Ohida Khandakar

Author: Khandakar Ohida

  • Dine Dupure (Daytime – All Time)

    Dine Dupure (Daytime – All Time)

    Watercolour and drawing on paper, 10 × 10 inches each, 2018

    Dine Dupure (Daytime – All Time) — full series of twelve panels displayed in a 4×3 grid. Each square painting on a warm ochre ground depicts figures, animals, and symbolic objects rendered in a flat graphic style with ink and watercolour washes. Watercolour and drawing on paper, 10 × 10 inches each, 2018.
    Dine Dupure — full series of twelve panels
  • The Way of Heaven

    The Way of Heaven

    Tempera on Wasli board, 26 × 18 inches each, 2018

    The Way of Heaven (panel 1) — a large tempera painting on Wasli board depicting intertwined figures in vibrant earth tones and deep blues, sprawled beneath a flowering tree on a crimson ground scattered with decorative blossoms. Tempera on Wasli board, 26 × 18 inches, 2018.
    The Way of Heaven (panel 2) — a second large tempera painting on Wasli board: figures in patterned garments move across a horizontal band of ochre and rust set against a vivid pink field, evoking procession, gathering, and ritual. Tempera on Wasli board, 26 × 18 inches, 2018.
  • Darkness of the Dark

    Darkness of the Dark

    Watercolour on paper, 8 × 10 inches each, 2017

    Darkness of the Dark (series view), watercolour on paper, 8 x 10 inches each, 2017. Five panels displayed in a horizontal row depicting shrouded figures — some seated, some reclining — on decorative rugs. Their bodies are rendered as dense, dark silhouettes with patterned textile details, set against pale, bloodstained washes.
  • Thonga

    Thonga

    Community art project, 2017
    Katha Community Centre & Open Ground, Govindpuri, New Delhi

    Developed in 2017 with fellow art practitioners Sharad Das and Dhrubajit Sharma, invited by Tracing Art in Public (TAP) to organize a community-based art project in Govindpuri, an urban village and slum in South Delhi mainly inhabited by migrated laborers from various states.

    Thonga workshop documentation: participants folding printed photograph sheets into paper carry bags (Thongas) at Katha Community Centre, Govindpuri, New Delhi, 2017. The six-panel composite shows the folding process, piles of completed bags, and a child holding finished Thongas printed with images of community homes.
    Workshop at Katha Community Centre, Govindpuri, 2017
    Thonga installation preparation: participants assembling bags at Katha Community Centre, a metal scaffolding structure, and the growing tower of photo-printed bags being constructed indoors. Bottom panels show the finished bags displayed on outdoor washing lines during the installation setup, Govindpuri, New Delhi, 2017.
    Installation in preparation
    Thonga, final day public display at Open Ground, Govindpuri, New Delhi, 2017. Community members — adults and children — gather around two large tower-form installations constructed entirely from handmade Thongas printed with photographs of their own homes.
    Final day public display, Open Ground, Govindpuri, 2017
    Thonga, final day public display at Open Ground, Govindpuri, New Delhi, 2017. Community members — adults and children — gather around two large tower-form installations constructed entirely from handmade Thongas printed with photographs of their own homes. The installation was exhibited for one day to invite community interaction and engagement.