Born, 1977 in Sylhet, Bangladesh

EDUCATION
2000 - 2002    MFA in Painting, Slade School of Fine Art, London
1996 - 1999    BA (Hons) Fine Art Degree (Painting), Chelsea College of Art and Design, London
1995 – 1996    Distinction at BTEC Diploma in Foundation Studies in Art and Design, University of
                        Hertfordshire, Hatfield, Hertfordshire

EXHIBITIONS
2005         
Ad Infinitum: The Aesthetics of Repetition II, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
The Same But Different, Mill-Workers, Manchester.
Colour My World, Riflemaker, London.

2004    
temporalscape, group exhibition, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Summer Exhibition, group show, Purdy Hicks, Boston, MA.
Gallery artist, group show, Purdy Hicks, London.
2x2, Dahl Gallery, Luzern, Switzerland.

2003    
Gallery artist, group show, Purdy Hicks, London
Lexmark European Painting Prize, Eye Storm Gallery. London
Blackheath Gallery, London
Start Contemporary Gallery, Brighton

2002    
Four Art Schools, AT Kearney, London
Cheswick park show, London. Curator Catherine Lambert and Ed Allington
Slade Postgraduate Exhibition, Gower Street, London
Painting in the Park, New Painting from Bloomsbury, London
Hang the Curator, The Central Space, Faroe Rd., London
Solo show at Smith of Smithfield, London. Curator Jibby Beane

2001    
Interim show, Slade School of Fine Art, London
Art 2001, Jibby Beane Gallery, Business Design Centre, London

2000    
Art 2000, Jibby Beane Gallery, Business Design Centre, London
Group show, Apart gallery, London

1999    
Exhibition of paintings from London Art Schools at BTHQ (British Telecom Headquarters), London
Articultural show, Jibby Beane Gallery, Royal Festival Hall, London
First affordable art fair, Will's Art Gallery, London
BA Degree Show, Chelsea College of art & design, London

AWARDS
2005          
Artist in Residence at West Dean College, Chichester.
Commission for Coventry Hospital, in collaboration with Tess Jaray.

2004    
Short-listed for Decibel Awards for Visual Arts
Short-listed for Lexmark European Painting Prize
Artist in residence at Whitgift Secondary School, Croydon.

2003    
Short-listed for Lexmark European Painting Prize

2000    
Arts and Humanities Research Board award for postgraduate study

REVIEWS
2004        
Bing, Alison.  “Upstarts,” San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, CA
Apero Newspaper, “2x2,” Dahl Gallery, Switerland.

2003    
Elle Decoration, December 2003

2002    
Collings, Matthew, 100 Reviews. Hang the Curator

2001    
Cork, Richard, Times Newspaper, Interim show, Slade School of Fine Art

COLLECTIONS
Art Museum of Western Virginia
Ernst and Young Collection
Dahl Gallery, Switzerland
British Telecom Headquarters, London
Jibby Beane, London
The London Institute