Farida Zaman

Farida Zaman
ফরিদা জামান
Born1953 (age 71–72)
Chandpur, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan
NationalityBangladeshi
OccupationArtist
AwardsEkushey Padak(2020)

Farida Zaman (born 1953) is a Bangladeshi artist and illustrator.[1] She is the chairman and professor of the department of Drawing and Painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka.[2] In recognition of her contribution in art, the government of Bangladesh awarded her the country's second highest civilian award Ekushey Padak in 2020.[3]

Early life

Zaman was born in 1953 in Chandpur of the then East Bengal in Pakistan (now Bangladesh).[4] 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, India in 1978. She obtained her PhD from India's Visva-Bharati University in 1995.[4]

Solo exhibitions

  • College of Art & Crafts, Dhaka, Bangladesh (1979)[4]
  • Institute of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh (1983)[4]
  • Divine Art Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh (1995)[4]
  • Chitrak Art Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh (2002)[4]
  • My Country-My Love Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, Dhaka, Bangladesh (2006)[4]
  • Rabindranath Thakur Centre, ICCR, Kolkata, India (2010)[4]
  • Bound to the Soil, Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, Dhaka, Bangladesh (2013)[4]
  • For the Love of Country, Nalini Kanta Bhattasali Gallery of Bangladesh National Museum (2019)[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Dr Farida Zaman's solo exhibition opens tomorrow at BNM". The Daily Star. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Dhaka Art Center, Farida Zaman". www.dhakaartcenter.org. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  3. ^ "20 individuals, one organisation to receive Ekushey Padak 2020". The Daily Star. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Farida Zaman". Bengal Foundation. Retrieved 6 February 2020.