, Italy *Cigares de la Havane, Society Tabacalara & Club Epicur de fumeurs de cigares, Cuba *2000 : Gallery Brûlée, Strasbourg, France *Cigares de la Havane, Gallery Flake, Paris, France *2001 : Espace Belleville drawing exhibition, Paris, France *2002 : Seoul Art Centre, Seoul, South Korea *Maison des Arts de Châtillon, Châtillon, France *2008 : Contemporary Bangladesh Art Week, New York City *Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, Dhaka, Bangladesh *2013 : Ganges Art Gallery, India Art Fair, New Delhi *2014 : Ganges Arts Gallery, India Art Fair, New Delhi *References
Further reading
*Ahmed, Faruque. Bengali journals and journalism in the United Kingdom: 1916–2007. London, UK: Ethnic Minorities Original History and Research Centre, 2008. Print. *Art and Asia Pacific Almanac. Vol. 5. New York: Art AsiaPacific Pub., 2010. Print. *Asher, Frederick M. Art of India: prehistory to the present. New Delhi: Encyclopædia Britannica, 2003. Print. *Denson, G. Roger., and Thomas McEvilley. Capacity: the history, the world and the self in contemporary art and criticism. Amsterdam: Gordon & Breach, 1996. Print. *Selim, Lala Rukh. Art and crafts. Dhaka: Asiatic Soc. of Bangladesh, 2007. Print. *Sinclair, Susan, C. H. Bleaney, and Pablo García Suárez. Bibliography of art and architecture in the Islamic world. Vol. 2. Leiden: Brill, 2012. Print.External links
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