I GREW UP IN BOGRA, IN A FAMILY THAT ALWAYS HAVE ENCOURAGED APPRECIATION FOR ARTS AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES. MY FORMAL JOURNEY WITH ART STARTED AT THE FACULTY OF FINE ARTS, DHAKA UNIVERSITY, AFTER MOVING TO DHAKA IN HIS 20S. AS A STUDENT OF ORIENTAL ART, I DEFINE MY ARTISTIC STYLE AS MINIMALIST TECHNIQUE WITH DIVERSITY IN COLOURS AND FORMS. THE SOCIO-POLITICAL SHIFTS, RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL MOVEMENTS OF THE 90S AND 2000S WERE CRITICAL IN SHAPING MY IDEOLOGY AS AN ARTIST. THE WORKS OF JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT HAS HEAVILY INFLUENCED MY LEARNING PERIOD AND MOST OF MY EARLY WORKS WERE CREATED FROM AN EXPRESSIONIST SENTIMENT, USING STRONG COLOURS AND DISTORTED FORMS TO CONVEY THE ANGST AND THE URGES OF HUMAN LIVES. AT THE SAME TIME, I HAVE ALSO ENJOYED PUTTING A WARHOLISH SPIN ON HIS WORKS, WITH APPROPRIATION OF POP IMAGERY, USE OF SATIRE AND IRONY TO EXPRESS THE INTENSITY OF HUMAN EMOTIONS.
