Endangered Folk Arts of India Exhibition & Sale

Endangered Folk Arts of India Exhibition & Sale

International Indian Folk Art Gallery (IIFAG), Australia in partnership with Kalasparsha group, India proudly presents some of the “Endangered Folk Arts of India”

We will be curating a unique collection of 80 artifacts, 40 handpicked artworks from all parts of the country and another 40 winning artworks from Lok Kala Ratna Award 2021 (see below for details).

Lok Kala Ratna Award 2021

• Sridhar Adhith

Southern Region

1. Tejaswini Bharathimohan
2. Sridhar Adhith
3. Samhitha Digavalli

Eastern Region

1. Abhiram Anand
2. Aganitha Pragna
3. Tapasya Vernekar

Open Category

1. Shree Sahithya
2. Kirthi Anand
3. Dhia Nakaraj

Lok Kala Ratna Award 2021

• Shimpi Sahu

Southern Region

1. Deepika V
2. Sridhar Geethigasree
3. Samrudhi Dhat

Open Category

1. Aditya Anand
2. Anubhuti AS
3. Roshni Chandramohan

Lok Kala Ratna Award 2021

• Simmi Rishi

Eastern Region

1. Meenakshi Karanwal
2. Tejal Desai
3. Simmi Rishi

Western Region

1. Mrs .Praveen Khare
2. Dilip Puranik
3. Anjali Agarwal

Southern Region

1. Dilip Puranik
2. Grishma Shah
3. Surya Kumari Kolisetti

Open Category

1. Vrinda Bhargava
2. Dr. Chhaya Kumari

Lok Kala Ratna Award 2021

• Nagumalli Prasad

Eastern Region

1. Shruti Subramani
2. Chandra Bhushan Kumar
3. Priya Kakkar

Western Region

1. Anita Dalavi
2. Sanjay Balkrishna Parhad
3. Bhumi Naik

Open Category

1. Ekta Arya
2. Suresh Chaudhary

1. Aareen Dutta Majumder
2. Abhiram Anand
3. Aganitha Pragna
4. Akshita GS
5. Allen Jose
6. Ameya Rohit
7. Anvi Kalothia
8. Aron Raj
9. Dhairya Gaur
10. Dhia Nakaraj
11. Jigyasa Borkakati
12. Kirthi Anand
13. Kirtimayee Swain
14. Kuhu Kacher
15. Lakshana K
16. Lavanya Gaur
17. Mahasvin Mouly
18. Mythri T S
19. Pahal Gaur
20. Parees Tayade
21. Rhythm Ghai
22. Samhitha Digavalli
23. Shree Sahithya
24. Sridhar Adhith (2nd)
25. Sridhar Adhith (LKR21)
26. Tanvi Jadhav
27. Tapasya Vernekar
28. Tejaswini Bharathimohan
29. Thrilok Sairam Vidhyasagar
30. Utkarsh Thakur
31. Vaaruni BhargavaVanshika Gajjala
32. Vivaan Shende
33. Yazhini A.D

1. Aditya Anand
2. Akshaya Nunna Venkata
3. Amrita Soni
4. Anjana Sathish
5. Anubhuti AS (2nd)
6. Anubhuti AS (MFA)
7. Bala Aniksanth Sudharsan
8. Deepika V
9. Harshiya L
10. Jiya Sachdeva
11. Juni Mehar P
12. Kavya Chamria
13. Kirthana Thamizhiniyan
14. Komal Walimbe
15. Pranav Gaur
16. Roshni Chandramohan
17. Samruddhi Dhat
18. Sangramjeet Swain
19. Seetha Lakshmi Harikumar
20. Shaik Nabeel
21. Simmi Swaraj
22. Sridhar Geethigasree
23. Subodh Kumar
24. Shimpi Sahu

1. Aastha Deepali
2. Aayushi Verma
3. Abhilasha Jha
4. Aman Soni
5. Anjali Agarwal
6. Antara Verma
7. Anup Sinha
8. Chaitali Maji
9. Chandana E S
10. Dilip Puranik (1st)
11. Dilip Puranik (2nd)
12. Dr. Chhaya Kumari
13. Dr. Jigyasa Garg
14. Grishma Shah
15. Jagruti Katariya
16. Jayasri Ganesh
17. Krushna Bhusare
18. Lakshmi Priya K
19. Malarvizhi Krishnasamy
20. Mdm Susiladevi Velusamy
21. Meenakshi Karanwal
22. Minauti Swadia
23. Mrs. Praveen Khare
24. Neerja Kujur
25. Prachi Mehrotra
26. Prakruthi Dwarakanath
27. Ranvir Singh Sodi
28. Rupesh Ghorkhana
29. Shruti Sharma
30. Shweta Ji
31. Simmi Rishi (LKR2021)
32. Simmi Rishi (3rd)
33. Supriya Kumari
34. Surya Kumari Kolisetti
35. Tejal Desai
36. Vijaya Lakshmi Nara
37. Vipul Patel
38. Vrinda Bhargava
39. Yogesh Yogi

1. Anil Vangad
2. Anita Dalavi
3. Bhumi Naik
4. Chandra Bhushan Kumar
5. Debjani Ghosh
6. Devanshi Damani
7. Dhatri Thanki
8. Ekta Arya
9. Ganesh Shingne
10. Haripriya V
11. Hema Vijaykumar Thakur
12. Jagruti Devendra Singh
13. Manish Shrotriya
14. Mou Dutta Basu
15. Nagumalli Prasad (LKR2021)
16. Nagumalli Prasad (MFA)
17. Neela Madhav Sahoo
18. Nirali Rana
19. Pallavi Singh
20. Paramjeet Kapoor
21. Prasad Mestri
22. Priti Karn
23. Priya Kakkar
24. Rajendra Sikligar
25. Rakesh Vyas
26. Ravindra Diwate
27. Ritika Kumari
28. Sagar Shirsath
29. Sanjay Balkrishna Parhad
30. Satish Tayade
31. Shruti Subramani
32. Sujit Das
33. Suresh Chaudhary
34. Vandita Shrivastava
35. Vibha Singh
36. Vidya Repal
37. Vishnu Vikraman

Updated: 2-Nov-2021

Very pleased to present the “Top Five Finalists” chosen by the judges through technical scoring. Please watch the presentation video for details.

Congratulations to all the “Finalists”

Lok Kala Ratna Award 2021 Team

Abhiram Anand
Aganitha Pragna
Aron Raj
Dhairya Gaur
Dhia Nakaraj
Kirthi Anand
Parees Tayade
Rhythm Ghai
Samhitha Digavalli
Shree Sahithya
Sridhar Adhith
Tejaswini Bharathimohan

Aditya Anand
Akshaya Nunna Venkata
Anubhuti AS
Deepika V
Juni Mehar P
Kirthana Thamizhiniyan
Komal Walimbe
Roshni Chandramohan
Samruddhi Vishal Dhat
Shaik Nabeel
Shimpi Sahu
Sridhar Geethigasree
Subodh Kumar

Abhilasha Jha
Chaitali Maji
Dilip Puranik
Dr. Chhaya Kumari
Grishma Shah
Krushna Bhusare
Meenakshi Karanwal
Mrs .Praveen Khare
Simmi Rishi
Surya Kumari Kolisetti
Tejal Desai
Vrinda Bhargava

Anil Vangad
Anita Dalavi
Bhumi Naik
Chandra Bhushan Kumar
Ekta Arya
Mou Dutta Basu
Nagumalli Prasad
Neela Madhav Sahoo
Priti Karn
Priya Kakkar
Rajendra Sikligar
Ravindra Diwate
Sanjay Balkrishna Parhad
Satish Tayade
Shruti Subramani
Sujit Das
Suresh Chaudhary
Vishnu Vikraman

Competition Update: 5th Oct 2021

Dear Participants,

The submissions for Lok Kala Ratna Award 2021 ended this weekend successfully. We did extend the deadline by a couple of days to assist children who had their exams in September. Hopefully they all did well 🙂

All qualified artists (see list below) need to send their artwork to International Indian Folk Art Gallery’s office, either in Chennai, India or Melbourne, Australia address before 15th October 2021. Details have been sent to all participants via email. If you have not received your email, please contact support@indianfolkart.org 

*Instructions to send your artwork

1. Each artwork must be signed and dated
2. Artwork must be packed and sent safely, paper and canvas can be rolled up for shipping. IIFAG will not be responsible for any loss or damages.
3. Each artwork must be clearly labeled at the back with the following information
   1. The artist’s name
   2. Artist e-mail address
   3. Artist mobile number
   4. Artist home address
   5. Size of the painting in centimeters.
   6. Approx. weight in grams (including packing)

The below is a tentative schedule for picking the winner for the Lok Kala Ratna Award 2021.

1. All artwork must be physically posted to the IIFAG address and reach us by October 15, 2021.
2. The panel of three judges will start scoring each artwork from October 15th, 2021. See the interview with judges on the judging criteria.
3. Public voting will be open from October 15th, 2021. We will share the details and link in our next update.
4. The technical judging process will close on 25th October 2021.
5. Shortlisted Finalist will be announced on 25th October 2021
6. Shortlisted Finalist must send video evidence to confirm that they created the artwork by October 30, 2021.
7. Public voting will close on 1st November 2021
8. Judges interview with finalists on 6th November 2021
9. Winners announcement: 14th November 2021
10. Exhibition and sale planned in Mumbai, India and Melbourne/Sydney, Australia (Dates and venue will be confirmed later)

We had over 250 submissions from children, amateur, and professional artists. I, on behalf of the entire International Indian Folk Art Gallery, would like to thank all the participants for joining us in creating more awareness of Indian Folk Art with the world.

We are pleased to announce the list of artists who have qualified and will now go through a judging and voting process in order to select the overall winner of the Lok Kala Ratna Award 2021.

Hearty congratulations to all !

1. Aastha Deepali
2. Aayushi Verma
3. Abhilasha Jha
4. Abhiram Anand
5. Aditya Anand
6. Aganitha Pragna
7. Akshay Nunna Venkata
8. Akshita GS
9. Allen Jose
10. Aman Soni
11. Ameya Rohit
12. Amrita Soni
13. Andita Shrivastava
14. Anil Vangad
15. Anita Dalavi
16. Anjali Agarwal
17. Anjana Sathish
18. Antara Verma
19. Anubhuti AS
20. Anup Sinha
21. Anvi Kalothia
22. Archana Shende
23. Aron Raj
24. Bala Aniksanth Sudharsan
25. Bhumi Naik
26. Chaitali Maji
27. Chandana E S
28. Chandra Bhushan Kumar
29. Chhaya Kumari
30. Debjani Ghosh
31. Deepika V
32. Devanshi Damani

1. Dhairya Gaur
2. Dhatri Thanki
3. Dilip Puranik
4. Dhia Nakaraj
5. Ekta Arya
6. Farhana Dutta Majumder
7. Ganesh Shingne
8. Grishma Shah
9. Haripriya V
10. Harshiya L
11. Hema Thakur
12. Mdm Susiladevi Velusamy
13. Jagruti Devendra Singh
14. Jagruti Katariya
15. Jayasri Ganesh
16. Jigyasa Borkakati
17. Jigyasa Garg
18. Jiya Sachdeva
19. Juni Mehar P
20. Kavya Chamria
21. Kirthi Anand
22. Kirtimayee Swain Swain
23. Kirthana Thamizhiniyan
24. Komal Walimbe
25. Krushna Bhusare
26. Kuhu Kacher
27. Lakshana K
28. Lakshmi Priya K
29. Lavanya Gaur
30. Malarvizhi Krishnasamy
31. Manish Shrotriya

1. Meenakshi Karanwal
2. Minauti Swadia
3. Mou Dutta Basu
4. Ms Praveen Khare
5. Ythri T S
6. Nagumalli Prasad
7. Neela Madhav Sahoo
8. Neerja Kujur
9. Nirali Rana
10. Pahal Gaur
11. Pallavi Singh
12. Paramjeet Kapoor
13. Parees Tayade
14. Prachi Mehrotra
15. Prakruthi Dwarakanath
16. Pranav Gaur
17. Prasad Mestri
18. Priti Karn
19. Priya Kakkar
20. Rajendra Sikligar
21. Rakesh Vyas
22. Ranvir Singh Sodi
23. Ravindra Diwate
24. Rhythm Ghai
25. Ritika Kumari
26. Roshni Chandramohan
27. Rupesh Ghorkhana
28. Sagar Shirsath
29. Samhitha Digavalli
30. Samrudhi Dhat
31. Sangramjeet Swain Swain
32. Sanjay Balkrishna Pahad

1. Satish Tayade
2. Seetha Lakshmi Harikumar
3. Shaik Nabeel
4. Shimpi Sahu
5. Shree Sahithya
6. Shruti Sharma
7. Shruti Subramani
8. Shweta Ji
9. Simmi Rishi
10. Simmi Swaraj
11. Sridhar Adhith
12. Sridhar Geethigasree
13. Subodh Kumar
14. Sujit Das
15. Supriya Kumari
16. Suresh Chaudhary
17. Surya Kumari Kolisetti
18. Tanvi Jadhav
19. Tapasya Vernekar
20. Tejal Desai
21. Tejaswini Bharathimohan
22. Thrilok Sairam
23. Utkarsh Thakur
24. Vanshika Gajjala
25. Vibha Singh
26. Vidya Repal
27. Vijaya Lakshmi Nara
28. Vipul Patel
29. Vishnu Vikraman
30. Vaaruni Bhargava
31. Yazhini A D
32. Yogesh Yogi