Shankar Pamarthy
Dancing with a vigorous appetite for limitless surreality, while flirting within the cubic form of a spirited Pamarthy's drawings constantly attempt to distill humanity in all 'shapes and sizes' to present a gaze unseen.
From portraiture to narratives in his daily political cartoon, his urge to unearth the unseen is often woven around his penchant for people, satire and celebration of life. His celebrity caricature portraits are much talked about on social media, he considers the common man of his hometown Nalgonda as his first celebrity, his muse.
Exploring primarily with coloured pencil and ink, he also dabbled in acrylic and charcoal. Inspired by the Austrian painter Egon Schiele, among many others, he experimented with possibilities of distortion over the last three decades and created his own grammar and vocabulary that forms his signature style. Refusing labels, he continually employs new techniques while working on diverse themes and media.
With numerous awards and exhibitions, he is a renowned artist with perhaps the most number of international recognitions any caricaturist ever got in India. He is the first Asian to win the World Press Cartoon Grand Prix award for 2014.
From portraiture to narratives in his daily political cartoon, his urge to unearth the unseen is often woven around his penchant for people, satire and celebration of life. His celebrity caricature portraits are much talked about on social media, he considers the common man of his hometown Nalgonda as his first celebrity, his muse.
Exploring primarily with coloured pencil and ink, he also dabbled in acrylic and charcoal. Inspired by the Austrian painter Egon Schiele, among many others, he experimented with possibilities of distortion over the last three decades and created his own grammar and vocabulary that forms his signature style. Refusing labels, he continually employs new techniques while working on diverse themes and media.
With numerous awards and exhibitions, he is a renowned artist with perhaps the most number of international recognitions any caricaturist ever got in India. He is the first Asian to win the World Press Cartoon Grand Prix award for 2014.