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Shamim Sikder

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Native name
  
শামীম শিকদার

Occupation
  
Sculptor

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Born
  
1953 (age 63–64)
Faridpur District, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan

Shamim Sikder (born 1953) is a Bangladeshi sculptor. She was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2000 by the Government of Bangladesh.

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Education and career

Sikder enrolled at the Bulbul Academy of Fine Arts at the age of 15. In 1976, she moved to Sir John Cass School of Art in London.

Sikder served as a faculty member at Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka during 1980–2001.

Works

  • Shoparjito Shadhinota (1990)
  • Swadhinata Sangram (1999)
  • Awards

  • Ekushey Padak (2000)
  • Prime Minister's Award for Sculpture (1974)
  • References

    Shamim Sikder Wikipedia