Shyamal Bashak

Shyamal Krishna Bashak (Bengali: শ্যামল কৃষ্ণ বসাক) (born January 1, 1967) is a Bangladeshi artist, and served as senior artist cum audio-visual officer of the National Museum of Science and Technology[1] in Bangladesh for 20 years, and was previously chief artist of Bhorer Kagoj.

Shyamal Krishna Bashak
শ্যামল কৃষ্ণ বসাক
Bashak at the Art Gallery of Windsor in 2015
Born (1967-01-01) January 1, 1967
Mymensingh, East Pakistan (Now Bangladesh)
NationalityBangladeshi
EducationMaster of Fine Arts
Alma materFaculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka
Known forsculpture, installation art, painting, printmaking, graphic design, set design
Notable work
Science Park
Spouse(s)Gouri Bashak
AwardsDUCSU Ekushey Padak 1992, PARICHARJA Award for excellence in poster design 1996, Bangladesh Book Publication Organization best book cover design & illustration 1985

Early life and education

Born to Narayan Chandra Bashak, a prominent makeup artist[2] in Mymensingh, a city in Mymensingh District in the central region of Bangladesh, Shyamal was instructed in the arts from a young age. He would go on to receive his Masters of Fine Arts in Printmaking from the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka[3] where he would attract attention by receiving the Dhaka University Central Student's Union's Ekushey Padak for his design work commemorating the Language Movement.

Career

After completing his Masters, Bashak would participate in both group and solo exhibitions including "Life Line & Light" a three-man exhibition at the Bangladesh National Museum, and "Save Human" a set of 4 exhibitions to raise funds for flood relief in Bangladesh.[3] He would later be recruited by Bhorer Kagoj to serve as chief artist, until he joined Bangladesh's National Museum of Science and Technology as their senior artist cum audio-visual officer where he would spend two decades making significant improvements to the galleries and various displays, carrying out the design and implementation of "Science Park" while still working on independent exhibitions throughout Bangladesh and internationally.

Attacks

It was reported that on May 29, 2013 Bashak was assaulted by Islamic fundamentalist co-workers in attempt to purge prominent Hindus from the National Science Museum.[4][5][6] The severity of the assault and his prominence led to the attack being covered across Bangladesh, which led to further attempts on his life including a shooting in December 2013 which, while not killing Bashak resulted in him crashing his motorcycle and receiving serious injuries, and a firebombing of his home a year later.

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gollark: It's true that cloud isn't very strong but it's not worth spending moneykrist on glass too.

References
  1. "Office Personnel". www.nmst.gov.bd. National Museum of Science and Technology. February 28, 2016. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
  2. Islam, Aminul (July 3, 2017). "Veteran makeup artist Narayan no more". The Daily Star. Dhaka, Bangladesh. Retrieved October 31, 2017.
  3. "Up, Close and Artsy with Shyamal Bashak". Times of Youth. Karachi, Pakistan: Varind Group of Companies. March 9, 2015. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
  4. ময়মনসিংহের কৃতি সন্তান বিশিষ্ট চিত্রশিল্পী শ্যামল বসাকের উপর সন্ত্রাসী হামলার বিচার দাবী [We demand justice for terrorist act on pride of Mymensingh, prominent artist, Shyamal Bashak]. দৈনিক স্বজন (in Bengali). 159. Mymensingh. June 16, 2013.
  5. ময়মনসিংহের কৃতি সন্তান বিশিষ্ট চিত্রশিল্পী শ্যামল বসাকের উপর সন্ত্রাসী হামলা [We demand punishment for the terrorist attacks on Shyamal Bashak]. দৈনিক সবুজ (in Bengali). 18. Mymensingh. June 17, 2013.
  6. ময়মনসিংহের কৃতি সন্তান বিশিষ্ট চিত্রশিল্পী শ্যামল বসাকের উপর সন্ত্রাসী হামলার বিচার দাবী [We demand justice for terrorist act on pride of Mymensingh, prominent artist, Shyamal Bashak]. দৈনিক স্বদেশ সংবাদ (in Bengali). 18. Mymensingh. June 17, 2013.
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