Indian Miniature Artist Suvigya Sharma Conferred With Bharat Gaurav Award

World-renowned Indian Miniature artist Suvigya Sharma has been honored with the 7th Bharat Gaurav Award 2019 at the UK, House of Commons in the British Parliament in London on July 19th, 2019. Suvigya is the first Indian Miniature artist to receive this award for his contribution towards keeping this art form alive & promoting it worldwide through his Art-shows & auctions. The Bharat Gaurav Award is conferred upon individuals and organizations who make a difference to the youth and the communities around them with their remarkable contribution. Suvigya, a maestro in Miniature Paintings, Redefined Tanjore's & Portraits, has commissioned artworks for the majority of the Industrial & celebrity families in India, starting from our honorable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi to the Ambanis, Ms. Rajshri Birla, Binanis, Singhanias, Burmans, Piramals, Mr. Sachin Tendulkar, Actress Priyanka Chopra, Rani Mukerji, Kangana Ranaut and more for the last 30 years. "It's indeed an honor & privilege to receive Bharat Gaurav 2019 in London, British Parliament. All the hard work of 2 decades is coming true to life. Feels blessed to be at this platform & inspire the new age Indian artists who plan to make a career in Art", says a humbled Suvigya. He is well known for his art form of 24crt gold Tanjores fused with Miniatures which is a monopoly worldwide. At the same time, he has been restoring Heritages in India & Abroad like the City Palace of Jaipur, Singapore art museum and more. He is also the tycoon of awards like Asia Book Of Records, India Book Of Records, Limca Book of Records, Rajasthan Gaurav Award, Pride of Rajasthan Award, Rajasthan Most Powerful 10 and soon will be receiving the President Award by out Honourable President "Shri Ramnath Kovind Sir" at the Rashtrapati Bhawan. The artist has also been relentlessly working towards developing this art as a skill amongst the youth in Jaipur through his wife's NGO named Angana Society. Suvigya envisages proliferating his artwork internationally through his skill development initiatives, thereby creating a global demand for the rare Indian art form. He shares his insights about his work with BV. BV: What inspired you to be an artist? Suvigya Sharma: Miniature painting is a perishing art & there are very few artists left, pursuing it. So keeping it alive 2 decades back was a challenge. The entire newer generation is inclined towards Contemporary Art. Everything is uniqueness about this art style, we still make colors from vegetable dyes, the stones embedded in the paintings & you can feel the vibrancy of these natural essences in all our paintings. And the most interesting is that every artist has differently inherited painting qualities & hand altogether. Being born & brought up in Jaipur, has always been a very lively feeling, it gave me a vision totally inclined towards art. I still remember at the age of seven, I passionately used to sketch Live-portraits or objects around me. My house was full of Mughal paintings & antiques, very colorful. I used to sit with my dad in the evenings in verandah & prepare colors from pigments & natural materials. The 1st step I learned in picture painting. Everything thing about this art is uniquely different, and meaningful. And I live this passion to the fullest & spread its vibrancy to the world through my Artworks. BV: Would you highlight your educational background? Suvigya Sharma: I'm a 35-year-old artist, did my schooling from Jaipur from SMS (Sawai Mansingh School) & B.V.B.Vidyashram.  And side by side I even did my Foreign Trade & Export Management from Symbiosis College (Pune). BV: What art means to you? Suvigya Sharma: "For me, painting is a divine state which connects me to God and refreshes my soul" "Painting is meditation". BV: What are the challenges faced so far and how did he overcome them? Suvigya Sharma: Miniature painting is a perishing art & there are very few artists left, pursuing it. So keeping it alive 2 decades back was a challenge. And is still not easy to pursue the art form. As an artist, he feels, "Miniature art has lost its traditional value and is gradually being replaced by contemporary art." He wants to keep the miniature art form alive through his works. I even hold workshops for the same. Working at my best capacities to keep the Artform alive through my art shows & auctions worldwide. It has always been a challenge since I decided to make a career in Miniature painting & I believe life is all about overcoming the challenges which come on the path to success. BV: What are your future projects? Suvigya Sharma: My wife has started an NGO that will teach painting & recruit poor women & widows to do fresco Painting Jobs & earn their living. Wherever we can give employment...in our work, we will hire them for our art projects. We have initiated it a year back after our meeting with the Honb. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi Ji at his office PMO. There are quite a few interesting projects I'm looking forward to, like Hosting humongous art shows in the United Kingdom & America this 2019. To know more of the Indian artists, follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Download our magazine Spunky Indian for exclusive stories.