Narayanganj Charukola Institute lifted the curtain on an eight-day annual art exhibition on its premises on Thursday.
The exhibition was inaugurated by Dhaka University drawing and painting department emeritus professor Rafiqun Nabi.
鈥楾he exhibition provides a platform to students for showcasing their talent. Students have displayed mostly pencil-based artworks at this event,鈥� said Narayanganj Charukola Institute principal Md Shamsul Alam Azad.
The students have depicted diverse subjects through their artworks created using different mediums, including watercolour, poster-colour, pencil, charcoal, ink, oil and acrylic.
The exhibition is featuring 74 artworks. Eighteen works were awarded in different categories at the inaugural ceremony.
Renowned artists Biren Shome, Md Moniruzzaman and Rafiur Rabbi selected the award-winning artworks.
Anindita Roy bagged Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin Award, which is the grand award, for her poster colour on paper artwork titled 鈥楽till Life鈥�.
Anupam Roy bagged Best Award in Drawing category for his pencil sketch titled 鈥楩igure鈥�, Shib Shankar Mondal won Media Best Award in Pencil category for 鈥楥lose-up Study鈥� and Azizur Rahman won Media Best Award in Watercolour category for 鈥楲andscape鈥�.
Osman Goni bagged the Media Best Award in Oil Painting category for 鈥楩igure Composition鈥� and Salima Parveen Rinky
won the Media Best Award in Design category for 鈥楧esign鈥�.
Wasama Amin Kaif bagged Safiuddin Ahmed Memorial Award for his watercolour artwork titled 鈥楳useum Study鈥�, Pronamie Saha Supriya won Mohammad Kibria Memorial Award for her watercolour on paper artwork titled 鈥楲andscape鈥� and Sajib Ghosh won Abdur Razzaque Memorial Award for his pencil sketch titled 鈥楩igure Drawing鈥�.
Mukul Kanti Tripura won SM Sultan Memorial Award for his pencil sketch titled 鈥楶ortrait鈥�
and Shamima Khatun bagged Quamrul Hassan Memorial Award for her ink on paper artwork titled 鈥楧esign鈥�.
Besides, Shahina Akter, Mong Ting Marma, Sumit Chandra Das, Md Tajnin, Sajib Mandal and Avishek Basu won awards in Class Best category.
The exhibition will end on June 6.
