Kazi Ghiyasuddin

Kazi Ghiyasuddin

Born & Death
1951
Details
Kazi Ghiyasuddin has crafted a profound visual language based on mutability, change and nostalgia. His canvases and works on paper are sites for consecration through the elegant mingling of colors and shapes, use of signs, runes and scribbles. Childhood memories of rural Bengal, the upheavals of the War of 1971, and his subsequent stay in Japan shaped a deliberate ambiguity in his work, which is perhaps aimed at sidelining the horrors of the contemporary world and seeking solace in nature. The Tokyo-based artist is influenced by Japanese art and philosophy, but never fails to turn to his roots for inspiration. Ghiyasuddin graduated from the Government Art College in Dhaka, in 1970. Soon after he left for Japan to pursue a master’s degree and then a Ph. D in Art. Although Ghiyasuddin now spends most of his time in Tokyo, he chooses to spend the monsoon-laden summer months in his studio in Dhaka. Notable among his awards are the Japanese Emperor’s Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays, which he received in 2018..

Some of Works