The results of the prestigious 45th state art exhibition in the student’s category have been announced. Accordingly,Atharva SuduthShenaviMandrekarin the Painting and Graphic Print section,Chaitanya Dattaprakash Sinai Kuncolienkerin Applied and Graphic design section and Ashish Phaldesai in Sculpture section respectively have been awarded the first prize of Rs. 10,000/- each. Artists Prafulla Dahanukaraward of Rs. 15,000/- for the Best work in the exhibition has been declared to Rudra Rajendra Shirodkar for his work in painting and graphic Print.The panel of judges namely Nirupa Naik, Sadashiv Vishnu Paraband MaendraAlvares judged this exhibition of a competitive nature.
In Painting and
Graphic print section, Shubham Vilas Palekar and Sairaj Rama Tari secured
second and third prize respectively, whereas in Applied Art and Graphic design
section, Sumit Naik and Akash Gaude have bagged second and secured third prize
respectively. In sculpture section, Sahil Naik has been awarded second prize
and Soham Shirodkar been selected for third prize. Prize sponsored by Goa Hindu
Association in memory of Artist Late Raoji V. Gaunekar has been secured by
MarcioFernandes whereas Late Hanumanth B. Neugi Memorial prize has been awarded
to Pratiksha Umesh Parab.
Kala Academy has been
organizing the State Art Exhibition for the last 44 years. This year,
altogether -175 works were received in all the three sections and a total of
88works were selected for display in the exhibition.
The exhibition will be inaugurated by Chokha Ram Garg, Secretary, Art and Culture next b week at the art Gallery of Directorate of Art & Culture, Govt. of Goa, Sanskruti Bhavan, Patto-Panaji.The exhibition will be on view for the public on the 11thand 12th.