The sixth international group art exhibition, 'Beyond the Surface', organised by the Chironton Art Group, will begin on Thursday at the newly established Gallery MAFA in Lalmatia.

The five-day exhibition features 21 artists from six countries and is curated by artist Mahfuza Beauty.

With the participation of both senior and emerging artists from Bangladesh, alongside creators from Canada, the United States, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Nepal and India, the exhibition seeks to explore beauty, emotion, inquiry, self-discovery and the deeper layers of the human psyche through 65 artworks in various media.

The featured Bangladeshi artists are Wakilur Rahman, Sultanul Islam, GM Khalilur Rahman, Jahan Afroz, Shammy Yasmin, Dipro Bonik, Sadia Hussain, Mohammad Asadurjaman Aslam Molla, Zakia Ferdous, Monira Begum Lipe, Samir Kumar Bairage, Sunipa Islam, Nazmoon Akhter, Asif Reza Haque and Fahmida Khatun.

The exhibition will also showcase works by American artist Jim Matthew, Canadian artist Clyde Finley, Alisa Teletovic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Nepal's D.B. Yamphu Kirat, and Indian artists Manoj Das and Debarati Mukherjee.

Mahfuza Beauty, founder and curator of Chironton Art Group, said the exhibition serves as an important platform for artistic practice, cultural exchange and creative expression.

"Artists from different parts of the world have presented their unique perspectives, experiences and contemporary artistic ideas here," she said.

By bringing together diverse media, themes and styles, the exhibition offers visitors an opportunity to explore the multidimensional forms of contemporary art from a fresh perspective, she added.

Members of the media are invited to attend and cover the opening ceremony and subsequent exhibition activities.