32 Facts About Hamiduzzaman Khan

Hamiduzzaman Khan is well known as a sculptor for his theme and form oriented sculptures, in particular sculptures on the theme of Bangladesh War of Liberation and birds.

Hamiduzzaman Khan worked on both figurative as well as abstract genres.

Hamiduzzaman Khan's watercolors are characterized by abstract expressionism and predominantly on the subjects of natural landscape and human figure.

Hamiduzzaman Khan was born in 1946 in the village Sahasram in Kishoreganj.

Hamiduzzaman Khan then got admitted in the erstwhile East Pakistan College of Arts and Crafts.

Hamiduzzaman Khan received Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1967 from the Department of Painting and Drawing.

Hamiduzzaman Khan was one of the few early students of the college who took interest in sculpture, but there was no opportunity of taking sculpture as a formal subject as an undergraduate in the college.

When Hamiduzzaman Khan was a student in the final year class, he experienced a road accident that fractured his skull, causing him to have a reconstructive surgery in the head.

Hamiduzzaman Khan was particularly fascinated by modern abstract forms in sculpture, large scale application of sculpture in enhancing the aesthetic quality of urban landscape and its impact in civic life.

On his return to Dhaka in 1969, Hamiduzzaman Khan decided to specialize in sculpture and requested Abdur Razzaque to teach him sculpture.

Hamiduzzaman Khan was awarded an Indian Government scholarship in 1974 to study for a Master of Fine Arts degree.

Hamiduzzaman Khan then went on to study at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, earning his master's degree in bronze casting in 1976.

Hamiduzzaman Khan went to the United States and received training in metal casting at the Sculpture Center School in New York City from 1982 to 1983.

Hamiduzzaman Khan was influenced by Henry Moor's work, when he visited an exhibition of Moor in New York City.

Hamiduzzaman Khan joined the Department of Sculpture, University of Dhaka as a lecturer in August, 1970.

Hamiduzzaman Khan had to face interrogation by the Pakistan Armed Forces but was left unharmed.

Hamiduzzaman Khan worked with his teacher Abdur Razzaque, in the first-ever commissioned sculptural work on the liberation war theme 1972.

Hamiduzzaman Khan presented sculptures, made with bronze, on the theme Remembrance '71, in the first-ever National Sculpture Exhibition organized by the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in December 1976.

Hamiduzzaman Khan received the Best Sculptor's Award at the exhibition for his sculpture Dorja.

Hamiduzzaman Khan organized his first solo sculpture exhibition at the gallery of Faculty of Fine Arts in 1982, with works primarily based on the liberation war theme.

Hamiduzzaman Khan participated in 6th Triennial Art Exhibition in New Delhi, organized by Lalit Kala Akademi in 1986, as an official entrant from Bangladesh.

Hamiduzzaman Khan organized a solo sculpture exhibition at the Alliance Francaise de Dhaka in 1987.

Hamiduzzaman Khan received his first major international recognition when he was invited by the Olympic Committee in Seoul, Republic of Korea in 1988 to install an open-air sculpture at the Seoul Olympic Park.

Hamiduzzaman Khan was invited at the Puyo International Modern Sculpture Symposium in Korea in 1999.

Hamiduzzaman Khan created a sculpture, titled Muktijoddha for the Mymensingh Cantonment in 1999.

Hamiduzzaman Khan became a Professor at the Department of Sculpture, University of Dhaka in 2000.

Hamiduzzaman Khan's sculpture, titled Shikha, a geometric abstract in painted sheet metal was placed at the entrance of the National University, Bangladesh.

Hamiduzzaman Khan created a sculpture, titled Peace Bird, on the theme of birds at the request of students of the University of Dhaka.

Hamiduzzaman Khan published a book in 2007, titled Rose Garden, containing illustrations of the historic Rose Garden Palace in pen-and-ink, crayon and watercolor.

Hamiduzzaman Khan continues to teach sculpture at several universities in Dhaka.

The majority of Hamiduzzaman Khan's sculptures are made of bronze and steel.

Hamiduzzaman Khan worked with stone, aluminum, white granite, marble and mixed-media.