Prashant Shashikant Patil

A young artist belonging to the semi urban outskirts of Maharashtra, Prashant completed his M.F.A. from Kalabhavan, Santiniketan. We are indeed fortunate to discover an artist of Patil’s calibre. Possibly, we would have missed him, had it not been for the meticulous scrutiny and evaluation by the illustrious jury of CIMA awards. I am personally grateful to each and every member of the 25 strong jury, who shortlisted and finally awarded him.

Patil’s world is a web of ephemeral lines and shadows - his world of memories, dreams and existential experiences intertwine to create strange, delicate, lacy three-dimensional structures - sometimes balanced precariously and other times captured within frames and occasionally distributed on paper. His fleeting glimpses of life are first captured through complex drawings with glue sticks, solidified and then transformed into magical three-dimensional installations, conjuring a shifting dreamworld, ever haunting and mesmeric! On behalf of CIMA, I feel extremely honoured and happy to celebrate the emergence of a brilliant talent. May his thousand dreams bloom.