“Painting for me is a release of positive energy in creating a work of beauty. It is meditative and cleansing for my soul.”
About Lobina Kalam
I am a Medical Doctor of Internal Medicine who has always loved Art in its various forms. I am also a poet. I have 2 books of poetry entiltled, "The Fulcrum", and, "Gossamer".
As a child in rural Bangladesh, I used to sketch. At the age of 5, I immigrated to the USA with my parents, sponsored by my Pathologist Medical Doctor uncle. I was a student of the Gifted and Talented School of PS 122 Queens. I then entered Bronx High School of Science where I took a Mechanical Drawing class. Right after graduation from high school, I worked the summer as a Tour guide at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
As a College student at Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA, I majored in Biology and minored in Psychology but did take two Art History Classes in 19th Century French Art as well as 17th Century Dutch Art. Finally, I took a studio art class at Haverford College, PA. I graduated Magna Cum Laude with Honors in Biology.
My passion for art did not end there. As a medical student at SUNY Stony Brook School of Medicine, NY, I became so exasperated with the science and rote memorization required of me, that I audited a class in Studio Art at the Undergraduate campus, while I was a second year medical student.
I then graduated Medical School and joined residency in Internal Medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center, NYC, where I continued to paint in my spare time. I graduated this training program in 2004 and joined Brigham and Women's Allergy and Immunology Fellowship training program. There, I took a sabbatical, and studied for a semester in Studio Art at the MFA (Massachusetts Fine Arts Museum).
Finally, while an Internist/Assistant Professor of Medicine at Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, I took a class in Studio Art at Queens College. I continue to paint and sketch in my free time. In fact, one of my paintings entitled poverty was shown in a group show in October 2017 at Local Project Art Space, (11-27 44th Road, LIC).
Painting for me is a release of positive energy in creating a work of beauty. It is meditative and cleansing for my soul.
Thank you.
-Lobina Kaniz Kalam, MD
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