Rafee Uddin Mahmud
Rafee Uddin Mahmud, an architect by profession, sees his art as a medium for meditation that circumvents extreme emotion. Maneuvering his way through his desire to paint, the Bangladesh university of engineering and technology (BUET) graduate has been the recipient of numerous national and international awards, the lockdown caused by the pandemic worked as a catalyst for reentering the field of interest for the artist. Since then he has been painting on mostly large canvases in acrylic media.
While at school, Mahmud was drawn towards illustrations by Hashem Khan and Rafiq Un Nabi in Bangla books, however as he grew older, academic pressure forced his passion for art onto the sidelines until 2019. Now the artist and architect splits his time between his two professions through freelance.
The contemporary artist prefers acrylic mediums as “the colour dries quickly and correction in this medium can be done promptly”. He explained that acrylic paints may be applied on any surface including paper, wood/ plastic board, canvas and so forth. Often when he finds himself lacking canvases in his home, he turns to the readily available plastic boards to bring his creations to life.
