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Endurance in Obscurity

Leans into the emotional and philosophical layer. Suggests persistence without clarity or resolution.

In your light, I learn how to love
in your beauty, how to make poems.
You dance inside my chest
where no one sees you,
but sometimes I do
and that sight becomes this art.
— Rumi

Discover Robii’s Story

Portfolio

Abu Naser Robii is a performance artist whose work is a fascinating blend of personal involvement and impersonal act. His performances explore Chinese Zen, Indian mythology, Islamic and Christian lore, and other spiritual concepts while commenting on the grave situations that ominously preside over present-day realities.

Works And Activities

Explore Abu Naser Robiis’s work and activities.

Paintings

Acrylic, oil pastel, and mixed media works exploring the tension between spiritual transcendence and contemporary realities.

Performances

Site-specific actions where the body becomes a site of inquiry, examining autonomy, spirituality, and endurance.

Social Practice

Community-engaged projects creating dialogue across boundaries, bringing art into everyday spaces.

Prints

Linocut and relief prints, including award-winning works from the National Young Artist Exhibition.

Watercolor

Luminous watercolor studies capturing the fluidity of emotion and ephemeral landscapes.

Drawings

Ink, charcoal, and pencil drawings reveal the thinking process behind the finished works.

Portraits

Intimate portrait works from an ongoing series, including commissioned projects.

Installations

Mixed-media installations transforming space into immersive imagined realities.

Conducted Workshops

Artist-led workshops fostering creative exchange across Bangladesh and internationally.

Curatorial Projects

Exhibitions curated through Porapara Space for Artists, connecting local and international practitioners.

Seminars

Artist talks and seminar presentations engaging with contemporary art discourse.

Exhibitions

Solo and group exhibitions from 2004 to present, spanning Bangladesh, South Korea, and beyond.

Porapara Space for Artists

Founded in 2004 by Abu Naser Robii, with the active cooperation of Joydeb Roaja, Hasna Hena Parash, Lucky Barua, Raihan Ahamed Rafi, and Satadat Barua, Porapara Space for Artists has provided a platform for young and emerging artists from Chittagong and other areas to engage with contemporary art practices.

Awards

Some Remarkable Achievements in Robii’s journey

Best Young Artist Award-2010

Award selected by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy Dhaka. It was a great mention of Robii’s excellence of Artistic expression in Print making medium.

Artists Residency

Robii Participated in many national and international artists residency program since 2005, He gathered multi cultural and multi disciplinary cultural and artistic experiences. you can get a test of that journey by visiting his blog about the residencys.

MAMF Festival Grand Award-2017

My social practice and public art project supported by embassy of Bangladesh, Seoul achieved Grand prize for out of box railway decoration contest in SOUTH KOREA at 2017.

Searching for the missing Mystery of Happiness

A decade-long spiritual Drawing, Painting, and Performance Project.