Life – Majhi
Acrylic on canvas, charcoal drawings
Venice, 2019

“Majhi“ means sailor or boatman. In our daily life we all are “majhis” navigating through our lives. My country is Bagladesh, a place full of rivers, so boats are a part of daily life, just like in Venice. As an artist, I want to spread a messages of love through my work to create a positive world without hatred and jealousy. Sometimes we need a Majhi taking us on the same boat from all over the world to spread the message: we all are one.

Bio
Graduated in Drawing and Painting at the Institute of Fine Arts University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Uttam K Karmaker went on to study painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome and then specialised in Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts of Macerata, Italy.
He had solo exhibitions at Bengal Art Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2012; Biblioteche’ – Bhaktivedanta, Rome, Italy, 2011; Gallery Cassiopea, Rome, Italy, 2010; Biblioteche Koobe, Rome, Italy, 2009; among the others. Selected national and international group shows feature the International Watercolour Exhibit/Festival, Fabriano, Italy, 2019, 2018, 2017; International Watercolour Exhibit and Festival/, in India /Italy/Brazil/UAE, 2018; “Global Village”, Officina delle Zattere during the 56th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, 2015; the International Watercolour Biennal,(IWS) Bornova, Turkey. In 2019, his work is part of the Pavilion of Bangladesh at the 58th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, at Palazzo Zenobio, Venice, Italy.