Krishnachura, Poetry of Color

A prolific painter, Md Tokon started to paint when he was very young in his native Bangladesh and continues to produce remarkable paintings in New York City. One can easily detect a mature and skillful painter by the way he navigates space and handles the medium. The physicality and immediacy of his paintings are inspired moments of deep reflection; they transport the viewer to a place neither here nor there, a timeless place beyond the horizon. Md Tokon has evolved into a very fine emerging artist who has grasped the essence of the East and the West in his work. His recent abstractions are predicated on color, dark, light and space. The work he produce shares similarities with the lyrics of Bob Dylan & Rabindranath Tagore, which are simple, pure, and organic.

Md Tokon is an emerging painter who has been living in New York for over fifteen years, and has earned a significant reputation as a painter. He obtained his B.A. Art & Communication Design at The City University of New York, B.F.A. Drawing and Painting, The Institute of Fine Arts, Dhaka University. Also with the help of mentors, Tokon studied for many years at the Art Students League of New York. He received Richard Lillis Memorial Scholarship, New York 2010. Recently his works are exhibited Queens Museum of Art, New York; Charles B. Wang Center, Stony Brook University; Jorgensen Gallery, University of Connecticut; Dhaka Art Summit; John David Mooney Foundation, Chicago and various other locations.

Md Tokon’s work is in the many public & important private collections internationally. For more

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