I was born in Bangladesh and later adopted Greek nationality. My education in India and the USA deeply influenced my multifaceted artistic vision, which transcends geographical and cultural boundaries. My 'hyper-eclectic' abstract paintings blend historical and contemporary insights with incisive...
Read MoreI was born in Bangladesh and later adopted Greek nationality. My education in India and the USA deeply influenced my multifaceted artistic vision, which transcends geographical and cultural boundaries. My 'hyper-eclectic' abstract paintings blend historical and contemporary insights with incisive socio-economic and political commentary, while utilizing a heuristic approach akin to scientific inquiry to explore further possibilities within the genre of painting.
After earning a BFA from Clark University in 1996, I moved to New York, where I exhibited my work in alternative spaces and received a grant from Artist Space. In 2000, I relocated to Athens, where I participated in curated group exhibitions and held my second solo exhibition, "Painting…," at the Statement gallery in 2003. Following a twenty-year hiatus due to family commitments, I have recently returned my art with, with a solo exhibition "Painting Beyond Painting" at Alibi Gallery in Athens in June 2024, participaton in Art Laguna fairs in Venice and Shanghai 2025 as well in group shows in 2025 in Athens.
Though my artistic roots are in figurative art, I gravitated towards abstraction. As I delved deep into painting essence and its history I uncovered various untraversed conceptual dimensions. This led me to discover my interactive magnetic paintings while living in New York. Later, I confronted the "end of painting fallacy,” where black/white were the presumed finality of abstraction and created my "Colorless paintings," by abandoning pigmentation in paintings and making painting totally colorless with transparent and translucent mediums. Further exploration drove me to also investigate the physicality of paint where I allowed the paint material to form its own surface, by itself, without the requirement of any base or a canvas, hence the “Surfaceless Paintings.”
Inspired by the daring experimentation of the Modernists, my abstract compositions not only pay tribute to their legacy but also offer profound allegorical insights into contemporary complexities. I aim to innovate beyond mere appropriation, embracing the paradoxes of my cultural identity and the zeitgeist, thus evoking a 'global' spirit of innovation that resonates universally, inviting reflection and participation within the artistic discourse.
