Cosmos Atelier71, the reputed printmaking studio of Cosmos Foundation, is set to host a 4-day exclusive Intaglio process Softground and Stencil Workshop by internationally acclaimed art maestro Professor Rokeya Sultana on Monday titled Impression of Rokeya's at the Cosmos Centre in the capital.
The workshop will continue from January 23-26 at the Cosmos Atelier71.
Supported by Gallery Cosmos, the artistic wing of the Cosmos Foundation, the workshop will feature eminent Bangladeshi artists - Shahabuddin Ahmed, Monirul Islam, Biren Shome, Nasir Ali Mamun and Anisuzzaman Anis, alongside 10 participating artists from home and beyond - Asmita Alam Shammi, Roosevelt Benjamin, Chhobi Zulfiqar, Rifat Jahan Kanta, Farzana Rahman Bobby, Mohammad Rezwanur Rahman, Bacchu Miah Arif, Kamruzzoha, Sukla Poddar and SM Ehsan.
The artists will work on the Intaglio Process, Soft ground and Stencil media in this exclusive printmaking workshop.
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“Every artist is going to finish two printmaking artworks during the workshop; later on, we are going to display these artworks for a daylong exhibition and sale in the Baridhara Garden Gallery on January 28,” Cosmos Atelier71 and Gallery Cosmos Executive Director Sourav Chowdhury told UNB. Currently a Professor of Printmaking at the Dhaka University Faculty of Fine Art, Rokeya Sultana was born in Chittagong in 1958. After graduating from the Bangladesh College of Arts and Crafts in 1980, she received a master’s degree in printmaking from Visva Bharati, Santiniketan, in 1983.
She has exhibited in Poland, Germany, Morocco, Oman (Bait Al Zubair Museum), France, Iran, Egypt, Turkey, Taiwan, Nepal, Korea, Jordan, Denmark, Pakistan, India, USA—Denver, Wyoming, NY (Art Student League)—and Japan, among other countries.
Sultana is the recipient of numerous national and international scholarships and awards, including a prestigious Fullbright grant, which supported her nine-month artist’s residency at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She is an influential figure in Dhaka, Santiniketan and Sydney art scenes.
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Notable among the artist’s awards are the Purchase Award, Somerstown Gallery, 4th Biennial, NY, USA (1992), Grand Prize in the 3rd Bharat Bhavan Print Biennale (1995), Bengal Foundation Award in the 14th National Art Exhibition (1999), Honourable Mention in the 9th Asian Art Biennale (1999), Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy Award in the National Art Exhibition (2002). In 2003, Sultana availed a French government scholarship at L’Atelier Le Couriere et Frelaut in Paris, and in 2017 she became an Artist in Residence at Open Print Studio, Toronto Canada.
Her works are in the collections of the Bangladesh National Museum; Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy; President’s House, Bangladesh; Bengal Foundation, Dhaka; 1971 Genocide Torture Archives & Museum, Khulna, Bangladesh; National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts; Bangladesh Aga Khan Development Network; Blacktown Art Center, Sydney; University of Nebraska; Archives of SGC International at Zuckerman Museum of Art, Georgia; Academy of Art University, San Francisco; The Museum of International Contemporary Graphic, Fredrikstad, Norway; Universal Graphic Museum, Cairo; Jorasanko Thakur Bari, Kolkata; Young One Collection, Korea; among others.