I grew up in an environment that values recycling objects and minimizing the waste of resources. This upbringing directly influenced my approach to making art. I express my journey of discovering new places and lives through the assimilation of abandoned things that are both natural and man-made, as well as through abstract line drawings. Last few years, I have been researching how different civilizations have altered their geographical map. And I found landscapes are intricate, teeming with flora, shifting rivers, histories of marginalization, constructed structures, segregation of ecology by borders, and more. The revealed knowledge of land use, ecosystems, societal histories, and geo-cultural aspects of The Earth serves as the basis for each body of my artwork.
My artistic philosophy is motivated by regenerative design, which holds that actions and material use exert a holistic benefit on all systems. My practice is built on material involvement. Surface is made by recycling used papers that I collect from different sources. Wet paper pulp is mixed with water, fallen leaves, and leftover tiny materials. Drawing with self-made natural ink captures the emotional evidence of my imaginative world and leaves a psychological impact.
The vague or visual lines in my automatic drawing provide the memory of fictitious maps and convey the global journal of cultural, environmental, and geopolitical diversity. I am from Bangladesh, a country that is highly vulnerable to climate change, shifts in environmental geopolitics, and natural disasters. That atmosphere inspires me to bring the ecological transformation of the world into my work. I explore the subject of how, as humans, our actions are influencing the planet during the ‘Anthropocene’ – a time that is uniquely ours.
