[6] He studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Dhaka during 1966-1969 when Zainul Abedin and Mustafa Monwar were his teachers and mentors.

Etching allowed him his first success in Spain in the early seventies when he was included in the short-lived Grupo Quince,[7] which gave him a platform to be in touch with the vanguards of the technique; he worked alongside artists such as Antonio Saura, José Guerrero, Amadeo Gabino, Lucio Muńoz, Alfonso Fraile, Niels Borch Jensen, Carmen Laffón, Antoni Tàpies Juan Romero, Miguel Ángel Campano, Rafael Canogar, Fernando Zóbel, and Luis Gordillo.

[9] The works of Monirul Islam are easily recognizable for the harmonious balance of the empty space and delicate lines, texture and forms that transcendent and transform the versatility and diversity of life through his own developed style and continuous experimentation of techniques.

Through his works - etchings, paintings, monotypes, or watercolor - speaks in a language that has been created with rhythms of colors, graphics, and alludes forms and his wisdom, spiritual sensibility and technical skills.

[2] In 2008, a documentary film entitled "Phera/ফেরা" (The Homecoming),[11] on the life and work of Monirul Islam, was directed and scripted by Fahmida Akhter.