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Brahmdeo Ram Pandit
Born(1949-03-02)2 March 1949(age 75)
Nawada,Bihar,India
OccupationStudio potter
SpouseDevki Pandit
ChildrenAbhay
Shailesh
ParentRam Pandit
AwardsPadma Shri2013
TheAll India Fine Arts and Crafts SocietyAward
Kamaladevi ChattopadhyayAward
Government of Maharashtra State Award
Shilp Guru
WebsiteOfficial web site

Brahmdeo Ram Panditis an Indianstudio potterand craftsman, known for his expertise in making pottery.[1]He was honoured by theGovernment of India,in 2013, by bestowing on him thePadma Shri,the fourth highest civilian award, for his contributions to the field of art.[2]

Biography

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I am happy that ceramic art is getting recognition on par with other arts. This award will definitely encourage ceramic pottery artisans.Brahmdeo Ram Pandit, on winningPadma Shri[3]

Brahmdeo Ram Pandit was born inKumbharfamily with meagre financial resources,[3]on 2 March 1949,[4]in theNawada district,in the Indian state of Bihar, to Ram Pandit, a pottery maker who had learned histrade from his father, Murthi Pandit.[5]He learned the basic craft of pottery making from his father and joined Sekho Devra Ashram in Kawakole, Nawada for formal training in pottery making which he completed in 1969.[5]Later, obtaining a scholarship, he went toKhanapur,BelgauminKarnataka[6]and studied at the Central Village Pottery Institute,[7]run by theKhadi and Village Industries Commission.In 1970, after completing his course the Belgaum institute, he joined, as an apprentice, at Aaj Studio, under the tutelage of Laxman R. Ajgaonkar, and worked there for a year.[8]In 1971, he enrolled himself at theJ. J. School of Art,Mumbai and studied clay modelling and sculpture, till 1976. Another scholarship assisted him to joinLalit Kala Akademi,New Delhi and studied there till 1981. Another ten years of learning on advanced pottery making in Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore rounded up his studies in 1991.[4]

Pandit started his career by joining the faculty of Sophia College Polytechnic, Mumbai,[6]in 1973, while pursuing his advanced training and studies, and taught there till 2005. He also taught at Shri Basant Kumar Memorial Polytechnic, Mumbai and also at Kamala Mehta Dadar School for the Blind, Mumbai during a period from 1985 to 2013. He was a guest tutor at the various pottery training programmes organized by the Maharashtra Handicrafts, a state run organization. He was said to be popular among the students among whom he was known asPanditji.[3]

Brahmdeo Pandit foundedPandit Art Ceramic,[9]a manufacturing unit of modest proportions, in 1981, atKalakar NiwasinBhayandar,a city inThane districtof Maharashtra, for the mass production of his creations.[3][4]The unit produces around 300 pots a day and is said to be a preferred source point forbonsaigrowers[10]andikebanaartists.[5]

Brahmdeo Ram Pandit is married to Devki, a known studio potter and a 1981 Maharashtra state award recipient, and the couple has two sons, Abhay and Sailesh, both accomplished artists in their own rights, the former, a graduate from theJ. J. School of Artand the latter, a protégé of Ray Meekar[11]and Deborah Smith of the Golden Bridge Pottery,[citation needed]Pondicherryand a winner of Chares Wallace India Trust award[6]in 2005.[8]The family, his daughter in law, Khushboo, herself a potter, included, run thePandit Art Ceramicand resides at Bhyander.[3][5]

Career highlights and exhibitions

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Brahmdeo Pandit's creations are considered by many, as some of the finest in the pottery world.[3]TheRashtrapati Bhavanhas displayed five of his creations in its art gallery.[3]Establishments likeTaj Hotels Resorts and Palaces[3]and Nikki Bonsai[10]use the creations from Brahmdeo Ram Pandit. One of his ceramic art installation,Water,has been commissioned at the terminal II of theMumbai International Airport.[8]

Pandit has had several solo exhibitions, notably atJehangir Art GalleryandSophia CollegeArt Gallery. he has also participated in exhibitions atCymroza Art Gallery,Mumbai,[12]National Gallery of Modern ArtMumbai andArt Heritage Gallery,New Delhi.[4][6][13]Paramparik Karigarhas hosted several of his exhibitions.[8]Pandit has also conducted several pottery workshops in India and abroad, in countries such as Japan, Germany and Spain, under Government of India cultural exchange programmes.[8]

Brahmdeo Pandit has coauthored a book, published by Paramparik Karigar under the title,Paramparik Karigar: An Association of Craftspersons: Gadwakam Kalamkari; Mithila Kala; Mittikam.[14]

  • Jaidev Baghel; Jonnalgadda Guruppa Chetty; Brahmdeo Ram Pandit; Satya Narayan Lal Karn (2005).Paramparik Karigar An Association of Craftspersons Gadwakam, Kalamkari, Mithila Kala, Mitti Kam, Tana Bana.Mumbai: Paramparik Karigar. p. 337.

Pandit's creations have been included in a book,Contemporary Ceramics,edited by Emmanuel Cooper.[15]

  • Emmanuel Cooper (5 October 2009).Contemporary Ceramics.UK: Thames & Hudson. p. 304.ISBN978-0500514870.

Awards and recognitions

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Brahmadeo Ram Pandit has been recognized for his art by many organizations. He is a two-time winner of theAll India Fine Arts and Crafts SocietyAward[5]and has won theKamaladevi ChattopadhyayAward once[6]which he received in 2007.[4][8]The state of Maharashtra presented him with the state award in 1991[5]and in 2008, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India conferred the titleShilp Guruon him.[8]Four years later, in 2012, the Government of Bihar awarded him thePravasi Bihar Shri.This was followed by the award ofPadma Shri,which he received the next year, in 2013.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^"Eco Host".Eco Host. 2014. Archived fromthe originalon 22 October 2014.Retrieved14 October2014.
  2. ^ab"Padma 2013".The Hindu. 26 January 2013.Retrieved10 October2014.
  3. ^abcdefgh"Afternoon".Afternoon. 28 January 2013.Retrieved14 October2014.
  4. ^abcde"Pandit Art Ceramic".Pandit Art Ceramic. 2010. Archived fromthe originalon 19 October 2014.Retrieved14 October2014.
  5. ^abcdef"Paramparikkarigar".Paramparikkarigar. 2014.Retrieved14 October2014.
  6. ^abcde"The Hindu".The Hindu. 16 February 2008.Retrieved15 October2014.
  7. ^"CVPI".Deccan Herald. 15 July 2014.Retrieved14 October2014.
  8. ^abcdefg"Paramparikkarigar 2".Paramparikkarigar. 2014.Retrieved14 October2014.
  9. ^Dewing, David (September 2011)."Pandit Pottery".Ceramics Art and Perception(85): 48–51.ISSN1035-1841.
  10. ^ab"Nikki Bonsai".Nikki Bonsai. 2014.Retrieved14 October2014.
  11. ^"Ray Meekar".Ray Meekar. 2014.Retrieved15 October2014.
  12. ^"Cymroza".Cymroza. 2014.Retrieved14 October2014.
  13. ^"Art Heritage".Art Heritage. 2014.Retrieved14 October2014.
  14. ^Jaidev Baghel; Jonnalgadda Guruppa Chetty; Brahmdeo Ram Pandit; Satya Narayan Lal Karn (2005)."Paramparik Karigar: An Association of Craftspersons: Gadwakam Kalamkari; Mithila Kala; Mittikam".Hardcover.Paramparik Karigar. p. 337.Retrieved15 October2014.
  15. ^Emmanuel Cooper (5 October 2009).Contemporary Ceramics.UK: Thames & Hudson. p. 304.ISBN978-0500514870.

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