Artist: Sarker Helal Uddin (MFA and BFA)
Member of CSPWC (Canadian Society Of Painters In Water Colour)
Artist Statement:
Helal started his art works when he was 4 years old, using charcoal to draw on wall and ground. Used to draw small thumbnail sketches while he was doing home works and listening to his teachers.Decided to be a painter at the age of ten and have done many drawing and paintings since then. He has been doing Watercolor and Oil painting since 1982. He likes to paint beauty of nature. He works in various subjects such as landscape, flower, portrait, figures etc also likes plein air painting, live model drawing and portrait painting as well. He specializes in Watercolor and Oil Painting.
Education:
3D Animation Graduate Certificate, School of Communication Arts, Seneca College, Canada
Diploma in Animation (Traditional+3D), Beijing Film Academy, Beijing, China.
MFA (Masters of Fine Arts) Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China.
BFA (Bachelor of Fine Arts) Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China.
Diploma in Mandarin (Chinese Language), Beijing Language Institute, Beijing, China.
Studied Oil painting, Institute of Fine Arts, Dhaka University, Bangladesh.
Awards
Honourable Mention, Pine Ridge Art Councils 14 Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Canada
China –Bangladesh Cultural Exchange Scholarship for Higher Education in China
Third place in oil painting, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
Shahid Amit Bashak Memorial Award awarded by Institute of Fine Arts, Dhaka University, Banglades
Exhibitions
IWS Canada ‘150 ways to Celebrate
1st. International Watercolor Biennial KIPUS-BOLIVIA, South America
90, 91, 92 and 93th CSPWC (Canadian Society Of Painters In Water Colour) Open Water Exhibition.
Pine Ridge Art Councils 14 Annual Juried Art Show, Canada
Third Solo Painting Exhibition, Divine Art Gallery. Dhaka Bangladesh
Second Solo Painting Exhibition, Gallery 21. Dhaka Bangladesh
13th National Art Exhibition organized by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (National Academy of Fine and -Performing Arts of Bangladesh)
First Solo Painting Exhibition, Bangladesh Embassy, and Beijing, China.
Annual Art Exhibitions organized by Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China.
Annual Art Exhibitions organized by Institute of Fine Arts, Dhaka University, Bangladesh
8th National Art Exhibition organized by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, (National Academy of Fine and-Performing Arts of Bangladesh).
