MD TOKON'S "THE DEPTH OF SPACE" OPENS AT LEONARD TOURNÉ GALLERY

Leonard Tourné Gallery is pleased to present Md Tokon's "The Depth of Space," on view at our Soho location from Thursday, April 11 through Wednesday, May 1, 2013. The opening reception will take place April 11 from 6:30pm to 9pm.

A native of Jhenidah, Bangladesh, Tokon began painting at the age of ten, inspired by nature and human emotion. He likens his layering of paint on canvas to the layers of soil coating the walls of his home in Bangladesh, his brilliant use of color to power and strength, his brushstrokes to a sense of freedom. Tokon moved to New York more than a decade ago where he has embraced urban life and refined his technique, deftly fusing minimalism, impressionism and abstract expressionism.

American abstract painter Ronnie Landfield said recently of Tokon, "It is no small accomplishment to travel from one culture to another, to absorb what is universal and important from both cultures, and to be able to reflect those insights and create works of art that resonate meaning to all. Md Tokon has evolved into a very fine emerging young artist who has grasped the essence of the East and the West in his work."

Tokon holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drawing and Painting from the Institute of Fine Arts at Dhaka University and a Bachelor of Arts in Art and Communication Design from the City University of New York. He currently studies painting at the Art Students League of New York under the mentorship of Ronnie Landfield, Mariano del Rosario and Larry Poons. He received the Grand Prize in the AfterSputnik Art Project (New York, 2009) and the Red Dot Award (Art Students League, 2007 to 2011).

In addition to Leonard Tourné Gallery, Tokon's paintings have been exhibited at the Grace Art Institute, Aicon Gallery, Charles B. Wang Center, and the Behr-Thyssen Gallery in New York; Jorgensen Gallery in Connecticut; and the Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts in Dhaka, Bangladesh. His works belong to a number of private collections around the globe, including the Queens Museum of Art, the Bengal Foundation, the High Commission of Canada, and the Bangladesh Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

For more information or to RSVP for the opening reception, please contact Leonard Tourné Gallery at info@leonard-tourne.com or by phone at (212)219-2656.