Debashish has been working on the series, Contemporary Portrait of Bangladesh, for the last three years. For the biennale he submitted three pieces from the series, of which the third one won the Grand Prize.

After an inspiring success at national level, Debashish said, "Any award is a positive boost to an artist's creative energy. Contemporary Portrait of Bangladesh-3 is not a satire; rather it symbolically suggests the way out of the current crises. I believe that bold and compassionate leadership can guide the nation to a better position."

Using easily available materials such as brick dust and sand, Debashish has created texture of a crumpled paper on a blue platform in Contemporary Portrait of Bangladesh-3. According to the artist, "I learnt the use of materials and texture from my teacher Abu Sayeed Talukdar, who learnt ceramic work in China. I'm currently experimenting to come up with ways to make the expensive technique more economical and handy."

In fact, Debashish Pal has the urge to do something remarkable so that ceramic artists get their due respect. To quote him, "Usually painters and sculptors in our country are more appreciated than their contemporaries working in other mediums such as ceramics or tapestry. Students of IFA don't feel encouraged to study ceramics and as a result not much experimentations in the field are carried out. When I stood first at the pre-Bachelor level of Fine Arts at IFA, I chose ceramics as my subject. The decision was criticised by my teachers at IFA. I'm determined to take ceramic as a discipline, as per painting and sculpture."

Besides ceramics, Debashish does mural works. He said that in case of murals he follows the style of eminent Indian artist Subramaniam.

About his future plans, Debashish informed that next year he will arrange an exhibition of his ceramic works at the Bengal Gallery.