Gulshan Hossain


Syeda Marium Gulshan Hossain is a painter and installation artist based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Her work has been exhibited extensively. She currently serves as an Assistant Professor of the Department of Painting at University of Development Alternative Dhaka and is a member of the International Miniature Art Society of Florida, USA.

Training and painting style

Gulshan started her career as a self-taught artist. It was only later that she started attending numerous workshops and pursued a BFA degree from Dhaka and later a MFA Degree from Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton, UK.
As per the Daily Star, her paintings are inspired by the early 20th century art movement of Post-Impressionism combined with the philosophies conveyed in the Postmodernism movement. Her subject matters typically encompass nature, history, human sentiments, and sociopolitical issues. She has experimented in printmaking, collagraphs, monoprints, solar plate etchings, and silkscreen.

Effects of life experiences on her work and frequent subject matters

As per the Dhaka Tribune, Gulshan's background and early life experience influences her work greatly. She was born into the Syed family and many of her family members were the victims of the 1971 Liberation War. As noted by the eminent art critic and journalist Fayza Haq, all these have resulted in the artist frequently choosing the Liberation War, human trauma, old architectures, or abandoned mansions as topics of her work.

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