About Me – Marufa Chowdhury




Marufa A. Chowdhury (b. 1977) is a visual artist based in Dhaka Bangladesh. She received MFA (2006) and BFA (2004) in Ceramics from Visva Bharati University located in Santiniketin, West Bengal, India.

As a Bengali she is a part of a culture that places profound importance on artistic expression and on pioneering new ways of seeing and representing human experience.

Marufa’s current life as an artist in Dhaka reflects her determination to keep ripe within the fruits of her experience in India, and to continue to mold new artistic expressions that reflect her own journey, the land and all its people.

WORKSHOP & CAMP

2010: Participated in Bengal Art Camp 2010, organized by Bengal Foundation, Dhaka
Bangladesh.
2006: Working in Andretta Pottery (Studio of Famous Potter Mansiram Singh, Son of
Guru Charan Singh)in Andretta, Himachal Pradesh, India.
2005: Enamel on metal workshop in mural dept at Kala Bhavana, Visva
Bharati,Santiniketan,India.
2002: Nandanik art camp in Kolkata, India.
2002-2003: Camlin Art Workshop at Kala Bhavana, Vvisva Bharati, Santiniketan, India
2002: Dokra camp in sculpture dept at Kala Bhavana, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan, India.
GROUP ART EXHIBITION
2010: Participated in 14th Asian Art Biennale Bangladesh 2010, organized by Bangladesh
Shilpakala Academy,Dhaka Bangladesh.
2007: Participated in 17th National Art Exhibition, organized by Bangladesh Shilpakala
Academy, Dhaka Bangladesh.
2004: Inter facalty exchange art exhibition (Banaras Hindu Universiry and
Santiniketan)India.
2003:Kalakshetra exhibition organized by the ROTARY CLUB OF Guwahati,
Assam.(International “RYLA” Camp), India.
2003: Sixty Eight annual All India Fine Arts Exhibition of the Academy of Fine Arts,
Kolkata, India.
2003-2004: Group show ‘SIBIR’at Nandan Art Gallary, Kala Bhavana ,Visva Bharati,
Santiniketan, India.
1998: Art exhibition by foreign students of Kala Bhavana at Rabindra Bhavana Gallery,
Visva Bharati, Santiniketan, India.
On the occasion of International Students Day.

EDUCATION
MFA 2006: Kala Bhavana,Visva Bharati,Santiniketan, India
BFA 2004: Kala Bhavana,Visva Bharati,Santiniketan,India

RESIDENCY:
2006: 4 weeks “Blue Pottery”
Residency programme under Sri Kripal Singh Shekhawat in Jaipur,Rajasthan, India.

AWARD
2002-2006: Awarded with Visva Bharati Merit Scholarship,Santiniketan, India.

2001-2005: Awarded from Bishal Foundation, wings of Bengal Foundation,
Dhaka.Bangladesh

1997: Awarded for Pencil Sketch from Bulbul Lalit K ala Academy, Wiseghat, Dhaka
Bangladesh.

Present Position
Free-lance Artist.

Studio and Resident 
Shilpala(Centre for Artist),House #238, West Agargaon, 
Sher-e-Bangla Nagar,Dhaka-1207,Bangladesh. 
E-mail:ttaayyrraa@gmail.com 
ttaayyrraa@yahoo.com

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