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Sudarsan Pattnaik – International Sand Artist from Odisha

Team VFMI by Team VFMI
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Today he is well-known as an International Sand Artist who has represented India at more than 50 sand sculpture championships, where he has been awarded almost 30 times.

Who is Sudarsan Pattnaik?

Sudarsan was born into a low-income family in Puri, Odisha. Due to the financial constraints within the household, Sudarsan had to give up his education just after completing his 6th Grade.

As many less fortunate Indian homes, the young boy too had to start contributing to support his family by taking up odd labourer jobs in his neighbour’s house. Since the age of 7, Sudarsan had developed fondness for drawing and sketching and with his exceptional talent he did not care whether he had the means to purchase colours, pencils, papers, etc. As a spirited artist, he chose nature as his canvas and ended up on the golden beaches of Puri. Since then, Sudarsan only spoke with his utmost expressive sand arts.

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Sudarsan Pattnaik poses with his trophy that he won at Moscow Championship of Sand Sculpture in 2016

His Popular Themes

Apart from the fact that Pattanaik is one of the first artists in India to make gigantic detailed sculptures from sand, his popularity can also be attributed to the fact that he chooses very topical issues to represent through this art. He has driven several social messages through his recurring themes that revolve around climate change, pollution, saving the trees, Go Green initiatives and also managing plastic wastes.

Over the years, Sudarsan observed the rise in the sea level. Initially, when he had started making sand art, the sea was further away and the beach was bigger. But, with time the sea had moved forward because of climate change. Therefore, this environmental of aspect projecting pollution of seas and oceans is often depicted in his sculptures.

In 2008, Pattnaik’s work received major recognition during the sand sculpture world championship competition in Berlin, Germany. His choice to showcase the impact of climate change won several hearts globally. As his inspiration, he took Knut, the famous polar bear of Germany and showed him sitting on top of a globe with a sign that said, ‘Save My Family.’

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Padma Shri Sudarsan Pattnaik

In January 2014, at the age of 36, Sudarsan was conferred with the Padma Shri award by the Government of India for being instrumental in popularizing sand art not just within the country but at an international level as well.

With the announcement of Padma Shri, his students had congratulated him in an unique way by creating his sand sculpture at Puri beach of Odisha. They had created a 5 ft high sand sculpture of Sudarsan by using about 3 tonne of sand with some colour sand. They dedicated the art to their guru who was going to be honoured with Padma Shri that year.

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His Message to the World Community

While he has been trying hard to educate people about environmental issues, he also believes that panicking about them won’t help. Awareness and positive thinking can go a long way according to the sand sculptor. At a time when world leaders are still denying climate change, Sudarsan is hoping that his art will make an impact on many and make them do their bit about the climate change.

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Below are some of Sudarsan’s works that will leave us speechless

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