SACHIN AKALEKAR

Bio

Sachin Akalekar is a renowned artist born in Kolhapur district (Maharashtra) in 1976. He pursued his arts education in Government School of Art, Aurangabad in 1995. He obtained his A.T.D and BFA from Abhinav Kala Mahavidhyalaya, Pune in 1996 and 2000, respectively. During the course of his study, he has been awarded “Best Student of the Year”. Upon graduation until now, Sachin Akalekar has been actively involved in many group and solo exhibitions, both a physical and a virtual event. He has won several competitions as well in the category of illustration, sketching, and poster making.

The series of Nandi (The Mighty Taurus) that is in the collection of Gnani Arts is the epitome of valor, hope, and compassion. For Sachin, the bull is far more than a handy subject to paint. Since his young age, the bull’s imagined muscles have clenched tight in the artist’s subconscious. His art reveals the robust connection between harnessing the strength of the bull as his subject and projecting his indomitability. The artist paints his subject purely out of his imagination. Here, the bull is shown as an epitome of compassion, the giver of delight and joy. With its legs tucked under and tail wrapped around its smooth round body, it gazes serenely back at the viewer with the soft warm eyes. The bull is painted with earthen palettes of ochre, red, blue, orange, green, and violet, and finished with shades of greys, blacks, and suggestive delicate rhythmic lines. Sachin also uses patches of dark blackish-blue to indicate the divine aspect of his subject. It assumes a sacred and meditative nature. The shiv linga, Trishul, bells prominently featuring on the canvas