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A two-day art workshop on etching and print making media at the Fine Art department of the University of Development Alternative, Dhaka ended on Saturday.

Eminent Bengali artist Shahid Kabir who lives in Spain, conducted the workshop. Some 40 fine art students from Dhaka University, Shanto-Marium University of Creative Technology, Narayanganj Art College and the UODA participated at the workshop.

UODA organised the workshop aiming at introducing unique style and technique used by Shahid Kabir among the fine art students of the country, said Nasima Haque Mitu, MFA course coordinator at the UODA.

The organiser will hold an exhibition at the Gallery Chitrak, featuring the art-works sketched by the participants at the workshop. 'I am impressed at getting innovative ideas from the young fine art learners in Bangladesh', said Shahid Kabir. 'More such workshops need to be organised to promote the progress of fine art in Bangladesh', he added.

Born in 1949 in Bangladesh, Shahid Kabir, who graduated in Fine Arts from Dhaka University in 1969, had worked as a teacher at the same faculty for nine years. He has been living in Madrid of Spain since 1980.

He has won a number awards including at home and abroad. He received the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy awards in 1975 and 76 and Carmen Arozamena Prize in Madrid in 1984.