Kalidas Karmakar | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Education | Government College of Art & Craft |
Known for | printmaking, painting |
Kalidas Karmakar (born 10 January 1946)[1] is a Bangladeshi artist.[2] He specializes in viscosity printing.[3] He was awarded Shilpakala Padak (2016) by the Government of Bangladesh for his contribution to fine arts.[4]
Karmakar completed a two-year pre-degree course at Institute of Fine Arts at the University of Dhaka. In 1969, he later graduated from Government College of Art & Craft in Kolkata.[1] His first ever-major solo exhibition was held at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy Gallery in August 1976. He worked with the English painter Stanley William Hayter.[3]