Imtiaj Rasel in the running for Sovereign Asian Art Prize
UNB
27th April, 2021 12:50:05
Bangladeshi artist Imtiaj Rasel is in the running for a prestigious art prize in Asia. He is, in fact, among 30 artists from the Asia-Pacific region who have been nominated for this year's Sovereign Asian Art Prize.
With his artwork, ‘Journey by Bus’, being shortlisted, Rasel is now competing with artists from India, Australia, Pakistan, Philippines, Taiwan, South Korea, Malaysia, China, Japan, Iran, Singapore, Thailand, Kyrgyzstan, Sri Lanka, Cambodia and host Hong Kong for the prize.
Rasel holds an MFA degree in painting from Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata (2019). He went to Kolkata for higher studies after completing a bachelor's degree in painting from the Faculty of Fine Art at the University of Dhaka in 2015.