[citation needed] His work focuses on ancestral and historical themes, following in the folk-tradition of Quamrul Hassan and Jamini Roy.

[2] Common themes in Abdus Shakoor's paintings include Bengali folk motifs and ballads; the "Mahua" and "Malua" love stories[1] (two romantic folk ballads from Eastern Bengal, dating back to around the 17th century, collected by Dinesh Chandra Sen in the 1920s and published in his Eastern Bengal Ballads)[3] as well as the Nakshi Kanthar Math.

Peacock and parrots as well as elephants, bulls, cats, tigers, serpents and lizards feature prominently in his works.

[citation needed] He is chairman of the Craft Department in the Faculty of Fine Arts at Dhaka University.

Among the awards Abdus Shakoor has won is a gold medal in the 15th National Art Exhibition at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka, in 2002.