Sculptor,
Painter
Created sculptures and art action, workshops in Austria, Hungary,
Germany Czech republic, Norway, Netherlands, Yugoslavia, France,
USA, UK, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Italy, ...
Lectured and held art exhibitions extensively in the US, Netherlands,
Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary Including carving of a
25feet tall antifascist monument in Murzsteg, Austria, along with
refugee children from Yugoslavia.
Created a mural with earth and water brought from 60 countries in
the UN, New York in 1999 with child soldiers, Young voices in the
UN, for the study and presentation of Garcia Machel
~ The Impact of Armed conflict on children.
Created 18 public monumental sculptures in the city of Bangalore,
and Mumbai.
Held over a 1000 exhibitions all over the world many on the streets
of south India, in an effort to take Art to the people.
Created public monumental sculptures with thousands of people especially
children participating to create symbols of peace, friendship, freedom,
education through collective actions.
Currently working on plans and models to create The CHILD {Children's
Heritage in life's development}
a sculptural tribute to the children of the world of 555feet{166
mts} height
and Triumph Of Freedom a large Bronze work for the city of Bangalore
on the same theme.
Architect
Endeavoring to build cost effective housing and develop Child Architecture.
Specializing
In Mud and stone Architecture.
Designed and built the Born Free school in Bangalore rural along
with over a thousand Children and youth from 25 schools and colleges
and 15 countries. Researching and developing the idea of a Mudgloo
house {a house of mud} Based on the traditional Indian akadas ~Wrestling
academy
Cinema and stage Art
Director
Created sets and stage for major theatrical performances, dance
and music events
Art director for Malgudi Days popular Television Serial of RK
Narayan for its 56 episodes, shot on 35mm film format, {English
and Hindi}
Art director for feature films all of which received National
Awards, Kubbi matthu Iyala {Kannada}, Mane {Hindi}, Muthina hara{Kannada},
Harikeya kuri{Kanada}, Hagalu Vesha{Kannada}, Nakkala Rajakumari{Kannada,
Children's Movie}
Made a 19 minute film on mime a day in a workers life 1992
Screnplay, Direction of the Documentary film The Writing on
the wall 57minutes received special mention in the International
Documentary film festival in Trivandrum, 1 in 1993
Made a six minute silent film Basha the lion heart for
the Lahore International film festival in 2001.
Made a documentary film of the ballet Spartacus returns.
Made Comedy film Che ~ Che the ragged dancer.
Musician
Lyricist, composed played and made three music albums
Anthem of the ants, Born in Gondwanaland Spartacus returns.
Many hearts one soul
Working on the fifth album Songs of freedom.
Photographer
Created over 15 000 pictures and held exhibitions in Austria,
Hungary, Germany, USA, UK, Yugoslavia and India.
Conceptualized the OLAL~Of Legacies and Legends a photographic
project to create
Child Historians and to record dreams and aspirations of Working
and street children.
Through 100 workshops in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
Lokomane Tilak Express 2004 August, a photographic exhibition
of children on the train from Bangalore to Mumbai.
Playwright, Actor,
Puppeteer
With a motive of Education through Entertainment and entertainment
through education,
Created fantasy puppet dance dramas,
Gondwana Gondwana involving gigantic moving dinosaurs stilt
walkers,40 minutes
Children of Gondwanaland on the issue of Working and street
children and Literacy.45 minutes
Krishnappa lives again on the acceptance of AIDS afflicted
people in society.25 minutes
The Crucifixion of the Mahathma, a short play on the killing
of Graham Staines
Lion and the Hunter pantomime on the history of people
7 minutes.
Dharma Pantomime dance using Kalari folk form on religious
wars and what is Peace. 12 minutes.
Take my wings and Fly on hunger and freedom 5 minutes
The kite a mime dance on Freedom 12 minutes
The Star on the issue of Materialism and Humanism mime
10 minutes.
The Peasant mime on the question of Suicides Farmers in
India 10 minutes.
Black and white dance on the issue of peace and violence
two faces of the same coin
Spartacus returns
a grand musical spectacle on the issue of the liberation of the
Modern Slavery
~ the working and street children.120 minutes involving `140 actors.
Facilitator and
consultant for culture, youth and children's organization and
events
Founder and Artistic Director of Janothsava a peoples
cultural organization from 1983
Made up of professionals, Students, Youth and children, with a
special composition of street and working children. Performed
hundreds of shows to more than a million people face to face,
The Aesthetic philosophy of the Theater of the Ragi ball eaters
{a millet from south India} is to create not white not black but
the beautiful brown color of all the people of the world to create
a humane egalitarian society free of hunger and strife.To take
up the cause of education and literacy through Art.
Organized the Oceans of Joy a festival of peace, which
takes place every year in December.
The stage is made available to all those who would like to make
an artistic statement on peace.
Led a 50 member performing group to create Gondwanaland
and staged 30 shows across Austria, Hungary and Germany.
Head Organizer of the United Games of Nations In
India whose theme is
"If man can Create conditions for war he is also capable
of creating conditions for peace" It is an annual children's
and youth exchange to build bridges of trust and friendship through
non competitive games and dialogue.
Conducted workshops in Bangalore for Korean, Italian, ,Japanese.
Singaporean, Youth delegations.
Artistic Facilitator for the first Millennium congress
of Youth in Hawaii wherein 1000 youth from 250 countries met in
1999.
Facilitator with a performer at the first Global Congress
of Child Laborers held at Florence from
the 10th to 13th May 2004 in which 1500 children from 55 countries
participated.
Founder Director of Artists United, a professional Art
action collective.
Founder, Artistic Director of Bornfree Art School, Bangalore,
teaching sculptures, drawing, painting, theater, music, dance,
photography and videography. August 2005~
Updated 1st February 2006.
