Pramod Kamble (born 11 August 1964) is an Indian artist, painter and a sculptor.[1] He promotes eco-friendly idols with NGOs creating Ganapatis made of clay and painted in natural colours for a safer festival. He conducts classes on making such eco-friendly idols during Ganesh Chaturthi.[2]
Kamble was born in 1964 into a family of artists. His father was a known watercolor 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, before joining Sir JJ School of Arts, Mumbai.
Career
Notable portraits, creative paintings and sculptures
Demonstration of a 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 comprise 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.[3]
A 70-feet-tall statue of Sai Baba at the prasadalay in Shirdi.[5]
He installed a sculpture of a lion's head at Sachin Tendulkar's house.[6]
Donations by sketching
During calamities, he has collected donations from people by sketching them on the streets of Ahmednagar and donating the proceeds to relief funds for the Latur earthquake, Gujarat earthquake, and Kargil War respectively.
Save the environment initiative
He encourages the idea of clay idol to be installed in every house during the Ganapati festival and conducts workshops for making clay Ganapati idols. He promotes 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 Ahmednagar. In Mumbai, since the height of Ganesh idols are high, he suggests using fiberglass idols instead of plaster of Paris. His wife Swati supports him in this initiative.[2][7]
A 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- 1984
Maharashtra State Award for Painting- 1984
Portrait Painting Award from Bombay Art Society- 1984
Special Award for Sculpture in J.J. School of 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 Exhibition 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- 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
