The studio and its circle.

ABDUL MANNAN

ABDUS SATTER

ABDUS SHAKOOR SHAH

AFROZHA JAMIL KONKA

Alauddin Ahmed

ANISUZZAMAN ANIS

Bipasha Hayat

Bipasha Hayat explores collective memory, identity, and spiritual freedom through a distinctive monochromatic visual language. Inspired by the ancient Roman ruins of Libya, she creates layered works using stone, textiles, cardboard, and welded wire. Her practice reflects human vulnerability, resilience, and our shared origins beyond cultural boundaries. She received an Honorable Mention Award at the 17th Asian Art Biennale Bangladesh in 2016 for Memoir. In 2023, she received a fellowship from the Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts and is an alumna of the NYFA Immigrant Artist Program. Her works have been exhibited internationally in Dhaka, Rome, Seoul, and New York.

Biren Shome

Biren Shome is a renowned Bangladeshi painter, draughtsman, illustrator, and freedom fighter. His artworks portray the Liberation War and Language Movement through strong lines and simple visual forms. He worked in various media, including oil, acrylic, watercolour, pastel, and line drawing. His minimalist line drawings, especially white ink on black paper, are widely recognized. He received the Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin Award and Atish Dipankar Gold Medal for his contributions to art and culture. In 2022, he received the Focus Bangladesh Lifetime Achievement Award.

Dipro Bonik

Dr. Farida Zaman

born in 1953 in Chandpur, is a renowned Bangladeshi artist and academic. Her works reflect Bangladesh's riverine life, rural women, and folk culture. She holds an MFA from Baroda and a PhD from Visva-Bharati University. She received the Ekushey Padak in 2020 for her contribution to Fine Arts. She is an Honorary Professor at the Faculty of Fine Art ,University of Dhaka.

Hamiduzzaman Khan

(1946–2025) was a renowned Bangladeshi sculptor and painter. His artworks mainly focused on the Liberation War of Bangladesh, birds, human figures, and nature. He was inspired by Zainul Abedin and contributed greatly to modern and abstract sculpture in Bangladesh. He received several prestigious awards, including the Ekushey Padak (2006) and S. M. Sultan Gold Medal (2012). Bangladesh's first sculpture park, the Hamiduzzaman Khan Sculpture Park, was named after him.

Ivy Zaman

Ivy Zaman is a renowned Bangladeshi sculptor known for her geometric and modernist approach. She studied sculpture in Dhaka and Santiniketan. Her works, often made of cement and metal, explore the relationship between space, mass, form, and geometry. Her notable works include Seed, Mother and Child, and the geometric Image of Bhudda installed in International Sculpture park Chimchon City in Korea. She received the Shilpacharya Award in 2006 for her contribution to sculpture.

Kamal Uddin

KANAK CHANPA CHAKMA

is a renowned Bangladeshi Chakma artist, born in 1963 in Rangamati. She studied Fine Arts at the University of Dhaka and later at Pennsylvania State University. Her paintings mainly focus on women, Chakma culture, nature, and the life of the indigenous people of the hill tracts. She has exhibited her works internationally and has received several awards, including the Ekushey Padak (2023) and Olympic Fine Arts Medal (2008).

KAOSER HASSAN TOGOR

KAZI SAHID

KAZI SAHID

KUHU PLAMONDON

Kuhu Plamondon is a multidisciplinary Bangladeshi artist and fashion designer working across painting, drawing, textiles, fashion, and wearable art. Born in Dhaka, she studied Drawing and Painting at the Institute of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka, graduating in 1977, and completed her Master's degree in 1983. Her practice explores the feminine form, urban life, colour, adornment, and the relationship between art and everyday life. Her work has been exhibited in Bangladesh and internationally, including Switzerland, Japan, South Korea, India, Pakistan, Thailand, Denmark, and France. She has also presented art and fashion shows in Bangkok, Côte d'Ivoire, and Colombia, including an art and fashion presentation at the President's Palace in Colombia. Through her distinctive visual language, she continues to bridge the boundaries between fine art, textiles, fashion, and wearable art.

KUHU PLAMONDON

Monirul Islam

(born 17 August 1943) is a renowned Bangladeshi-Spanish artist. He studied at the University of Dhaka and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando in Madrid. He is internationally known for his unique and experimental etching techniques. His artworks are characterized by delicate lines, textures, forms, and balanced use of empty space.

MUSTAFA MONWAR

RAFIQUN NABI

Ranjit Das

Ranjit Das (b. 1956, Tangail, Bangladesh) is a prominent Bangladeshi painter whose work explores tension and balance through lines, panels, and figurations. He graduated from the Bangladesh College of Arts and Crafts in 1975 and earned an MFA from M.S. University of Baroda in 1981, studying under K.G. Subramanyan. His work has received several national and international awards, including the Grand Award at the Asian Art Biennale Bangladesh in 1995. He retired as a teacher and continues to work from his studio in Bashundhara Residential Area, Dhaka.

Rokeya Sultana

(born 1958) is a renowned Bangladeshi painter and printmaker. She studied at the Bangladesh College of Arts and Crafts and Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan. She is best known for her etchings, especially the Madonna series, and paintings exploring femininity. Her artworks often focus on the female body and its emotional and cosmic dimensions. She has received several national and international awards, scholarships, and artist residencies. In 2025, she received the Ekushey Padak, Bangladesh's second-highest civilian award.

SAIFUL ISLAM

SHAHANOOR MAMUN

SHAMEEM SUBRANA

SOWKOTUZ ZAMAN