Years ago when I was a young kid I used to see with keen interest products of clay created by village potters in my neighborhood. I would be fascinated by any spoiled pot and its distortion. I would use that clay to create some thing out of it. At the age of ten what interested me most was birds, cows and other animals. I would create them out of my imagination. This is how my lone journey to evolve into a sculptor began. These first few memories are still fresh in my mind. Later after completing my studies I took up a job of a teacher in the city of Surat and it gave me joy to impart knowledge to young minds. Simultaneously I took interest in architecture and perspective drawing. However, the conformist architecture could not hold my interest for long. I began to feel that it was restrictive and allowed very limited space for expressing my creativity. So after twenty years I abandoned that field to begin my own quest. I did realistic sculptures, murals and drawings and then graduated to semi-realistic forms. But still my inner artist was not satisfied so I began to create abstract forms using nature and human emotions. Finally I found my own technique to create sculptors using different materials. Currently my interest is in using fibreglass, cement or wood along with steel and glass. I call these forms "techno-sculpture" since they are sculpted by my own special technique. Each form has its own rhythm and layers just as human beings and nature has. Now that I have retired from my job I have more time on my hand to experiment and explore, go deeper into the depth of my heart where there is a vast raw materia
l for my art.
ARTIST PROFILE
Name Jitendra V Patel
Birth Date 1952 Gujarat
Qualification Post Diploma in Applied Art from M.S. University, Baroda (1975)
Occupation Lecturer in Govt. Polytechnic for Girls, Surat, Gujarat ( 1978 to 2009 )
Work hops The Indian Institute of Architects. Workshop in Surat
Building interaction with Industry & Institution at T.T.T.I. Bhopal (Feb 2004)
South Gujarat Art Teachers training workshop at Surat (Dec 2004)
Gujarat Kalaa Pratisthan for Landscape at Saputara
(Jan 2006)
Staff training program for Screen-printing at South Gujarat University (Jan 2007)
Engineering students of Gandhi Engg.collage Surat (fountain
Design )
Painting work shop conducted by Gujarat Kalaa Pratisthan in Surat from 2006 to 2009
Activity techno transfer program for rural area for south Gujarat by govt
Polycthnic for girls Surat from 2007 to 2009
Gujarat Kalaa Pratisthan for Landscape at TulsiShayam
(Feb 2009)
shows solo show in fine arts Baroda in December 2009
solo show in Paresh Rotary hall Surat.26 nov 2009
solo show in Lalit Kala Akademi. Ahmedabad
Group show from Gujarat Kalaa Pratisthan in Surat. 2006
from Gujarat Kalaa Pratisthan in Surat. 2007
from Squar art group Surat 2009
from Gujarat Kalaa Pratisthn 2010
Awards Gujarat Lalit Kalaa . 1st price for Graphic Design
(March 1984)
Gujarat Lalit Kalaa 1st price for sculpture
(june 2010)
Participation Gujarat Lalit Kalaa Academy for Graphic Design (1984)
Gujarat Lalit Kalaa Academy for Sculpture
(2005, 06, 08)
Installations Surat Circuit House (Mural & Sculpture)
L.N.T. Hajira, Surat (12’ Stainless steel Sculpture)
techno sculpture
Tue, 03/08/2010 - 05:27 — jitendra patelhi my friends
i have stated computer aided sculptures this technique is give us more flexibility & accurate, powerful tools for sculptor artist