MOVING

SPIRITS
TEJOSH HALDER JOSH
MOVING
SPIRITS
TEJOSH HALDER JOSH
A CONTEMPORARY SCULPTURE
EXHIBITION BY EDGE GALLERIES

28 JULY - 11 AUGUST

THE
COURTYARD
AT PA R K H E I G H T S
 Edge, The Foundation is
happy to host Moving Spirits,
the 2nd solo exhibition of
contemporary sculptor
Tejosh Halder Josh.

His creations poignantly

convey the message to build
a better society. Josh
engages in the notion of
space with objects, and
architecture, thereby
enhancing our sense of
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are transformed
to fish, birds
to fish,
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expressions
expressions
throughthrough
familiar familiar
mediums. mediums.
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As we follow amorphousamorphous
beings –beings
ethereal
– ethereal
and playful,
and playful,
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of metal,ofthemetal,
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the universe
of the universe
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flowing flowing
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of acid treatment,
of acid treatment,
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the soothing
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thesecompositions
visual compositions
in sculpture
in sculpture
are quite are quite work into a box. He is an astute contemporary artist who
paint, we
paint,
are drawn
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a lively
to dialogue
a lively dialogue
between between
bold bold clever, hard
clever,
to hard
believeto believe
that they that
arethey
actually
are actually
made from
made from fills the viewer’s vision with wonder and fantasy, yet
movements
movements
contradicting
contradicting
peace andpeace
fluidity.
and fluidity.
The result
Theisresult is bronze! bronze! keeps us rooted to reality in a gentle yet powerfully visual
a detachment
a detachment
from thefrom
material
the material
plane, aplane,
sense aofsense of mode that very few are able to achieve – something that
timelessness
timelessness
that is both
that exhilarating
is both exhilarating
and beautiful
and beautiful
at at The nebulous
The nebulous
forms you
forms
seeyou
in the
seeworks
in theinworks
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andbring
wood,out
bring
a similar
out alyrical
similarnature,
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nature, perhaps
an an world, fast dwindling of spirit.
 Run - 16 | 2017 Run - 17 | 2017
Bronze Bronze
26 cm x 15 cm x 41 cm 31 cm x 15 cm x 43 cm
 Together we run
We see, we share and we learn
It’s not just a race

Run - 18 | 2017 Run - 19 | 2017

Bronze Bronze
86 cm x 20 cm x 30 cm 45 cm x 20 cm x 30 cm

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 Our fortitude
In reaching destination,
Indomitable

Run - 20 | 2017 Run - 21 | 2017

Bronze Bronze
16 cm x 36 cm x 60 cm 36 cm x 36 cm x 75 cm
A long way to go,
Let’s prepare for the journey.
Rest body and soul

Run - 22 | 2017 Run - 23 | 2017

Bronze Bronze
12 cm x 19 cm x 18 cm 18 cm x 12 cm x 22 cm
Run - 24 | 2017
Bronze
75 cm x 35 cm x 53 cm

Seeds germinating,
In search of light from the sun,
A competition

Run - 25 | 2017
Bronze
75 cm x 34 cm x 122 cm
 Lines & Space - 2 | 2017
Iron
180 cm x 155 cm x 76 cm

Lines & Space - 1 | 2017

Iron
200 cm x 55 cm x 170 cm
Curiosity
Reaches other dimensions
Through the space fabric

Lines & Space - 3 | 2017 Love, Shelter, Complexity & Hope - 1 | 2017
Iron Wood
140 cm x 100 cm x 140 cm 112 cm x 76 cm x 80 cm
FISHERMAN FARMER
While water is a blessing
for the farmer, the monsoon
inundates everything in
sight, merging f.ields with
ponds and lakes with rivers.

He wants to join the

boats that dot the endless
stretch of watery landscape.
Wait, the giant cookpot
comes in handy; turned over
and half-filled with water,
it’s a fun way to get out and
about. Moving with the fish
is even more fun as they
jump from the stream into
the lake and back.

The artist cleverly

captures that playful,
magical moment in the life
of the struggling farmer –
perched atop his monsoon
ride – the fish in innocence Fisherman Farmer | 2016
Mild Steel
playing around him. 100 cm x 120 cm x 170 cm
Love, Shelter, Complexity & Hope - 2 | 2017 Love, Shelter, Complexity & Hope - 3 | 2017
Wood Wood
110 cm x 65 cm x 80 cm 90 cm x 70 cm x 76 cm
Love, Shelter, Complexity & Hope - 4 | 2017 Love, Shelter, Complexity & Hope - 5 | 2017
Wood Wood
82 cm x 75 cm x 92 cm 85 cm x 65 cm x 85 cm
 Through realities, Limit of the line,
They visit the other worlds, Infinitesimally
The moving spirits Exaggerated

Run - 26 | 2018 Run - 27 | 2018

Bronze Bronze
30 cm x 30 cm x 50 cm 34 cm x 19 cm x 30 cm
 Endless promises,
Love, shelter, complexity
And hope embraces

Love, Shelter, Complexity & Hope - 6 | 2018 Love, Shelter, Complexity & Hope - 7 | 2018
Bronze Bronze
42 cm x 18 cm x 38 cm 42 cm x 24 cm x 31 cm
Love, Shelter, Complexity & Hope - 8 | 2018 Love, Shelter, Complexity & Hope - 9 | 2018
Bronze Bronze
35 cm x 19 cm x 19 cm 24 cm x 15 cm x 32 cm
 All the emotions
In hyper-realism
So incredible

Love, Shelter, Complexity & Hope - 10 | 2018 Love, Shelter, Complexity & Hope - 11 | 2018
Bronze Bronze
33 cm x 12 cm x 12 cm 29 cm x 18 cm x 20 cm
Love, Shelter, Complexity & Hope - 12 | 2018
Bronze
26 cm x 14 cm x 32 cm

Love, Shelter, Complexity & Hope - 13 | 2018

Wood
33 cm x 15 cm x 46 cm
Love, Shelter, Complexity & Hope - 14 | 2018 Love, Shelter, Complexity & Hope - 15 | 2018
Wood Wood
28 cm x 18 cm x 46 cm 30 cm x 22 cm x 26 cm
 Run - 28 | 2018 Run - 29 | 2018
Bronze Bronze
13 cm x 15 cm x 24 cm 19 cm x 14 cm x 23 cm
 Progressing forward,
Experience passes on.
The big trains the small.

Run - 30 | 2018 Run - 31 | 2018

Bronze Bronze
9 cm x 6 cm x 24 cm 24 cm x 8 cm x 18 cm
 Run - 32 | 2018 Run - 33 | 2018
Bronze Bronze
14 cm x 7 cm x 22 cm 12 cm x 10 cm x 16 cm
 Run - 34 | 2018 Run - 35 | 2018
Bronze Bronze
10 cm x 10 cm x 19 cm 10 cm x 5 cm x 22 cm
 TEJOSH HALDER JOSH
BIOGRAPHY
Run - 36 | 2018
Bronze
54 cm x 4 cm x 54 cm
 SOLO EXHIBITION
Tejosh Halder - most of us know him as Josh, is a
talented 38 year old sculptor from Gopalganj. He holds a 2007
Bachelors in Fine Arts in Sculpture from Faculty of Fine ‘Dual Contraction’ at Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, Dhaka
Arts, University of Dhaka (2007) and a Masters from
Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India
(2010).

Known for his striking works in Bronze and in GROUP EXHIBITION

wood, Josh is adept at many mediums including Fiber
Glass, Clay, Terracotta and Welding. Josh engages in the 2018
notion of space with objects, and architecture, thereby National Sculpture Exhibition
enhancing our sense of perception and reasoning – Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy
bringing to light the need for higher morals in the world
today. He incorporates new mediums, untested locally, 2017
into his repertoire. Scholarships and awards include, National Sculpture Exhibition
among others, Shilpacharya Joynul Abedin Gold Medal Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy
(2005) and Media Best Award (2006, 2008) from the
Faculty of Fine Arts, followed by scholarships from 2017
Bengal Foundation and Shantiniketan, India. He is the Dhaka Art Summit
youngest recipient of the 2017 Honorable Mention Samdani Art Foundation, Dhaka
Award for his sculpture titled “Serious Discussion” at the
12th Asian Art Biennale, Bangladesh. 2016
National Sculpture Exhibition
Josh is a member of the Sculpture Network in Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy
Munich, Germany and Britto Arts Trust in Dhaka. His first
solo and numerous group exhibitions have created such a 2016
splash, that it was only a matter of time that Josh would Dhaka Art Summit
be ready to share his multifaceted talent in a solo spread,
Samdani Art Foundation, Dhaka
so aptly titled Moving Spirits.
2015
National Sculpture Exhibition
Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy
EDUCATION 2015
MFA, Visva-Bharati University Dhaka Art Summit
Santiniketan, West Bengal, India Samdani Art Foundation, Dhaka

BFA, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka 2015

Dhaka, Bangladesh Dhaka Artist Group Exhibition
Dhaka Art Center, Dhaka

2014

AREA OF SKILL
Dhaka Art Summit
Samdani Art Foundation, Dhaka

Bronze Casting, Fiber Glass Casting, Wood Carving, Clay 2014

Modelling, Farness Making, Welding (Arc and Gas), and National Sculpture Exhibition
Terracotta, amongst various other techniques. Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy
2013
Dhaka Art Summit
2004
National Young Art Exhibition MAJOR AWARDS AND
Samdani Art Foundation, Dhaka Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy

2013 2003
COMMISSIONS SCHOLARSHIPS
National Art Exhibition Annual Exhibition of Faculty of Fine Arts Banyan Tree 2008
Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy University of Dhaka Thai Airways, Chittagong, Bangladesh Media Best Award
Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka
2012 2002 Bliss
Dhaka Art Summit Annual Exhibition of Faculty of Fine Arts Bay Developments Ltd., Dhaka, Bangladesh 2006
Samdani Art Foundation, Dhaka University of Dhaka Honorable Mention Award
Terracotta Work 12th Asian Art Biennale Bangladesh
2011 2001 Chevron, USA
Dhaka Art Summit Annual Exhibition of Faculty of Fine Arts 2006
Samdani Art Foundation, Dhaka University of Dhaka Complexity Media Best Award
Simpletree Anarkali, Dhaka, Bangladesh Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka
2010 2000
Kala Bhavana Annual Exhibition Annual Exhibition of Faculty of Fine Arts Composition in Space 2005
Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata University of Dhaka Southbreeze Square, Dhaka, Bangladesh Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin Gold Medal
Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka
2009 Asha Jaoa
Kala Bhavana Annual Exhibition Akashprodip, Dhaka, Bangladesh 2010
WORKSHOP
Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
Kala Bhavana, Visva-Bharati Scholarship
Resist (2nd edition) Santiniketan, West Bengal, India
2008
GLO'ART, Belgium
International Art Exhibition 2009 2010
Russian Center, Kolkata, India Repose Workshop, Kala Bhavana Institute of Fine Arts Bengal Group Scholarship
Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India Bengal Foundation, Dhaka
2007
International Art Exhibition
State Gallery, Hyderabad, India
2005
One month residence at Porapara Art Space, Chittagong,
COLLECTIONS 2009
Bengal Group Scholarship
Britto Arts Trust Serious Discussion Bengal Foundation, Dhaka
2006 Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka
12th Asian Art Biennale 2004 2008
Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy Movement Become Sculpture Untitled Bengal Group Scholarship
Britto Arts Trust and Awena Cozarnat France Uttarayan Museum, Shantiniketan, India Bengal Foundation, Dhaka
2005
Annual Exhibition of Faculty of Fine Arts 2004 Many other private collections across the country and
University of Dhaka Doccra Metal Casting Workshop abroad
(Traditional Casting Proceses)
2005 Britto Arts Trust
Vaskor Group Exhibition, La Gallery
Alliance Française de Dhaka 2002
Three month Acting and Set Design Workshop
2004 Prachyanat School of Acting and Design
Movement Become Sculpture, La Gallery
Alliance Française de Dhaka 2001
Three month 2D Animation Workshop
2004 Greenfield Toons
Annual Exhibition of Faculty of Fine Arts
University of Dhaka
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Design

Acknowledgements Photography
Mohidul Haque

Contributors
Amrita Varma
Iftekhar A. Khan

Special Thanks
Hissam Khandker

Curated by
Edge Gallery Team

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