Friday, November 25, 2011

Miguel Oliver exhibition at Gallery Chitrak


Gallery Chitrak will host a 10-day solo painting exhibition of renowned Spanish artist Miguel Oliver. The exhibition begins tomorrow.

Cultural personality and lawmaker Asasuzzaman Noor will inaugurate the exhibition as chief guest. Bangladeshi expatriate painter Shahabuddin Ahmed and poet Rabiul Hussain will be present as special guests at the opening. Noted architect and art critic Shamsul Wares will preside over the programme.

Oliver was born in 1968 in Spain. As student of architecture, he started painting in the early 1990s. In 1993, he opened his studio in Costa Rica and later on in 1997 moved to Buenos Aires. He has been living in Madrid since 2001 and has visited Bangladesh several times.

Oliver focuses on the human form, both male and female visages and still life. He is a powerful painter, and drawing is a major aspect of his works. His paintings are realistic.

Oliver has participated in a number of art fairs and group exhibitions. He has held several solo exhibitions in Spain, Mexico, Colombia, Costa Rica, Argentina and others countries.

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