Venkatesh Gattem | |
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| Born | 28 May 1996 Visakhapatnam, India |
| Occupation | Micro Artist, Architect, Designer, Urban Planner |
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| Awards | Guinness World Record, National Youth Award, Limca book of records |
Venkatesh Gattem is an Indian micro-artist. He has carved many sculptures and names on a wide range of mediums, including toothpicks and pencils. He came to notice after winning the Guinness World record for carving the Empire State Building on a toothpick.
Early life and career[edit | edit source]
Gattem was born in Chinadoddigallu village, Visakhapatnam district on 28 May 1996.[1] His father Suribabu supports his family as farmers and his mother Satyavati is a housewife. He completed schooling at Gowtham Model School and Graduated from GITAM school of architecture in 2019.[2]
Art[edit | edit source]
Venkatesh started his first sculpture after the tenth standard, a miniature of Lord Ganesh on Bangles. With constant support from his family, he continued his work as a micro-artist.[3] Some of the well-known micro-sculptures made by Venkatesh Include, Empire State Building on Toothpicks, which helps him to bag Guinness world record in 2017.[4]
Legacy[edit | edit source]
Venkatesh conducts annual workshops to teach youth about Micro-art in more than 80 schools, mostly in government and rural areas.[5] He has trained about 15,000 students. He teaches children to make decorative items out of Waste Materials.
Awards[edit | edit source]
- Guinness Book of records for world's smallest Empire State Building on a toothpick in 2017[4]
- Limca Book of Records in 2016
- India book of records for 90 cm tall Eiffel Tower with empty thread reel in 48 hours[1]
- Rashtriya Gauram Samman by NYAFI in 2018
- Ugadi Puraskar by the Government of Andhra Pradesh in 2018
- Honorary Doctorate from International peace University, Germany
- National Youth Award in 2019 by Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India[6]
- World Records India for Miniature Matchstick carving.[7]
- Unique World Records for biggest Paper boat mosaic made by Most Paper boats.[8]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "MINIATURE EIFFEL TOWER USING WASTE THREAD REEL". India Book of Records. 10 August 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ↑ "Meet Gattem Venkatesh, a micro artist from AP, who carves intricate designs on soaps and even toothpicks". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ↑ Devalla, Rani (11 May 2019). "Art should be made accessible to all". thehansindia.com. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Devalla, Rani (28 June 2017). "Miniature wonder fetches him place in Guinness Book of World Records". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ↑ Talukdar, Debalina (14 August 2019). "City youth bags national award: Minister Kiren Rijiju". thehansindia.com. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ↑ "Shri Kiren Rijiju confers the National Youth Awards for excellent work and contribution in different fields of development and social service". pib.gov.in. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ↑ "MINIATURE MATCHSTICK CARVING". World Records India – First Indian World Record Book since 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ↑ Limited, Unique World Records (25 December 2017). Unique World Records 2017: Unique World Records 2017 Digital Edition. Symbion Books. ISBN 9788193394502.
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