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Artist Statement:
IMMORTALS
Since childhood I was surrounded with art and music as my late father Shri Sunderlal Soni was a musician as well as a painter. Being a mechanical engineer by profession, I would manage to devote most of the time to art and I would always think about how I would let my creative skills on to canvas. I would often make sketches/water paintings and make notes from nature and my surroundings.
When I got the time and opportunity, I thought to create something unique, i started working in the form of 'collages' created by natural materials like dried flowers, leaves, twigs,petals etc. Things that were discarded by nature to perish in time became a starting point for my mind. I started collecting these materials to use them as natural forms and textures to create my compositions. To suit my way of working, I found a way to treat bark of palm-tree leaves and make them my canvases. It became an interesting process of finding objects and elements from nature and rejuvenate them which offers a new life and identity in my compositions.
My subject matter included sights and scenes from Jabalpur, my home town, like 'Bheda...
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Artist Exhibitions:
SOLO SHOW
* Miniature paintings exhibition(on wooden flat base of match box)at
local Art Gallery
* Collage Work Show in various cities of Madhya Pradesh,India
* Collage Works created from natural materials like dried flowers,
leaves,petals,twigs etc.on*bark of palm tree-leaves(*bark selected as
canvas)recent...
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Artist Galleries:
a/ Contemporary art gallery, Ahmedabad, Gujrat, India.
b/ Alborques -(on line gallery) ...
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Commissions:
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Basant Soni Biography:
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Age
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58
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| Gender |
Male
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| Status |
Married
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| Children |
2
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| Religion |
indian |
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| Education |
Professional Degree |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
water-painting,generation of collages using all natural materials,classical music and interested in spiritual talk/discourses.Also delivering technical lectures. |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Collage
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
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| Favorite Work of Art |
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
As my father was a musician and painter, during childhood,i used to devote most of
time with classical music or work of his paintings. Subsequently, i devoted my leisure time deeply in his paintings work.The expression of my inner feelings through painting/collage gave me satisfaction apart from my engineering profession. My father was a real inspiration in development of my art. |
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
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| Your Personal Biography |
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