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Artist Statement:
The art of Suhas Tavkar shows
a unique relationship between
the human form and the human
touch that created it.
Ever since I could remember,
as a child growing up in
India, I was always fascinated
with our universe, thinking of
it as God's created largest
art gallery with display of
all different size planets and
stars. We see this God's
exhibit during the day with
the sunlight and at night with
the moonlight. So far, our
living planet is one of
nature's greatest art pieces.
Our oceans are God's created
largest and mysterious
aquariums. I think every
living creature on earth is an
artist and also a wonderful
piece of art by itself.
With that fascination towards
nature and art, I strived to
create something as unique as
the world around us.
Suhas Tavkar was born in 1942
and raised in Mumbai, (Bombay)
India. He was taught the art
of fingernail embossing as a
child, at the age of 4 by his
father Anant who in turn,
learned it from his father. As
a teenager, Suhas would
entertain his friends by
embossing their names in
calligraphy in both Marathi
(his native language), and in
English. ...
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Artist Galleries:
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Artist Reviews:
Graphic Design USA magazine,
New York: Suhas Tavkar is a
graphic artist who uses his
fingernails as tools to
produce intricate embossed
designs pressing into the
paper to the appropriate depth
and dimensions.
U&LC magazine, New York: by
Marion Muller
Most of us don't take our
fingernails too ...
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Collections:
Mary Morris,
Roosevelt Island, New York,
USA
Mr. Simon Alicea,
New York, New York,
USA
Mr. Shantaram,
Washington DC,
USA...
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Commissions:
Mr. Shantaram
Special Landscape design
before he left Bombay
for USA in 1975.
Mary Morris
New York,
Portrait of her Grand Child
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Exhibitions for Suhas Tavkar:
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Exhibitions include: Queens Main Public Library, New York City Ballet Gallery, Fingernail demonstration at Kate's Paperie in Soho and Indian show in Natural History Museum.
The New York Public Library, Donnell Library Center 20 West 53rd Street, New York, N.Y. and
gave live fingernail embossing demonstration IAAC's Erasing Borders 2008 group exhibition at Tabla Rasa Gallery March 12 to march 27,2008, Brooklyn, NY. and also in April 3-26th at The Guild Gallery, Manhattan, NY. And on March 22, 2008 Suhas gave a slide presentation about his artwork, at the Queens Museum of Arts. Also on April 1, Suhas was on ITV’s live show, being interviewed by reporter Ambalika, with two other artists who were participating in the IAAC’s Erasing Borders 2008 group shows in New York. Also from May 11-June 11 his work was in the Brownson Art Gallery, in Westchester, NY. Presently Suhas’ work is showing at the Hammond Museum, North Salem, New York in the Erasing Borders 2008 show until Sept. 5, 2008. From Oct 19 to Nov. 19, 2008, his work will be on exhibit once again, at the Queens Museum in the same Erasing Borders 2008 show.
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