TEJOSH HALDER
Tejosh Halder Josh’s practice centers on sculpture as a means of exploring the complexities of human existence, social reality, and psychological experience. Working across bronze, wood, fiberglass, and terracotta, he moves fluidly between abstraction and representation to investigate the expressive potential of the human figure. His sculptures often depict fragmented, restrained, or tension-filled bodies that embody vulnerability, resilience, and the enduring search for freedom. Rather than imitating reality, his works give material form to memory, emotion, and lived experience through a refined and contemplative sculptural language.
Born in Gopalganj, Bangladesh, in 1982, Tejosh Halder Josh studied Sculpture at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka, before completing a Master of Fine Arts at Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, India. His academic training, combined with a sustained engagement with the expressive possibilities of form and material, has shaped a practice that balances technical precision with conceptual inquiry, establishing him as an important voice in contemporary Bangladeshi sculpture.
Josh has exhibited extensively through solo and group exhibitions in Bangladesh and internationally. His works have been presented at major contemporary art platforms and sculpture exhibitions, earning recognition for their sensitive treatment of the human condition and their distinctive formal language.
His sculptures are held in public and private collections in Bangladesh and abroad. Through a practice grounded in observation, empathy, and material experimentation, Tejosh Halder Josh continues to expand the language of contemporary sculpture while offering profound reflections on the body as a site of memory, struggle, and human resilience.
Major Accolades:
Shilpacharya Joynul Abedin Gold medal at the Institute of Fine Art, University of Dhaka (2005)
Honorable prize at the 12th Asian Art Biennale, Bangladesh (2007)
Bengal Foundation Scholarship (2008, 2009, 2010)
Scholarship at Kalabhavana Visva Bharati, Shantiniketan, India (2010)
Ekushey Padak, Govt. of Bangladesh (2026)
