Pramod Kamble

Pramod Kamble
Kamble in 2013
Born	(1964-08-11) 11 August 1964
Nationality	Indian
Known for	Artist
Website	www.pramodkamble.com

Pramod Kamble (born 11 August 1964) is an Indian artist as painter, sculptor and creative painter. He is a promoter of pushing eco-friendly idols, with NGOs promoting Ganapatis made of clay and painted in natural colours for a safer festival. He teaches classes on making such eco-friendly idols during Ganesh festival.

Early life

Kamble was born in 1964 in the family of artists. The painting and sculpture making skills has come from his father and forefathers, who were artists, too. His father was an eminent water colour artist and principal of an art institute. He won the National Talent Scholarship for sculpture in Std. 7th. He did his Foundation course and Art Teacher Diploma in Pragat Kala Mahavidyalaya, Ahmednagar. Then he joined Sir JJ School of Arts, Mumbai.

Career

Notable portraits, creative paintings and sculptures

• Demonstration of 6 ft. clay panel of Belur Krishna to the Russian delegates who visited his college. Theme monuments of scientists viz. Albert Einstein, Newton, Darwin and Aryabhatt in a residential project in Pune. Ten huge sets which comprises paintings and sculptures of majestic size on the life of Swami Narayan at Swami Narayan temple at Baroda.
• Sculptures of 52 life size models of wild animals has been put up on a permanent Installation in Madhya Pradesh, Pune, Mumbai, Nasik etc.
• 'The Spirit'- A pencil drawing on the wall of dimension 90 ft. by 10 ft. depicting a brief history of evolution of Mechanised Infantry Regimental Centre (MIRC), the theme trophy cast in silver for the Silver Jubilee celebrations (MIRC), and the prestigious War Memorial (MIRC).
• 1:5 scaled model of Abhay tank for Vehicle Research Development and Establishment (VRDE),Charger at ACC&S.
• Wild animal Sculptures for West Indies
• A 70-foot-tall statue of Sai Baba at the prasadalay in Shirdi.

Donations by sketching

During calamities he collected donations from common people sketching them on the streets of Ahmednagar city and donated the amounts to relief funds of Killari earthquake, Bhuj earthquake and Kargil war respectively.

Save the environment initiative

He is promoting the idea of clay idol to be install in each and every house during the Ganapati festival and through this innovative workshop to teach the making of Ganapati idols to each individuals participating the workshop. He is promoting for idols of clay instead of Palter of Paris which are not easy to dissolve in the water. He has taken many workshops in the schools and colleges of Ahemdnagar and teaching the participants for the same. In Mumbai, the height of Ganesh idols is too high. In that case, he suggested to use fiberglass idols instead of plaster of Paris. His wife Swati supports him in this initiative.

Sare Jahan Se Achcha Project

Main article: Sare Jahan Se Achcha (pencil sketch)

A very large pencil drawing "Sare Jahan Se Achcha" – 70 ft. by 20 ft. in dimension was drawn by Kamble. The project started in the year 1996 and was completed on the eve of Independence of 1997. It commemorates the Nation on the occasion of 50 years of Independence on the specially prepared wall of Mahavir Art Gallery in Ahmednagar. This drawing portrays Bharat Mata and almost 500 notable people including sages, deities, freedom fighters, Bharat Ratna awardees, Dadasaheb Phalke awardees, GyanPeeth awardees, Param Vir Chakra recipients and the masters in various fields of life that includes sports-persons, musicians, dancers, painters, theatre personalities, singers, social activists and industrialists.

Awards and achievements

• Govt. of India Scholarship CCRT for Sculpture
• Maharashtra State Award for Painting - 1979-80
• Maharashtra State Award for Sculpture - 1981
• 1st Award for J J School of Art Annual Exhibition - 1981-82
• Special award for Art Society of India for Sculpture - 1983
• Advocate club of Mumbai, Award for Calligraphy - 1983
• Logo design award for mental hospital - 1984
• Maharashtra state award for painting - 1984
• Portrait painting award from Bombay art society Mumbai - 1984
• Special award for sculpture in J J School Art annual art exhibition - 1984
• Ashok Jain award for pencil drawing - 1984
• Maharashtra state award for drawing - 1986
• CEAD award for calligraphy - 1983
• CEAD organised art exibution social service campaign award - 1990
• Rotary club of Ahmednagar - Lifetime achievement award for "Sare jahan se achha" project - 1999
• Felicitation from INdian Army Regiment MIRC for sculpting the War memorial and silver jubilee Trophy - 2005
• Savedi bhusan award 0 2005
• Mahatma Phule lifetime achievement award - 2010
• Shilpgaurav Puraskar – 2013 in Pune by B.R. Khedkar Pratishtan, Pune
• Bombay Art Society, Art Society of India awards
• Awards in the Applied Art category in the theme communicating National Integration
• Kalagaurav Puraskar
• Kala Gaurav Puraskar in 2011
• World Records of India in 2014 & 2015

Shilpgaurav Puraskar – 2013 was awarded to Pramod Kamble

Works

Sculpture

• Shivaji
• Various sculptures in Ahmednagar city

Works on wall

• Sare Jahan Se Achcha containing sketches of 500 renounced personalities of India
• A pencil drawing on a wall in the central hall of the Alpha Mess at the Mechanised Infantry Regimental Center (MIRC), Ahmednagar

Other projects

• Eco-friendly idols during Ganesh festival