Started drawing as a child of 5 years. I used to draw on sand and on soil from my imagination and observations. Later painted graffiti on wall as a teenager in Bangladesh. As a youth with high interest in arts and paintings, during school and college-going years, I also started making notebook sketches on subjects of my interest. In 1986 I joined the advertising company in Bangladesh called “Prochar” as a junior artist, and entered the world of professional artists. In 1992, I came to Canada and joined “Bangla Barta” (a Bengali community journal of art, literature & statecraft) as an Art Director. In order to pursue my career further, later on I joined College Inter-Dec in Montreal as a student in 1995. I graduated from the College Inter-Dec with diploma in Computer Graphics in 1996. Following my graduation I moved to New York City to work as a graphic artist. After a brief stay there I decided to go for a short visit and marriage to Bangladesh – which ended up as a 5-year long stay! In Bangladesh, I started working in the field of Computer Graphics. I worked for Adcomm Bangladesh (a Bates Worldwide affiliate), an advertising firm in Bangladesh, and for Marka, an affiliate of 141 Worldwide. It was then I started to dabble in digital graphic painting as a hobby in my spare time. Later on I became more serious about my hobby and started painting professional grade digital arts. There are two distinct types of paintings that I have created – abstract art with geometric figures, and colorful images with fluid impressions. In case of the former, my inspiration was instigated by geometric and futuristic figures, while for the latter I was inspired by ripples on water and effects of oil on water. As for subjects, I was inspired by my wife and my child. Images of my wife during her pregnancy had profound impression on my paintings
Rabi Khan joined Fine Art America on March 18th, 2009.
