Sh. DILIP PURANIK – Banker and Folk Artist with Maximum Awards in One Year. From Pune, Maharashtra, India. Q1. How did your career journ...
Sh. DILIP PURANIK – Banker and Folk Artist with Maximum Awards in One Year.
From Pune, Maharashtra,
India.
Q1. How did your career journey start? Or Who/What inspired you to start this Art Journey?
I am born and brought up in Hyderabad
City of Telangana State. Since childhood I was attracted to Drawing and painting.
When I was in 6th standard, our school was conducting Drawing
Classes after the school hours. I insisted to my parents for joining these
classes. Seeing my drawing skills, My First Guru Shri. Girgaonkar Sir
recommended to join Art Section of our Educational Institute – Vivek Vardhini
Education Society’s High school premises where Shri. D.G. Dongre sir was
conducting the classes. I had learned all the aspects of Art under his guidance
from Drawing, Sketching, Colouring in Watercolours, and graduated to Oil
Colours, and passed Lower, Higher-Grade exams and also done Diploma in Fine Art
till my Graduation from the same institute.
Q2. Kindly share some information about your Arts, products and services
here.
After completion of my Diploma in
Arts and Graduation, I was searching for a job. Until then I started my own
business and started as a commercial artist and undertook Designing of Logo,
Letterhead, Wedding Cards, Hoardings, Banners and packaging designs till I got
a job in Bank of India in 1980. After joining
Bank, my art journey took a back seat.


Q3. What kind of challenges did you face while starting/doing your arts?
I retired from Bank in 2016. Before
retirement I had decided to pursue my love for art and decided to start my art
journey a fresh after a gap of nearly 36 years. Initially I was doing paintings
without any aim and just to pass the time,
But one day I came across a FB Live
session of Indian Folk art, who is a renowned Mithila-Madhubani Artist and a
state awardee. I joined Mithila course conducted by him and I got a direction
to learn and know about our rich heritage of Indian Folk Art. I started
exploring other art forms such as Gond, Warli, Kalamkari, Chitrakathi, Cheriyal
etc. to know more about our ancient treasure of art.
Q4. Are you an Art Entrepreneur?
No. I am not an Art Entrepreneur. I
do art as a passion for the love of Art and also do it for self-satisfaction
and happiness. My art prospered with the guidance and encouragement from my
Gurus during the Lockdown period since last one and half year. I was totally
immersed in doing folk art of Mithila which helped me to sustain the lockdown
period and instead I enjoyed this period which was a very difficult time for
many others. So, for me Art is healing effect on me and my family. My motto is
to get happiness and spread happiness through my art.
Q5. Do share with our readers about your
discovery period when you were facing difficulties?
After completion of graduation and before getting Job, it was a tough period for me. As at that time in 1976 to 1980 I got frustrated due to unemployment and one day I got a chance to paint one sign board independently for our own educational institute. Here I realised that my art can also help me earn. Since then, I started learning commercial art from some of my friends who were practicing commercial art and assisted them in creating designs, paintings, and learned screen printing techniques also. You may call it a discovery period in difficult times.
Q6. Share with our readers about your experiment period after the discovery period?
After retirement, when I started painting again. While learning, I started to participate in Online National & International exhibitions, contests, competitions. Where I got appreciation, awards, and accolades. I had participated in Indo-Taiwan, Indo-Morrocco, and my paintings were also displayed in online exhibitions in Turkey, Venezuela.
Recipient of Best Artist Award by AKM
Kalasangh , Kalaaakar Foundation, International Kalaratnam Foundation, Kalamani Award, Awadh Art
Festival, Bombay Art Society, Ravindranath Tagore Award, POOMPAKORNNERAMIT AWARD – Thailand in
ART PILGRIMAGE - A Global Online
Exhibition by Positive Energy Art, Participated in Group shows at Mumbai, Delhi,
Kolkata and Lucknow. I was a participant also in an Attempt of Guiness World
Record by Radart for the Record of Maximum peoples photos doing paintings
uploaded within one hour on Facebook,
and many more.
Q6. How have you empowered other people?
I always encourage and appreciate
other persons art. This helps them to do more in a better way which develops
the person as an artist. Many people say that I inspire them through my
art.
Q7. What are your future plans? Or now
what is your vision for next five years?
My future plans are to learn as many
as Indian Folk Arts and spread the Authentic Tradition of doing it through my
painting. As I have already crossed 65 years of age, my vision for next five
years is continue to enjoy and enrich my art journey in a better and perfect
way.
Q8. How would you advice/suggest new artists/entrepreneurs who
want to start & sustain?
I am still a learner and student. I
cannot advice. But I can suggest new artists / entrepreneurs who want to start
and sustain that believe in yourself and keep creating, keep learning. Do it
wholeheartedly and enjoy the process of creation. If you love and enjoy your
creation it will definitely appeal to the people and reflects your love,
affection, dedication in your art. Name and fame will follow automatically.
Q10. Facebook profile URL link
https://www.facebook.com/dilip.puranik.1
Q11. Instagram profile URL link
https://www.instagram.com/pudina6656/
Q12. Personal Online Gallery
www.indianfolkart.org/artists/puranik-art-gallery/
Q13. Online Solo Exhibitions
Q14. Awards to Credit :
Participation
in Online / Physical Exhibitions / Contests / Competitions
12.07.2020
– 1st winner of the contest on Facebook by Madhubani Paintings and
Arts.
29.07.2020
– Best Art Work Award -Theme Covid-19 Challenges in the current world – A
National Art Competition conducted by Keshav Memorial Institute of Commerce and
Sciences, Hyderabad
20.07.2020
to 30.09.2020 – 2nd International Online Art Exhibition 2020 by AKM
Kala Sangh, Pathankot, Punjab
15.08.2020
– Creative Keeda – An Online Art Competition by Eventzcraft and Rotract Club of
Pune, Warje.
14.08.2020
to 30.08.2020 – My Land My Identity – Online International Indian Folk Art
Exhibition by Positive Energy Art
August
2020 – Best Artist Award - MITHILA – An International Online Art Exhibition by
Awadh Art Festival and Bengal Art Foundation
30.08.2020
– All India National Level August Art Contest by Art Chitrakala
01.09.2020
to 20.09.2020 – Excellence Award - AASTHA – Ishtadev ko Naman – International
online group show by Kalaaakar Foundation
09.09.2020
– 50 Best Creative Works -Certificate of Honour - RHYTHM OF NATURE – Contest by
Bengal Art Foundation
15.09.2020
to 30.09.2020 – ART A REFLECTION OF TIME – International Online Exhibition of
Contemporary Art by Positive Energy Art, See Din Studio-Thailand & Charcoal
Foundation Bongora,India
15.09.2020
– AAYU Creations – Online Art Exhibition ANYBODY CAN JOIN
10.102020
to 30.102020 – Online International Collector’s Art Fair -2020 by Awadh Art
Festival & Bengal Art Foundation
22.10.2020
to 20.11.2020 – AAYAM Online Art Exhibition by Kalaaakar Foundation
11.11.2020
to 15.01.2021 -GOLD AWARD - 3rd International Online/offline
Exhibition/Competition by AKM Kala Sangh
15.11.2020
to 30.11.2020 – BLOSSOMS OF ART - International Online Exhibition of
Contemporary Art by Positive Energy Art, See Din Studio-Thailand & Charcoal
Foundation Bongora,India
01.12.2020
– World Book of Records – United Kingdom – Participation in World’s Largest
Virtual Art Gallery at WLOC-2020
December,2020
– The Great Indian Art – Online Exhibition
05.01.2021
to 20.01.2021 – VISION 2021 - International Online Exhibition of Contemporary
Art by Positive Energy Art, See Din Studio-Thailand & Charcoal Foundation
Bongora,India
January,2021
-White Esprit Craters Community – International Online Exhibition of Art
29.01.2021
to 28.03.2021 – Beyond Boundaries – 2nd Virtual International Art
Exhibition by Rainbow Art World
01.02.2021
to 03.02.2021 – (Physical) MUMBAI ART MARATHON 2020 – International Art
Exhibition - At Bombay Art Society, Bandra, Mumbai by Kalaaakar Foundation
04.02.2021
to 07.02.2021 – MUMBAI MERI JAAN – International Art Exhibition – at Bombay Art
Society, Bandra, Mumbai by Kalaaakar Foundation
26.02.2021
to 04.03.2021 – (Physical) AWADH ART FESTIVAL 3rd Edition at All
India Fine Arts & Crafts Society, New Delhi
10.03.2021 to 12.03.2021 – Light Shadow – 8th
National Art Exhibition at Nandlal Bose Gallery, Kolkata by B.M. Fine Art &
Culture
15.03.2021
to 30.03.2021 – POOMPAKORNNERAMIT AWARD – Thailand in ART PILGRIMAGE - A Global Online Exhibition by Positive
Energy Art, See Din Studio-Thailand & Charcoal Foundation Bongora,India
15.03.2021
– Colours of Nature – Online International Art Exhibition by Jyoti Fine Arts Institute
15.03.2021
to 25.03.2021 – BEST ARTIST AWARD – International Online Art Exhibition by
Dakshita Art Gallery, Delhi
20.03.2021
TO 20.04.2021 – Indo Taiwan International Contemporary Art and Calligraphy
Virtual Exhibition
21.03.2021
to 27.03.2021 – (Physical) Aesthetic International Annual Exhibition 2021 – at
Noti Binodini Memorial Art Gallery, Kolkata
30.03.2021
– Ranga Barase – 8th Online International Art & Photography
Exhibition by ART-DE-PHOTO
International
Achievement – Best Award for Drawing & Painting by Kalaratnam International
Online Group Art Exhibition & Competition – March-2021 National Level
Online Art Exhibition and competition by Kalaratnam International
Top
15 Paintings Award & Excellence Award – Mahashivaratri Day 2021
18.04.2021
to 27.04.2021 – VIBGYOR – Strokes of Rainbow Hues - 3rd International Online Group Art
Exhibition by ARTREION
20.04.2021
to 25.04.2021 – (Physical) CODE OF SOUL
– International Art Exhibition at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata
20.04.2021
to 10.05.2021 – TOP PAINTING AWARD & EXCELLENCE AWARD – Kala Mani
International Online Art Exhibition
20.04.2021
TO 20.05.2021 – VOICE OF MASK – An International Art Contest by ARTDOM
22.04.2021
– EARTH DAY – 9th International Online Art & Photography
Exhibition by ART-DE-PHOTO
02.05.2021
-GUINESS WORLD RECORD – Participated in Official Attempt and declared as a
Record on 2nd May,2021 for MOST PHOTOS OF PEOPLE PAINTING UPLOADED
TO FACEBOOK IN ONE HOUR Organised by IARF and RADART Foundation, India.
ARTISTS
EXCELLENCE AWARD – 2021 by WORLD ART FAIR – Online International Art Exhibition
15.05.2021
– international Day of Families – 10th International Online Art and
Photography Exhibition by ART DE PHOTO
19.05.2021
– Participation in International Art Exhibition by USART, TURKEY
SOLO
Exhibition – Online – by KALA CHHAVI 03.05.2021 to 31.05.2021 on Facebook
ART
in India – Participation in Online International Folk Art Exhibition condected
by PaginaDeArte
Online
Solo Exhibition of Indian Folk Art Paintings on dilippuranik.visualartsite.com
Online
Solo Exhibition of Paintings on www.indianfolkart.org/artists/puranik-art-gallery/
01.06.2021
TO 15.06.2021 Online Art Competition by Kalaaakar Foundation Theme – MAA
RECEIVED
GOLD AWARD
04.06.2021
TO 12.06.2021 - Great Artist Baburao Painter -International Virtual Art Show
-2021 by Art Beats
05.06.2021
TO 15.06.2021 National Online Art Competition and Exhibition by Indian Art
Culture – Awarded II Prize
06.06.2021
to 10.06.2021 International Online Painting & Photography Exhibition cum
Competition by Roy Portrait & Fine Arts
07.06.2021
to 30.06.2021 PICASSO AWARD – International Online Art Exhibition by B.M.Fine
Arts & Culture
10.06.2021
to 28.06.2021 KALA MANI – Global Award International Online Art Exhibition and
Competition – AWARDED TOP PAINTING AWARD
AND EXCELLENCE AWARD.
22.06.2021
CREATIVE ETHOS – an International Online Exhibition by Jyotikriti
25.06.2021
to 28.06.2021 Online Painting workshop by Jyoti Group of Fine Arts
27.062021
to 10.07.2021 BE PROUD TO BE AN ARTIST – An International Online Art
competition and Exhibition by Delhi Art -AWARDED 4TH POSITION AND
BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST – MALE AWARD.
01.07.2021
to 15.07.2021 2nd International Online Art Exhibition by Manikarnika
Art Gallery
15.07.2021
to 15.08.2021 LEONARDO DA VINCI INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION AND EXHIBITION =
THIRD EYE by Rainbow Art World
25.07.2021
to 05.08.2021 VISIBLE – INVISIBLE an online international art exhibition by
Manikarnika Art Gallery
29.07.2021
– Participated in 12th International Online Art & Photography
Exhibition on International Tiger Day
30.07.2021
– DIA INTERNATIONAL DE LA AMISTAD – International Online Exhibition by Nuestro
Arte – Venezuela.
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
07.08.2021
Abanindranath Tagor Award – International online Art Exhibition by Jyoti Group
of Fine Arts
Participating
in 2nd National Flora & Founa & Calligraphy Painting
Exhibition by Khanam Art Gallery
INTUTION
-International Online Art Show by Bangiya Kala Kendra, Kolkata
EXPRESSIONS
– International Art Exhibition by Ajay Chandak
10.08.2021
TO 30.08.2021 International Online Summer Art Expo – 2021 by Colour Wings
AWARDED SILVER MEDAL IN TOP TEN PAINTINGS CATEGORY
All
India National Group Art Exhibition -2021 at Lalit Kala Academy, Lucknow by
Kalaratnam Foundation 11th to 13th August,2021
05.09.2021
– ANTAS International Online Art Exhibition by Art Ancients and Image Inside
Pvt.Ltd.
15.08.2021
PICASSO AWARD – SEASON 2 Online International Art Exhibition organised by
B>M.Fine Art and Culture
15.08.2021
– Jashne Azadi – National Online Art Exhibition by AKM Kala Sangh
15.08.2021
– COLOURS OF INDEPENDENCE – 75 YEARS OF ART Online Exhibition and Competition
by Bombay Art Society
15.08.2021
– FREEDOM – 75 years of Independence – Online Exhibition by Positive Energy Art
15.08.2021
– MOSAIC – Online Painting Competition by Happy School for Silver Jubilee Celebration
15.08.2021
– THREADS OF FREEDOM – Online International Exhibition by TECHNEBERLINE to be
held in Greece and France
20.09.2021
to 30.09.2021 – WE ARE NATURE online international exhibition by IRAN DARROUNDI
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