Bangladeshi-Spanish artist Islam Monirul, also known as Monir, was born in Chandpur, Bangladesh (then Bengal of British India) in 1943. Monir is an internationally recognized figure in the world of printmaking, both for his characteristic style and his experimental techniques.He studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Dhaka from 1966 to 1969, where he taught for a year before a scholarship from the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs allowed him to move to Madrid for eight...

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  Bangladeshi-Spanish artist Islam Monirul, also known as Monir, was born in Chandpur, Bangladesh (then Bengal of British India) in 1943. Monir is an internationally recognized figure in the world of printmaking, both for his characteristic style and his experimental techniques.
  He studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Dhaka from 1966 to 1969, where he taught for a year before a scholarship from the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs allowed him to move to Madrid for eight months to continue his studies, graduating from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in San Fernando (Madrid). Due to the liberation war, he could not return to Dhaka and was granted permanent residence in Spain.
  Islam Monirul joins the short-lived Grupo Quince, which offers him the opportunity to be in contact with the avant-garde of engraving; he will work alongside artists such as Antonio Saura, Antoni Tàpies, José Guerrero, Rafael Canogar and many others. During this period he also directed the studio of Antonio Lorenzo, with whom he maintained a close friendship throughout his life. The artist experimented, Monir's technique evolved; in the Spanish art world, the result of his free-bite engraving technique is known as the "Escuela de Monir" (School of Monir).Monirul Islam's works are easily recognizable for the harmonious balance of empty space and delicate lines, textures and shapes that transcend and transform the versatility and diversity of life through his own developed style and continuous experimentation of techniques. His works can be placed in a wide arc extending from the beginning of his career to the present.Although Monir is fully integrated into the Spanish art movement, he will never leave his Bangladeshi roots. Through his works - etchings (etching and aquatint), paintings, monotypes or watercolors - the artist speaks a language created with rhythms of colors, graphics, and alludes to forms and wisdom, his spiritual sensitivity. For his outstanding contribution to art, Islam Monirul has received two of the highest Spanish civil distinctions. He has exhibited individually not only in Spain (Madrid, Seville, Las Palmas, etc.) and Bangladesh, but also in the United States (New York, Boston, Washington), Turkey, the Netherlands, England, Kuwait, India, Egypt and Pakistan. He has also participated in many group exhibitions on five continents.Monirul Islam believes that art, aesthetics and emotions are the fundamental facets of life.
  

  

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