Suvigya Sharma : Giving Folk Paintings a new Dimension





Suvigya Sharma’s passion for miniature art becomes apparent the minute you start talking to him. He hails from a family of artists and imbibed artistic traits from his father RK Sharma. In fact, he is a third generation artist. And while he sticks to traditional art forms, he knows and realises the importance of creating awareness and nurturing this art form. His clientele includes the Birlas, the Ambanis, the Burmans, the Singhanias, the Bajaj family, LN Mittal’s family in London and the Piramals among others. Bollywood, too, has taken note of his work. He has created artworks for Priyanka Chopra, Kangana Ranaut and Rani Mukerji. Born and brought up in Jaipur, he now shuttles between Mumbai and the Pink City. He recently spoke to us about his journey so far and his dreams for the future.



Suvigya Sharma was born on 28 July 1983 in Jaipur of Indian state Rajasthan to R.K. Sharma, an artist. He did his schooling from Maharaja Sawai Mansingh School and Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Vidyashram. Later he graduated from Bhawanipur Education Society College, Kolkata. He also studied Foreign Trade & Export Management from Symbiosis International University, Pune. He started painting at the age of seven. He used to teach dance way back when he was a teenager, said in an interview with DNA.


Suvigya has worked on fresco in Jaipur and other places like Havelis in Udaipur and Kishangarh, Jama Masjid's gold leafing, a few section of Jaipur City Palace, Bungalows, Dargah, heritage properties in different part of India.

Some of his clients for whom he painted, includes L. N. Mittal, Sachin Tendulkar, Priyanka Chopra, Aditya Chopra, Rani Mukherji , Sanjay Dutt , Manyata Dutt,Kangana Ranaut and business families such as the Ambanis, the Birlas, the Burmans, the Singhanias, the Piramal, the Bajaj. Suvigya has also painted for PM Narendra Modi, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Dalai Lama.
His art works have been unveiled by Kangana Ranaut, Madhoo, Rani Mukherji  , Vikas Khanna and Sachin Tendulkar  at various events organised by himself which some of his artworks used 24 carat gold as material.

He has been exhibited in galleries and museums such as Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata, Cymroza Art Gallery, Kamalnayan Bajaj Art Gallery,Chitrakoot Art Gallery, India Habitat Centre and Artisans Art gallery. He designed the cover page of chef Vikas Khanna's cookbook Utsav, which had its worth ₹35 Lakh ($51,590.00).

On October 4, 2016, Suvigya gifted Sachin Tendulkar with a handmade memento -a custom-made gold-leaved and gold-embossed bat with a 24 carat gold handle at the opening of his show The Art of Royals, reportedly by Times of India.



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