Sri Sadashiv Kulkarni, alumni of the JJ School of Art, Mumbai and VITI in textile designing. Well known art teacher with over 33 years of experience in teaching.
As a sculptor, Sri Sadashiv Kulkarni has delivered many prestigious projects, including at O P Nayyar memorial, Thane, Rambhau Mhalgi memorial Thane, International airport Mumbai to name a few.
He has also designed cover illustrations and blurbs for many books, including ICSE Marathi textbooks. Also, is an editor of Nitya Nava Kala Sparsh, a bimonthly magazine. He also lead as the decorator of famous Ganesh mandala and a judge of decoration competitions organised by TMC, and political parties.
His artwork has been included in many exhibitions and works in many Indian Folk Art styles, including but not limited to Warli painting, Madhubani painting, Pichwai cloth painting, Gond art, Lippan art, Rogan art, Mandana art, Miniature painting, Minakari furnace work, Hand made clay work, Mask making, Sanjhi art, Tikuli art, Sumi-e Japanese and Tanjore painting.
But Master Ji has a special passion for Warli and is an authority when it comes to Warli Paintings. He has been supporting Warli Tribe and promoting Warli painting for over 40 years. He has lived with Warli tribe to understand their culture and truth behind Warli paintings. He has spent the last four decades researching and documenting his learnings on Warli Paintings.
Very excited to share that Sri Sadashiv Kulkarni has started a new project to pass on his knowledge to the younger generations. He will talk about the truth behind Warli paintings and show us how to draw Warli painting in his 32 capsules of “storytelling”. These self-learning online training programs will be an excellent resource for all art lovers and children who want to learn and understand how to draw Warli Paintings correctly.
It has been a great privilege to work with Master Ji and his student from Sydney, Australia, Mrs Shraddha Gupte to set up his self-learning Warli Courses on our International Indian Folk Art Gallery platform. His courses will be available in early March 2021. Will provide an update in coming weeks. Will certainly be a good fun family activity for the school holidays!
Wishing him all the very best,
Senthil Vel
Founder – International Indian Folk Art Gallery
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