Rajendra Tikku

Rajendra Tiku
Born 1953
Wadwan, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Awards Padma Shri
Lalit Kala Akademi National Award
Jammu and Kashmir State Award
8th Triennale Award

Rajendra Tiku, is an Indian sculptor and art teacher, known for his outdoor stone sculptures.[1] He was honoured by the Government of India, in 2013, by bestowing on him the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, for his contributions to the field of art.[2]

Biography

sculpture as a larger phenomenon, of which a medium, its execution and dimension etc. is only a part. The lot more beyond these attributes is its potential to reveal truth: Its potential to work on us in return and impart meaning to our existence. says Rajendra Tiku[1]

Rajendra Tiku was born in Wadwan,[3] a remote village in the mountainous landscape of Jammu and Kashmir, the northern most state of India, in 1953,[4] in a Kashmiri Pandit family.[1] He did his primary schooling at a local school and passed his matriculation from a high school in Srinagar. His graduate studies were at the Sri Pratap College, Srinagar,[3] where he founded the Sri Pratap College Artists' Association[5][6] and Tiku, simultaneously, studied clay modelling and stone carving, by attending the evening classes of a five year course[4][7] conducted by the Institute of Music and Fine Arts in the city, which he completed in 1978.[3][6] The course offered Tiku exposure to the art of ancient cultures and modern masters. After completing BSc, Tiku graduated in law from the Srinagar University,[3][5][6][7] but continued attending the various art camps organized by the Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages.[1][5]

Rajendra Tiku started his career as a teacher at the Burn Hall School, Srinagar, but moved, shortly afterwards, to the Institute of Music and Fine Arts, his alma mater, as an artist cum teacher.[3][8] He lives in Jammu and Kashmir.[1][6][7]

Career highlights and exhibitions

Rajendra Tiku has received both the junior (1993–95) and senior (1997–98)[4][6][7] fellowships of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, the Government of India. He is also a recipient of a grant from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York[3][7][9] for commissioning sculptures at various parts in India,[6] one of which can be found on the lawns of the Danwantri Library of the University of Jammu.[1][10] Tiku has been invited to many sculpture workshops[11][12] in places like USA,[13] Switzerland, Israel, Russia, Egypt, Russia and Thailand.[1][3]

Rajendra Tiku has had solo and group exhibitions of his creations at various places around the world.[1][4][6] Some of his notable exhibitions are:

Tiku has also published many articles in local magazines and journals.[1] he has also been credited with using Śāradā script, a dying script of the Kashmiri language.[17]

Awards and recognitions

In 2013, the Government of India honoured Rajendra Tikku with the fourth highest civilian award, Padma Shri.[2] Besides, Rajendra Tiku has been honoured by different organizations many times.

Sculptures

Some of the notable sculptures of Rajendra Tiku are:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Daily Excelsior". Daily Excelsior. 17 March 2013. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Padma 2013". The Hindu. 26 January 2013. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Kashmir Times". Kashmir Times. 25 January 2014. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Shrishti Art". Shrishti Art. 2014. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 "Contemporary Indian Art". Contemporary Indian Art. 2014. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Art Chennai". Art Chennai. 2014. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Roobina Karode". Roobina Karode. 4 April 2011. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
  8. 1 2 3 "Jammu and Kashmir". Jammu and Kashmir. 2014. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "Delhi Events". Delhi Events. 2008. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Danwantri Library". Ind Career. 2014. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Camp". The Hindu. May 16, 2012. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Jaipur Art Summit". Art Summit India. 2013. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
  13. ↑ "University of Chicago" (PDF). University of Chicago. 2014. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
  14. ↑ "Write up on Exhibition and Images". johnofcochin. 2014. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
  15. ↑ "Indian Express". Indian Express. 17 November 2008. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
  16. 1 2 Gayatri Sinha (January 20, 2006). "The Hindu". The Hindu. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 "Mathribhumi". Mathribhumi. November 20, 2008. Retrieved October 17, 2014.

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