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Syed Iqbal Biography:
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55
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| Children |
99
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Painting Acrylic
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Abstract Expressionism - (1940 - 1955)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
m.f.husain
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| Your Personal Biography |
SYED IQBAL is a senior visual artist from Toronto. He lived and worked in a, Bangladesh prior to moving to Montreal in 1996. During this period he held several exhibitions including 4 solo shows in Dhaka and 2 solo shows in Montreal. After moving to Toronto in 2002 he continued to work on his surrealistic themes and participated in the prestigious IMAGO Canadian National Art Competition where he was selected as a finalist among 800 artists – a singular recognition of his depth and talent as an artist. In 2003, he exhibited in a two person show organized under the auspices of the South Asian Studies Program of the University of Toronto. He also had 3 solo exhibitions in Toronto between 2006 and 2007. For his 11th show in 2009 he chose Gallery Hittite located at Toronto’s prestigious Yorkville Art District becoming the first Bangladeshi to exhibit in such venue. His most recent 12th solo Exhibition at Toronto’s Cedar Ridge Gallery in the Spring of 2009, was an absolute success and garnered national coverage from the Toronto Star and the CBC.
Iqbal’s “Tears of Nature” and “Our Women” series completed in 2000-2004 received critical acclaim, both in Bangladesh and Canada. Through Tears of Nature, he expressed concern with unsustainable development and irreversible loss to bio-diversity. Iqbal is not an alarmist, but through his compelling projection on canvas of a world devoid of nature raises awareness. His canvases cry out to stop destruction of forests and farmlands and demand an urgent need for action. His paintings from “Our Women” series done in blue, black and red acrylic on paper bring out the pain and anguish of South Asian women living in a society dominated by inequality, religious bigotry and intolerance. He brilliantly portrays the struggle of women and the social conditions that shaped then, made them or victimized them.
Iqbal is also a writer and illustrator. He has written 14 publications, novels and short story books in Bengali language.
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