Statement:

My practice began as a traditional ceramic artist. In 2008, however, while attending Raku workshops in Dhaka and Chittagong, I was exposed to this Japanese art form. Bringing a new aspect to my practice since then, I created and moulded unique, mechanical and self-modeled raku & ceramic sculptures. This exploration of techniques and use of china clay was to create nonfunctional and experimental pieces about our basic needs, crisis, contemporary life and terrorism.

Usually, I depict the ceramic pieces with self-portraiture or body fragments. I feel that I’m questioning myself within the quotes, “know thyself’’. Sometimes this concept dictates and develops the work to take another direction and media such as installation, performance and in video.

Raku, meaning delight or joyful, is a traditional Japanese art form having its roots in ceramics. The technique used in Raku entails burning white clay in low temperature with sawdust, dry leaves and newspaper, followed by instantly cooling it in water so that a carbon texture is formed over the surface. Aside from everyday use, Raku has become popular for its aesthetic value both in the East and West. In my artistic quest, I’d like to express life and time - life that is contemporary and time that is fleeting. Some of my work aspires to be considered as an ‘artifact’. It is also about deconstructing traditional art forms through contemporary means.