Department of Drawing and Painting

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Sumon Wahed
Assistant Professor

Sumon Wahed

Department of Drawing and Painting
Faculty of Fine Art
sumon.wahed@du.ac.bd +8809666911463
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Biography

Sumon Wahed is a visual artist, researcher and art educator based in Dhaka. He is very much interested to explore the local and global context of modernity, post modernity in terms of his own identity, history and practice. He is a practicing artist of several expressions, including painting, assemblage, sculptural installations, interactive project works etc. He has exhibited in many ...
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Degree Name Group/Major Subject Board/Institute Country Passing Year
Masters Painting Visva Bharati, Santiniketan India 2013
Bachelor Drawing & Painting University of Dhaka Bangladesh 2007
H.S.C Science Dhaka Bangladesh 2003
S.S.C Science Dhaka Bangladesh 2001
Title Organization Location From Date To Date
Assistant Professor Department of Drawing & Painting, Faculty of Fine Art, University of Dhaka Dhaka Dec 2019 Present
Student Advisor Department of Drawing & Painting, Faculty of Fine Art, University of Dhaka Dhaka Aug 2016 Sep 2022
Additional Director SA Entity, Department of Drawing & Painting, IQAC, University of Dhaka Dhaka Jan 2015 Present
Lecturer Department of Drawing & Painting, Faculty of Fine Art, University of Dhaka Dhaka Aug 2014 Dec 2019

Research Interest

Subject Description Research Interest (Goal, Target Indicator)
Visual Art

Drawing and Painting, History of Art, Contemporary Art, Sociology of Art, Art Theory, Art and Philosophy, Practice based Art Research

Project/Research Supervision

Level of Study Title Supervisor Co-Supervisor(s) Name of Student(s) Area of Research Current Completion
Masters শিল্পী মোহাম্মদ ইকবালের চিত্রকর্মে বৈচিত্রের রূপান্তর (১৯৯১-২০২০) Sumon Wahed Md. Showkot Islam Shawon 2019
Masters কিবরিয়ার বিমুর্ত চিত্রকলায় আধ্যাত্মিকতা ও রঙের বুনট Sumon Wahed Humayra Akhter Drawing & Painting 2017
Masters আমার চিত্রকর্মে প্রাতিষ্ঠানিক শিল্পশিক্ষার প্রভাব Sumon Wahed Md. Rejaul Karim Drawing & Painting 2016

Project/Research Work

Subject Project Name Source of Fund From Date To Date Collaboration
Curatorial Project আত্মানুসন্ধান (Quest for Self) Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy 15-05-2023 17-07-2023
Curatorial Project ফিরে দেখা A Retrospective Exhibition of Mostafizul Haque Shanto-Mariam University of Creative Technology 01-06-2022 10-08-2022 Gallery Chitrak
Curatorial Project Struggle an exclusive exhibition of Shilpacharya Zainul Abedina Summit Group 01-01-2022 31-12-2022 Gallery Chitrak
Curatorial Project Folk Tradition Zainul Modernity UDECO 01-12-2021 30-06-2022 Kala Kendra
Curatorial Project Surreal > So Real > অতি বাস্তব Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy 01-11-2020 31-12-2020
Art Project Brihatta Home Art Project 2020 Brihatta 01-08-2020 31-10-2020
Institutional History of Fine Art in Bangladesh ROOTS Samdani Art Foundation & Brihattaa 01-07-2019 15-02-2020 Bishwajit Goswami
Compilation of Artist Biography Permanent Art Collection Faculty of Fine Art, University of Dhaka & DBL Group 01-06-2019 Syed Mohammad Rezaul Karim
Drawing & Painting, History of Art, Post colonial art History A to Z Zainul UDECO 01-01-2015 15-12-2018

Invited Talk

SL Invited Talk
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2016: My Practice: Assemblage of Time, Space and Contex, Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London, UK.

2018: Making of A Project: A to Z Zainul, Kala Kendra Conversation-38, Kala Kendra, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
SL Collaboration & Membership Name Type Membership Year Expire Year
No Collaboration & Membership is found
Book
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Editor : Sumon Wahed লোকঐতিহ্য জয়নুল আধুনিকতা Folk Tradition Zainul Modernity. Dhaka: Kalakendra, 2023 .
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Editor : Sumon Wahed সংগ্রাম Struggle. Dhaka: Gallery Chitrak, 2022 .
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Sumon Wahed আদ্যোপান্ত জয়নুল A to Z Zainul. Dhaka: UDECO, 2019 .
Book Section
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সুমন ওয়াহিদ and ড. সুশান্ত কুমার অধিকারী "সরকারি চারুকলা ইনস্টিটিউট থেকে চারুকলা অনুষদ: প্রাতিষ্ঠানিক ও পাঠক্রমগত ইতিহাস." চারুকলা অনুষদের অর্জন ও অবদান. সম্পা: নিসার হোসেন Dhaka: চারুকলা অনুষদ, ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, 2022 .
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Sumon Wahed "বিশ শতকের আধুনিক শিল্পকলায় সমাজবাস্তবতাঃ জয়নুলের আধুনিকতার পুনর্মূল্যায়ন." জয়নুল জন্মশতবর্ষ প্রন্ধাবলি. Editor: Nisar Hossain Dhaka: Faculty of Fine Art, University of Dhaka, 2016 97-106 .
Journal Article
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সুমন ওয়াহিদ : শান্তিনিকেতনের শিল্পচর্চায় জনজীবন ও প্রকৃতি, অন্বেষা , vol.8 , no.4 এষণা , pp.১২৫-১৩৩ , 2026 .
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Sumon Wahed : দ্বিবার্ষিক এশীয় চারুকলা প্রদর্শনীঃ কিছু প্রশ্ন ও প্রাসঙ্গিক ভাবনা, ShilpoProbha , vol.5 , no.2 , pp.11-13 , 2017 .
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Exhibition

Solo Exhibitions

2018: Multilinear Narratives, Wakilur Rahman (curator), Kalakendra, Kalakendra Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2018: A to Z Zainul, Zainul Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2014: ACADEMIC-POSTACADEMIC, Wakilur Rahman (curator), Dhaka Art Center, Dhaka Art Center Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Group Exhibitions

International
2019: Along the Banks of the River- Exhibition of Contemporary Art of Bangladesh, Embassy of Bangladesh, Warsaw, Museum of Asia and Pacific, Warsaw, Poland
2018: 18th Asian Art Biennale, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, National Art Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2018: Contemporary Modern Arts of Bangladesh: ‘Shades of Passion in Hague’, Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Embassy of Bangladesh in Netherlands, Atrium City Hall, The Hague, Netherlands
2016: Creative Destiny: Contemporary Art of the Golden Bengal, Aman Mojadidi (curator), Luciano Benetton Collection, Gallerie delle Prigioni, Treviso, Italy
2016: 17th Asian Art Biennale, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, National Art Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2015: Chobi Mela VIII, Mahbubur Rahman (curator), South Asian Media Institute, National Art Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2015: POLYPHONY, Dr. Mohammad Iqbal (curator), Department of Drawing & Painting, Gallery Chayamachi, Osaka, Japan
2014: 16th Asian Art Biennale, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, National Art Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2013: TOKYO DESIGNERS WEEK 2013, Design Association NPO, Meiji-Jingu Gaien, Tokyo, Japan
2013: 46th Annual Exhibition of Birla Academy, Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Birla Gallery, Kolkata, India
2012: Kala Bhavana Annual Exhibition 2012, Kala Bhavana, Visva- Bharati, Academy of Fine Art, Kolkata, India
2020: Dhaka Art Summit, Bishwajit Goswami (curator), Samdani Art Foundation, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2022: MICROTOPIA, Chittagong Art Club, Gallery Chitrak, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2022: TIME: MASK AND UNMASK, 59th Venice Biennale Art Edition, Viviana Vannucci, Moinuddin Khaled (curator), Ministry of Cultural Affairs, People's Republic of Bangladesh & Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Palazzo Pisani Revedin, Piazza San Marco, 4013 Venezia, Italy, Venice, Italy
2022: 19th Asian Art Biennale, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, National Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2025: UNVEILED LEGACY, Nandan Santiniketan, Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata, India
2026: Bangladesh-Russia Friendship Painting Exhibition, Bangladesh Embassy, Moscow, Russia, Russian Academy of Artist, Moscow, Russia
2026: UNVEILED LEGACY, Nandan Santiniketan, Central & South Gallery, Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata, India
National
2019: 23rd National Art Exhibition, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, National art Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2019: SOAKED IN PAPER, Contemporary watercolor Exhibition, Galleri Kaya, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2018: Still Life- Group Painting Exhibition, Gallery Chitrak, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2017: 22nd National Art Exhibition, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, National Art Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2017: Loving Memory, Abinta Kabir Foundation, Abinta Gallery of Fine Arts, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2016: Self/ Identity, A visual art exhibition by young artists, Wakilur Rahman & Kehkasha Sabah (curator), Prothom Alo, Bangladesh National Museum, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2016: Return to Nature, Dhaka, Athena Gallery of Fine Arts, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2015: 21st National Art Exhibition, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, National Art Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2015: 1mile2, site specific art project at Dhaka, Britto Art Trust, Beauty Boarding, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2015: The Beauty of Drawing, Athena Gallery of Fine Arts, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2014: 19th Young Artist Art Exhibition, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, National Art Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2014: Serending Suchitra, Shilpangan Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2011: 19th National Art Exhibition, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, National Art Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2009: IBSEN Art Exhibition, Centre for Asian Theater & Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy,, National Art Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2008: 36th anniversary Bangladesh-Thiland diplomatic relations Group Art Exhibition,, Royal Thai Embassy, Dhaka, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand, Drik Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2007: Drawing Exhibition, Artist AMINUL ISLAM TRUST, Zainul Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2020: Trinayan, Outdoor Community & Gallery Cosmos, Gallery Cosmos, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2020: Celebrating Nature, Galleri Kaya, Galleri Kaya, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2020: September Select, Galleri Kaya, Galleri Kaya, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2020: ART Against CORONA, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, National Art Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2021: Brihatta Home Art Project 2020, Tanzim Wahab (curator), BRIHATTA Art Foundation & Bengal Foundation, Quamrul Hassan Exhibition Hall, Bengal Shilpalay, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2021: 24th National Art Exhibition 2021, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, National Art Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2022: Dhaka University in Artists' Creation, Dhaka University Alumni Association, Dhaka University Alumni Association Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2023: চিত্রপটে ত্বকী, 'Chitropotey Taqi' Committee, Bangladesh National Museum, Dhaka & Ali Ahammed Cuinka Auditorium Gallery, Narayanganj, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2023: 25th National Art Exhibition 2023, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, National Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2025: Perspective, Lutfa Mahmuda (curator), Rainbow Film Society, La Galerie, Alliance Francaise de Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2024: Art Exhibition, Liberation War Museum of Bangladesh Police, Freedom Fighter Abdul Khaleq Art Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2025: RABINDRANAMA, Sanjoy Chakraborty (curator), Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre, High Commission of India, Dhaka, Old India House, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2025: AESTHETE, La Galerie, Alliance Francaise de Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2025: Reincarnation, Desh Art Gallery, Desh Art Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2025: The Margin of Memories, Studio 6B, Gallery Chitrak, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2025: Nabanna, Karu Titas (curator), Gallery The Illusions, Gallery The Illusions, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2025: Resilient Becoming, Ghumi Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2026: CONFLUENCE, Bhumi Gallery, Bhumi Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2026: A Graceful Beginning, Rubina Nargis (curator), Gallery MAFA, Gallery MAFA, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2026: SAMPRITI, Sanjoy Chakraborty (curator), Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre, High Commission of India, Dhaka, Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Local
2018: ‘70 Years of Charukala’ Art Exhibition, Faculty of Fine Art, University of Dhaka, Zainul Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2016: "Dhaka University Day” art exhibition, Faculty of Fine Art, University of Dhaka, Zainul Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2014: Zainul Birth Centenary Art Exhibition, Faculty of Fine Art, University of Dhaka, Zainul Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2010: Drawing Exhibition, Dhaka Art Center, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2008: Egg Tempara Art Exhibition, Institute of Fine Art, University of Dhaka, Zainul Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2007: Annual Art Exhibition, Institute of Fine Art, University of Dhaka, Zainul Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2005: Annual Art Exhibition, Institute of Fine Art, University of Dhaka, Zainul Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2020: Calling of the Roots, Prachi Protichi & Dept. of Drawing and Painting, DU, Zainul Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2020: Jolchobi, Dhaka Watercolor Academy, Zainul Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2020: Jolerdhara Watercolor Festival, Jolerdhara, Asiatic Society Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2023: Dispersion, Mohammad Eunus (curator), Art Bangla Foundation, art bangla gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2023: 75 Years of Charukala- A Special Exhibition, Faculty of Fine Art, DU, Zainul Gallery, Faculty of Fine Art, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2023: Charusheelon, Zainul Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2024: Exhibition of Selected Artworks by Teachers of the Faculty of Fine Art on the Occasion of Zainul Utsav 2024, Faculty of Fine Art, Zainul Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2025: The Art of Small Things, Asian Watercolor Society, Gallery The Illusions, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Award Type Title Year Country Description
National Dipa Haque Award 2019 Bangladesh 23rd National Art Exhibition, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy
Local Provost Award 2012 Bangladesh

Kabi Jasimuddin Hall, University of Dhaka
Local Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin Memorial Scholarship 2011 Bangladesh

University of Dhaka
National UGC Scholarship 2011 Bangladesh UGC, Bangladesh
National Best Student Award 2011 Bangladesh Ethics Club Bangladesh, Dhaka
International ICCR (Indian Council for Cultural Relations) Scholarship 2011 India ICCR (Indian Council for Cultural Relations), India
National Prime Minister Gold Medal 2010 Bangladesh UGC, Bangladesh
Local 1st Prize in art competition 2008 Bangladesh

organized by BTV (Bangladesh Television)
Local Dhaka University Alumni Association Scholarship 2008 Bangladesh

Dhaka University Alumni Association
National 2nd Prize in Cartoon Contest against corruption 2007 Bangladesh organized by The Daily Star
Local 1st Prize in water colour competition 2007 Bangladesh

organized by SHAKO, Women Artist Association of Bangladesh.
Local Special Award in Water Colour 2007 Bangladesh

Annual Art Exhibition , Faculty of Fine Art, University of Dhaka.
National 1st Prize in Poster contest 2006 Bangladesh organized by UNFPA( United Nation Population Fund)
National 1st Position in the Anti-corruption Cartoon Competition 2006 Bangladesh organized by Transparency International Bangladesh.
National Artist Aminul Islam Trust Scholarship 2006 Bangladesh Artist Aminul Islam Trust
National Artist Aminul Islam Trust Scholarship 2005 Bangladesh Artist Aminul Islam Trust
Local Media Best Award in Pencil 2005 Bangladesh

Annual Art Exhibition , Faculty of Fine Art,University of Dhaka.
National 1st Prize in Poster contest 2003 Bangladesh organized by UNFPA( United Nation Population Fund)
International Gold Medal 2000 Bangladesh 2nd International Children- Art Biennale, Bangladesh
International GRAND PRIX Award 1996 Japan Festival of Asian Children’s Art, Japan
Workshop/Camp

Conducted Workshops

International
2016 (13 February - 20 February)
Mask making: Redefining the characters, Conductor ByINSPIRE, Slade School of Art, UCL, London, United Kingdom
National
(10 June 2024 - )
New Media Art Workshop, Conductor ByBangladesh Shilpakala Academy, National Gallery Seminar Room

Participated Workshops

Local
(18 January 2018 - )
Induction Workshop on Teaching-Learning, ParticipationCentre of Excellence in Teaching & Learing(CoETL), University of Dhaka
(07 May 2017 - )
Induction Workshop on Teaching-Learning, ParticipationCentre of Excellence in Teaching & Learing (CoETL), University of Dhaka
2011 (06 January - 11 January)
New Media Art workshop, ParticipationINSPIRE, Faculty of Fine Art, University of Dhaka
(13 May 2009 - )
Collage Art Workshop by, ParticipationLUBDHAK, Asiatic Society
2008 (23 April - 26 April)
Egg Tempara Painting Workshop, ParticipationInstitute of Fine Art, University of Dhaka,
2006 (26 June - 30 June)
Water Colour Workshop, ParticipationLUBDHAK,
2020 (22 February - 28 February)
Gouache Painting Workshop, ParticipationOriental Study Group & Faculty of Fine Art, Faculty of Fine Art, University of Dhaka
2021 (18 March - 20 March)
3,959.11 km2, ParticipationChittagong Art Club & Studio Twenty 01, MR Agro Resource Limited, Bagerhat
National
2019 (01 March - 02 March)
Research Methodology Workshop, ParticipationAsiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka,
2016 (21 November - 30 November)
Research Methodology Workshop, ParticipationCenter for Advanced Research in Humanities, University of Dhaka
2015 (13 December - 20 December)
Fine Art Conservation & It’s Significance to Build a Nation, ParticipationBangladesh Shilpakala Academy,
(09 August 2019 - )
Artist Camp on ‘Bangabandhu & our Bangladesh’, ParticipationBangladesh Shilpakala Academy,
2018 (09 December - 12 December)
PALACE ART TRIP, ParticipationGalleri Kaya, Bahubal
(08 May 2017 - )
Painting workshop on Rabindranath Tagore, ParticipationBangladesh National Museum,
(10 November 2019 - 11 November 2016)
Lalon Art Camp at, ParticipationBangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Lalon Academy, Kusthia
2016 (09 December - 10 December)
Bangabandhu Bangladesh, ParticipationSamatat, Sonargoan,
(12 August 2015 - )
Rong Tulita Shok Gatha organized by, ParticipationBangladesh Awami League, Bangabandhu Memorial Museum
2015 (15 April - 17 April)
Art Workshop, ParticipationSamatat, Sonargoan,
2008 (13 September - 15 September)
Watercolour Workshop, ParticipationRoyal Thai Embassy,Dhaka, Asiatic Society
(22 February 2020 - )
Art for Autism 2020, ParticipationChild Foundation, Faculty of Fine Art, University of Dhaka
(23 February 2024 - )
Art for Autism, ParticipationChild Foundation, Faculty of Fine Art
(28 September 2023 - )
উন্নয়নের চারুকলা, ParticipationBangladesh Shilakala Academy, National Art Gallery
2025 (27 May - 01 June)
অগ্নিবীণা (Agnibeena), ParticipationBangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Shilpakala Academy, Mymensingh An art camp organized on the occasion of 126th birth anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam
International
2013 (08 May - 09 May)
Workshop on Painting ., ParticipationState Bank of India, SSVAD(Santiniketan Society of Visual Art and Design)
2025 (07 July - 12 July)
SPBA Bhutan Art Camp 2025, ParticipationSociety for Promotion of Bangladesh Art, Bangladesh Chancery Complex, Thimpu, Bhutan
Seminar/Symposium
International
(08 February 2018 - )
Sumon Wahed. SHOMOY a Group of Artists, Samdani Art Foundation, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2019 (31 December - 31 December)
Sumon Wahed. Crisis and Possibilities in Art Education of Bangladesh, Faculty of Fine Art, University of Dhaka, Lecture Room, Faculty of Fine Art, DU, Dhaka, Bangladesh
(13 February 2024 - )
Sumon Wahed. Aspects of the Contemporary Art Practice in Bangladesh, ALAGAPPA UNIVERSITY, Online, India
National
2015 (12 January - 12 January)
Sumon Wahed. বিশ শতকের আধুনিক শিল্পকলায় সমাজবাস্তবতাঃ জয়নুলের আধুনিকতার পুনর্মূল্যায়ন, Faculty of Fine Art, University of Dhaka, Sufia Kamal Auditorium, Bangladesh National Museum, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Name & designation Sumon Wahed Assistant Professor
Department Department of Drawing and Painting Faculty of Fine Art
Email sumon.wahed@du.ac.bd
Phone +8809666911463