He is known as one of the significant artists of newly founded East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) in the 1950s and studied at the Art College (currently known as the Institute of Fine Art, Dhaka University) along with other pioneers from that time including Murtaja Baseer, Rashid Chowdhury, Qayyum Chowdhury, Humayun Kabir, Zunabul Islam, Ekramul Huq, Emdad Hossain and others.
His art style is considered to be very versatile due to his usage and practice using three different mediums: sculpting, painting, and printmaking.
[3] After completing his studies in the United States, he returned to Dhaka and joined as an appointed teacher at Government Institute of Arts.
He spent a big portion of his lifetime at the Institute of Fine Arts in University of Dhaka both as a teacher and administrator.
At first, he became the Director in charge of the institution, after few years took up the position of an appointed professor, retired in 1993 but was reappointed with a 5-year arrangement under a new law added by University Of Dhaka.