With the support of Bangladesh High  Commission in Colombo,  a painting exhibition of a Bangladeshi  Painter  Kazi Salahuddin Ahmed   was held at the National Arts Gallery  ( Eastern Wing).

The painting exhibition was inaugurated by Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka  Hussein A Bhaila recently.  The Secretary of the Ministry of Cultural and National Heritage of the Government of Sri Lanka was present as a special guest.   The Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industries of Sri Lanka (FCCISL) supported the painting exhibition with a view to promoting exchange of arts and culture between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

The title of the exhibition is "Rhythm of a City". Born in 1963 in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Kazi Salahuddin has held about 16 solo exhibitions at different art galleries and venues around the world including Bangladesh. These include Bangladesh Gallery in Kolakata, Birla Academy of Arts and Culture in Kolkata, Nomad Center and Art Gallery in Karachi, Jehangir Art Gallery in Mumbai, Chuwa Galleery in Ginza,Tokyo.

 A free lance artist , Kazi  Salahuddin  has  been awarded prizes that includes  honorable mention award at the 13th Asian Art Biennale in Dhaka in 2008, International Miniature Art Show , USA  and at the  10th Georgia Miniature Art Society USA.

Under the theme"Rhythm of a City"   the painter Kazi Salahuddin brings together an array of paintings shows unyielding loyalty to the artist’s spirited expression. Through the meditation of the mental hue he characterizes the real, sometimes to speak a language that takes its cue from a rapturous gaze and at others to spell out the precariousness of the world we live in. But each time the shapes and lines which the artist employs with certain dexterity , it comes together to uphold the spirit that draws its strength from the brio built around the concept of the picaresque and the polyphonic assembly of colors.

As an inhabitant of old city i.e. Old Dhaka he is deep into the swirl of things that are centered on the inhabitants unwavering jest for life. Taking the cue from the collective spirit most of his paintings gives off an overwhelming sense of joy , which at times lead up to an emotional  spillover . Kazi Salahuddin is a painter who would rather paint the reality than lying in bare for all to see.