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{{infobox person
|name=Shamim Sikder
|native_name=শামীম শিকদার
|native_name_lang=bn
|birth_date={{birth year and age|1953}}
|birth_place=[[Faridpur Division|Faridpur District]], [[East Bengal]], [[Dominion of Pakistan]]
|occupation=Sculptor
|relatives=[[Siraj Sikder]] (brother)
}}

'''Shamim Sikder''' (born 1953) is a Bangladeshi sculptor.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/381764.stm|title=Death threat for Bangladesh sculptor|date=June 30, 1999 |accessdate=June 11, 2016|newspaper=BBC}}</ref> She was awarded [[Ekushey Padak]] in 2000 by the [[Government of Bangladesh]].<ref name=foundation>{{cite web|url=http://www.bengalfoundation.org/artist/shamim-sikdar/|publisher=Bengal Foundation|title=Shamim Sikdar|accessdate=June 11, 2022}}</ref>

==Education and career==
Sikder enrolled at the [[Bulbul Academy of Fine Arts]] at the age of 15.<ref name=thread>{{cite web|url=http://www.artsthread.com/profile/shamimsikder/|title=Profile of Shamim Sikder|accessdate=June 11, 2016|newspaper=Arts Thread}}</ref> In 1976, she moved to Sir [[John Cass]] School of Art in London.

Sikder served as a faculty member at [[Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka]] during 1980–2001.<ref name=war/>

==Works==
In 1974, Sikder built a sculpture in Dhaka Central Jail to commemorate Father of the Nation.
* ''[[Shoparjito Shadhinota]]'' (1990)<ref name=war>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/sculptures-themed-on-the-liberation-war-2228|title=Sculptures themed on the Liberation War|author=Takir Hussain|newspaper=The Daily Star|date=December 13, 2013|accessdate=June 11, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/lifestyle/2012/09/01/centre.htm|title=mirrors of DOGMA|date=September 4, 2012|accessdate=June 11, 2016|newspaper=The Daily Star|author=M H Haider}}</ref>
* ''Swadhinata Sangram'' (1999)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/02/05/d40205110291.htm|title=An emblem of liberation|author=Palash Podder|date=February 5, 2004|accessdate=June 11, 2016|newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:Swaparjita Swadhinata - Sculpture by Shamim Shikdar - University of Dhaka Campus - Dhaka 2015-05-31 2413.JPG|Shoparjito Shadhinota, TSC, Dhaka University
Image:Sculpture Near Udayan School.jpg|Swadhinata Sangram, Dhaka University
Image:Statue of Swami Vivekananda.jpeg|Swami Vivekananda, Jagannath Hall, Dhaka University
</gallery>

==Awards==
* [[Ekushey Padak]] (2000)
* President's Award for Sculpture (1974)<ref name=foundation/>

==References==
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[[Category:Bangladeshi sculptors]]
[[Category:University of Dhaka faculty]]
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[[Category:People from Bhedarganj Upazila]]

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