My name is Mahesh Anjarlekar and I'm an art enthusiast and a maverick all rolled into one. Academically speaking, I'm an applied art graduate from one of the leading institutes in Mumbai. I made a humble beginning in a small village in the Konkan and then moved to Mumbai for further studies. Currently, I live in the central suburb of Thane city in Mumbai. Professionally, I'm a qualified visual artist with vast and varied experience in conceptual art, space design, art installations, community art and public art. I have special expertise in working with all types of materials like Terracotta, Clay, FRP, Metal, Paper Mache, Cement, etc. Throughout my career, I've had the privilege of working and collaborating on various government and private projects and installations across the spectrum. Besides this, I also run my advertising agency and also hold exhibitions across India for my paintings and sculptures. Art is not just a career option for me but is also my passion and given the opportunity, I'm always looking to do something new and exciting with this medium.
Chatak Professional - 2011 Nehru Center Art Galler
Chitraspandan 2011, Kalabhavan Thane
Chatak Professional - 2010 Nehru Center Art Gallery
Akshar Vinda” 2010 , Kalabhavan Thane
Chicago Art Gallery, USA 2006
Akshar Ranga 2006 , Thane
Chatak Professional - 2002
Nehru Center Art Gallery - 2002
1 st prize : Visual Competitions - to promote Technical Education, Mumbai 1987
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting ( photo division ) 3 rd NATIONAL PHOTO
CONTEST 1990
SUB ' LITERACY FOR ALL ' New Delhi
10 TH ANNUAL CARTOON CONTEST 1996 THE HINDUSTAN TIMES - New Delhi.
CRockford Art Gallery, De Kalb, IL, USA 2005
Oberoi Art walk Gallery, Mumbai 2003
Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai 2002
Artist's Statement
Intrigued by the thought how the flow of Time mows down both powerful and the weak of once flourishing but now dissolved empires, hamlets, I am set on the mission of recapturing those furrows carved by times on artworks, buried in ruins; allowing me to revisit those eras bygone, by a measure of the withered art, battered sculptures inviting all to relive the pain they endured. I wish time froze only to save these unsung pieces of expression, chose not to vandalize them by unleashing the brute forces of weather and dogmas. I chose ceramic as the medium for its ability to store those wounds inflicted on artworks of yore, chiselled forever.
Inaugration of my painting exhibition by then Prime Minister of India Mr Atal Bihari Vajpay
