From Architecture to Art - Pragati Sharma

Identifying your true passion and to do what you love is not everyone is inherited with. It takes strong belief in self and courage to pursue your dreams and turning them into reality. Our today’s story covers an Architect cum designer, who identified her true potential as an artist to display her love and sensitivity towards Indian art, architecture and culture.

Artists Name: Pragati Sharma
Specialization:Experimental Painting in Assorted Media
Location: Connecticut, USA
Website:www.pragatisharma.tk

"I am lucky that I studied architecture and design and then chose to become an artist. It has given me a fresh perspective and vision…it has a very positive role to play in my art journey…" 

~ Pragati Sharma

Pragati Sharma is an emerging and fast evolving artist with several reputable shows and international recognitions in her bag. She is an industrial designer and an architect by qualification. Being tagged creative since early childhood, she continued to hone her artistic talents and went on to acquire her Bachelors in Architecture from college of Architecture in Lucknow & Masters in Product Design from the prestigious National Institute of Design, India.

Hailing from North India and having travelled and lived in many parts of the world, she understands and appreciates the beauty that is inherent in diverse cultures, tradition, art, and architecture. Her works are ethnic yet simplified and reflect her Indian roots. Pragati draws inspiration from her rich traditional esthetic values and then uses her unique visual interpretation to create an abstract medley to give a new meaning to her works.

"I am lucky that I studied architecture and design and then chose to become an artist. It has given me a fresh perspective and vision…it has a very positive role to play in my art journey…"

                                                           

"when you are in harmony with your inner-self, you start seeing and appreciating art everywhere. And then whole world becomes your canvas…"

Her works are often tied together by a story from the great Indian epics like the Mahabharata or the Ramayana to form the basic structure. She then add personality and individuality to these works through fine detailing that draws inspiration from every aspect of life around her like folk arts, fashion, people, music, home, media, culture and the environment. This is how she creates a balance between past and present. For Pragati it is essential to remain in touch with her roots while appreciating and seamlessly blending into her multi-cultural life in the west.

                                              

                                                   

Recently, she was selected as one of only 3 artists for a Habitat for Humanity public art Project in Vancouver, Canada and her art works have been selected for CRY (Child Relief and You) products in 2012. Her works were recently showcased at the world famous Times Square, on large bill boards as she was one of the selected artists by Artist Wanted.

Pragati’s works gets regularly featured in local newspapers and magazines.

To see more works by Pragati Sharma, visit her website - www.pragatisharma.tk

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Art - "Undream Design" by Mainak Ghosh

Intrigued by the mystical world of thoughts, driven by passion and tranquility to dive into the realms of human behavior is what forced him to pick up the brush and express the sublimity on canvas. An architect & experience designer by profession and an artist by choice, our  focus is on Mainak Ghosh, a young Bengali Christian from Kolkata.

Website/Blog: undreamdesign.wordpress.com

Email: d.undream@gmail.com

Born in the year 1980, since childhood he made his interests quite evident by experimenting with various materials and media like colors, paper, clay, stone, wood & junks. To hone his skills further, at a very early stage of life he got trained in fine arts and crafts under master Ramananda ji, famous painter, in the aegis of Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture. And thereafter learning the basics of digital art in the premises of Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata.

Continuing his creative journey, he got graduated in Architecture from Jadavpur University and completed his masters in design from prestigious IIT Kanpur.

Over his professional work span of around 6 years as Experience and Design consultant, he got an opportunity to travel across the globe and to explore and interact with people from diversified cultures and geography.

"Abstract depiction of real world scenarios has been my subject of interest" ~ Mainak

His proclivity towards capturing the ‘perceptions’ is also visible in his educational works as ‘sublime aspects of architectural awareness and perception of the society towards it’ and ‘ unraveling the conceptual model of perception of subjective information’, which constitutes the content of his architectural and master’s thesis.

He has recently founded ‘Undream Design’, which is a creative consulting firm based out of Kolkata and focusing on assimilation of Art and Architecture, beautification, staging including landscape, artistry, illumination etc.

The versatile architect-artist has a strong flair for teaching and academics. He has been actively associated with various renowned institutions including IITs, Jadavpur University, School of Illumination Science, Engineering and Design, Kanpur University, Loreto College etc. Very active and motivated speaker and author, he has presented in various forums including Indian Institute of Architects and Young Architects Festival, India.

Human thoughts, various characters their interactions with habitat, nature and other individual/s is his subject of interest. This feature has been especially evolved through the artists vision of urban dwellers, dwellings, gadgets, lifestyle related intricacies and ease; often a splash of nature creeping in. Mostly mixed media sketches, pen & ink, poster, acrylic, water-color, sometimes with intervention of digital medium; The artist has a strong affinity towards hand-drawn sketches and intricate pattern augmentation.

Early this year, Mainak exhibited his work in a group exhibition named as ‘T – a confluence’, which was a unique amalgamation of artworks by three different individuals from three different walks of life, a doctor, a painter and an architect. The exhibition was organized in G.C. Laha Centenary Art Gallery, Kolkata. The exhibition was inaugurated by famous painter, Ganesh Haloi, and has been visited by various eminent personalities from art fraternity and media.

                      

                         

                                            

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