Sand Artist Sudarshan Pattnaik(Odisha)

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Sudarshan Pattnaik(DOB April 15,1977)born in Puri, nearly 60 km from Bhubaneswar,the capital city of Orissa.He is the inventor of sand art in India and has learned this form of art by himself without any guidance but only by practice and creative ideas. He started sculpting images on sand since the age of seven.

He has won many national and international awards for his creative designs and has recorded his name in the World records for sculpting the tallest Santa Claus and most Santa Claus image built on sand.

Sudarshan Pattnaik won the People's Choice Prize at the 1st Moscow International Sand Sculpture Championship held in Russia.

Odisha-based sand artist Sudarshan Pattnaik's sculpture of Hindu god Ganesha has won two gold medals at the just-concluded Solo International Sand Art Contest held Between July 9-17,2012 in Marbella, Spain.
The 3.5-metre sand sculpture bearing message - "Save The Sea Life" - won in 'People's Choice' and 'Best Positive' sculpture categories.

 He was the only sand artist from India to participate in the contest.Other participants included artists from Spain, Italy, Ireland, Germany, Ukraine, Russia, Poland and Holland.

Sudarshan Pattnaik has participated in more than 50 international sand art competitions across the globe and won many accolades.


Works of Sudarshan Pattnaik 

 A sand sculpture congratulating Barack Obama on his victory in the Presidential election

A sand sculpture congratulating Pranab Mukherjee on his victory in the Presidential election, created by sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik at the Puri beach in Orissa.

The sand image created by Sudarsan Pattnaik earlier on a beach in Orissa's Puri town appealing to people to save the sport of hockey

The sand image of Michael Jackson after his death made on Orissa's Puri beach.

Sudarshan Pattnaik gives finishing touches to a sand sculpture to mark the killing of Osama bin Laden at the golden sea beach at Puri, Orissa

A sand sculpture tribute to the victims of Sep 11,2001

A sand sculpture depicting Anna Hazare

A sand sculpture depicting 2010 New Year Wish

A sand sculpture marking the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games

Sudarshan Pattnaik's entry at “Sandsation 2010”

A man dressed in a Santa Claus costume walks past sand sculptures of Santa Clauses created by the artist Sudarshan Pattnaik and his students as part of Christmas celebrations on a beach in Puri, located in the eastern Indian state of Odisha, Dec 25, 2012. 

Sand artist Sudarshan Pattnaik creates a sculpture in Puri, Odisha to pay homage to the Delhi braveheart

Sand Sculpture for the new year 2013 created by sand artist Sudarshan Pattnaik at the Puri sea beach

 

Sudarshan Pattnaik gives finishing touches to his sand sculpture of former Britain’s Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher as a mark of homage, at the golden beach of Puri

Pattnaik was recently awarded Moscow choice prize for creating a sand sculpture of Lord Ganesh at World sand art championship 2013, Russia

Propagating peace, Pattnaik created a sand sculpture of Lord Ganesh- 'The Dispeller of obstacles and the symbol of World peace' - at World sand art championship 2013, Russia

Pattnaik carved around 12ft high sculpture at the championship. The theme of the competition was 'Secret of the World'(India). The championship was from 22nd April to 28th April at Kolomenskoe Museum Reserve in Moscow

10 countries participated in this competition and Pattnaik was the solo representative from India

Sudarsan Pattnaik Wins International Sand sculpture festival in Denmark

Sudarsan Pattnaik won the grand prize at the prestigious Copenhagen International Sand sculpture festival in Denmark for his sculpture on environment. Sudarsan Pattnaik won the prize for his sand sculpture 'Go Green, Save Earth'.Sudarsan Pattnaik created the 15 feet-high sculpture in 7 days for the festival

Ghana won the Jury prize and Italy won the Artist prize

Sudarsan Pattnaik won the Jury prize in Copenhagen last year.

Sand Sculpture created by sand artist Sudarshan Pattnaik during an awareness campaign on the eve of World No Tobacco Day(May 31)at the Bay of Bengal coast in Puri, Orissa

Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik's sand sculpture with a message "Jai Jawan" on the occasion of Independence day at Puri beach in Odisha on Thursday Aug 15,2013

Sand Sculpture for the Vinayagar Chatturthi Sep 9,2013 at Puri beach in Odisha

Sudarshan Pattnaik and his team pay tributes to the victims of the terror attack on a Kenya Westgate mall on Saturday Sep 21,2013 by creating a sand sculpture on the Bay of Bengal coast in Puri, Orissa

  Sudarsan Pattnaik's sand sculpture appealing for help for the victims of Phailin Cyclone at Puri beach

  Tribute To Manna Dey

When Malala Yousafzai was shot

Tribute to Margaret Thatcher

World's biggest sand Jesus at Puri beach

 

Odisha's noted sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has created yet another wonder erecting a 35 feet by 75 feet sand idol of Lord Jesus.

Sudarsan used about 1000 tonnes of sand mixed with coloured sand in the statue which comprised the sculptor of Lord Jesus, Mother Mary and Santa Claus.

Pattnaik, who was assisted by 25 of his students at the Sudarsan Sand Art Institute of Puri, took 3 days to build up the mammoth structure, which will be on display from December 24 till January 1,2014