Joydeb Roaja is an artist from the Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh. Much of his work — paintings, drawing installation and performance — are influenced by life and nature in the Hill Tracts. He wants to save indigenous and tribal cultures from destruction. He completed his M.F.A. in painting in 1999 from the Chittagong University. He is based in Chittagong, and is also involved with Porapara, an alternative art space.