Winners of 26th Berger Young Painters’ Art Competition announced

The winners of the 26th Berger Young Painters' Art Competition" (BYPAC) were announced in a ceremony held at Gulshan Club, Dhaka, recently. Six young and promising artists were rewarded for their brilliant artworks.

Suborno Chakraborty Tonmoy became the champion, winning an amount of BDT 1 lakh for his artwork "Close Up" while Md Moazzem Hossain and Md Mezanur Rahman secured the runner-up and second runner-up positions respectively, winning remunerations of BDT 75 thousand and BDT 50 thousand.

The other winners were Mohammed Fakhrul Islam Mazumder, Asif Al Nur Ratul and Md Ariful Islam. All the winners were presented with crests and certificates as well besides the prize money.

A total of 411 artworks, submitted by 373 participants, were evaluated by the jury. The jury members were Prof Nisar Hossain, Maksuda Iqbal Nipa, Professor Dr Bazlur Rashid Khan, Farhana Ferdousi, Professor Anisuzzaman and Kamal Uddin. 

"Selecting the best five or six paintings from so many amazing submissions was quite challenging for us," shared Prof Nisar Hossain, Chairman of the Jury Committee and Dean of Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka. "However, it also meant that we have some wonderful artists in the making, so we must help them cherish their dreams and nurture the talent for the future."

Rupali Chowdhury, Managing Director of Berger Paints Bangladesh was also present at the event, among others.

"The BYPAC has been our signature initiative since 1996 to stand by the next generations of painters in Bangladesh. We are proud to honor and encourage the talented artistes for pursuing their passion," she said. "Keep painting and let your colors make the world a happier place".

Berger received submissions for the competition from July to September, 2021, in mediums – oil, acrylic, watercolor, sketch, line drawing, printmaking, and mixed media.