Supernumerary Professor
Born : 1943, Chapai Nawabganj, Bangladesh.
Education :
1970 : Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bangladesh Collage of Arts and Crafts (presently Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka)
1973-76 : Studied Printmaking in Athens School of Fine Arts under Greek Govt’s Post Graduate Scholarship, Greece.
Solo Exhibitions :
1976 : Campion School, Athens, Greece.
1981 : Bangladesh Collage of Arts and Crafts Gallery, Dhaka.
1983 : solo Carton Exhibition, Bisawa Shaahitya Kendra, Dhaka.
1985 : Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
1987 : Non-Aligned Countries Gallery, Titograd, former Yugosiavia presently Serbia.
1998 : Shilpangan Art Gallery, Dhaka.
2004 : ’25 years of Tokait’ Gallary Chitak, Dhaka
2006 : Down Memory Lane, Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, Dhaka.
Major Group Exhibitions :
1964 : 16 Painter’s Show, Dhaka, Bangladesh
1966 : Fifth Tehran (regional) Biennial, Tehran, Iran Open Air Exhibition, Arts Ensemble Gallery, Dhaka
1967 : Exhibition of Painting, Graphic and Ceramic, Dacca Lions Club, Dhaka
1988 : Two Man Show (Hashem Khan and Rafiqun Nabi), Dhaka
1971 : Cartoon Exhibition, Dhaka
1972 : Exhibition of Sketch Art of Bangladesh
1973 : Exhibition of Contemporary Art of Bangladesh, Kolkata, Delhi and Mumbai, India
1974 : Mobile Group Exhibition, Athens, Greece
1977-05: 3rd to 16th National Art of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka
1977 : Print Exhibition of Bangladesh in Yugoslavia (Serbia). Germany. Poland and Rumania
1978 : 1st International saloon of Cartoons. Canada.
1979 : 1st Asian Graphic Design Biennial, Tehran, Iran. Water Colour Exhibition in Dhaka.
1980 : Inter Graphic-80, Berlin, East Germany.
:Contemporary Asian Art Show Fukuoka. Japan.
:Drawing and Print Show in Dhaka.
1981-06 : 1st to 12 Asian Art Biennial Bangladesh, Dhaka.
1981 : 6th Festival of Asian Art, Hong Kong.
1982 : Fifth Triennial-India, New Delhi, India.
1983 : 9 Artists Graphic Print, Dhaka.
1984 : 8th British International Print Biennial, Bradford, UK.
: Print Biennial, Oslo, Norway.
: Inter Graphic-84, Berlin, Germany.
: Prints of Bangladesh, Warsaw, Poland.
1986 : Drawing Exhibition, Rejeka, Yugoslavia (Serbia).
1987 : Graphic Print Biennial, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia (Serbia).
1988 : Print of Asia and Africa, Vienna.
: Contemporary Art of Bangladesh, Tokyo, Japan.
: Inter Graphic-88, Berlin, Germany.
: Exhibition of Original Drawings, Rijeka Ljubljana Yugoslavia. (Serbia)
1989 : Contemporary Art of Bangladesh Exhibition, Beijing, China.
: Contemporary Art of Islamic World London, UK.
1990 : Inter Graphic-88, Berlin, Germany.
1992 : Contemporary painters of Bangladesh, Paris, France.
1993 : Contemporary Graphic Art of Bangladesh, Kolkata, India.
1994 : Osaka Triennial, Osaka, Japan.
: Contemporary Art of Bangladesh, Delhi and Kolkata, India.
1995 : Contemporary Art of Bangladesh, Moscow, Russia.
: Victory-Day Exhibition Organized by Bangladesh Deputy High Commission, Kolkata, India.
: Special Exhibition Organized by Fulki, Gallery 21, Dhaka.
1999 : Bonner Summer Festival Contemporary Art Exhibition of Bangladesh, Bonn, Germany.
: Tribute to Tagore organized by Gallery 21. Dhaka.
: 5-Artists of Bangladesh and Japan, Tsukuba, Japan.
2000 : Group Exhibition organized by Saju Art Gallery, Dhaka.
: Group Exhibition on the occasion of ’50 Years’ o Institute of Fine Arts, Dhaka.
: Srijan Shamahar organized by Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, Dhaka.
: Group Exhibition organized by Gallery Chitrak, Dhaka.
: First Biennial of Bangladesh Charu Shilpi Sangsad, Bangladesh National Museum, Dhaka.
2001 : Contemporary Art of Bangladesh, High Commission of India in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
: Line and Rhythm organized by Gallery Chitrak, Dhaka.
2003 : Bangladesh-India Cartoon Exhibition, Bangladesh, India.
2004 : Group Exhibition of Bangladesh Painters, Mumbai, India.
2005 : ‘100 Years of Dhaka’, Shilpangan Art Gallery, Dhaka.
: Group Exhibition of Bangladesh Painters, Agartala, India.
: Bridge of Friendship Bangladesh-Japan Joint Art Exhibition, Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, Dhaka.
Awards :
1980 : Promoters Prize, Inter Graphic-80, Berlin, Germany.
1989 : Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy Award, Dhaka.
1993 : Ekushey Padak (highest civilian award for contribution in Fine Arts), Dhaka.
1995 : Agrani Bank Award for Children book design, Dhaka.
1995 : Agrani Bank Award for Juvenile Novel Chadke Jdaha, Dhaka.
2000 : Tri-Taranga Gold Medal, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
2002 : S.M. Sutan Padak, S. M. Sultan Foundation, Narail, ‘Chardike Juddha’, Dhaka.
1968-90s : National Book Centre prizes for Children Book Covers for 13 times, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
International Seminars, Festivals, Workshops and Art Camps :
1987 : Attended seminar on Child Survival and Development organized by UNICEF, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
1994 : Attended Bangladesh Cultural Festival, Kolkata, India.
1996 : The Mexican Imitational Tribunal against child labour, Mexico.
1997 : Attended Cultural Festival of Eight Countries and seminar on Folk Art, Istanbul, Turkey.
1999 : Art Camp of Contemporary Bengali Artists from West Bengal and Bangladesh organized by Bengal Foundation, Dhaka.
2003 : Cartoon Workshop in Bangalore organized by Maxueller Bhawan, Bangalore, India.
2004 : Workshop at Mumbai, India.
2005 : Workshop at Agartala, India.
: Italy Art Camp 2005 organized by Bengal Foundation, Florence, Italy.
2006 : Artist Camp on the Bengal Bashakhi Utsav 1413 (Bengali New Year Festival) organized by Bengal Foundation, Dhaka.
: Artist Camp for fund rising for Muktijudha Jadughar on the occasion of Independence Day, organized by Channel-I and Muktijudha Jadughar, Dhaka.
: Artist Camp organized by Impress Telefilm Ltd (Channel-I and Gallary Chitrak.) Dhaka.
: Dhaka Art Camp organized by Bengal Foundation, Dhaka.
Present Position & Address :
Professor & Dean
Faculty of Fine Art
University of Dhaka
Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh.
Tel : 800-2-9675219
E-mail : Rafiqunnabi@yahoo.com
Previous Position :
Director,
Institute of Fine Arts
(At present Faculty of Fine Art, University of Dhaka
Senate Member
University of Dhaka.
President
Artists Association of Bangladesh