Suvigya Sharma
Suvigya Sharma is an Indian artist, painter, fashion designer, who does miniature paintings, Tanjore painting, fresco work and portraits. He has worked in restoring fresco painting at City Palace at Jaipur, Jama Masjid and Singapore Art Museum. His works fall under miniature art
In February, 2016, Suvigya Sharma his art work Timeless Miniature Art was showcased at Make in India event, with a live demonstration of Miniature-painting technologies in Mumbai.
Early life and education
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.Career
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, Narendra Modi, 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.
On 4 October 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.
On 10 May 2017, during The Purpose Tour concert in India, Suvigya Sharma commissioned a life-size oil on canvas portrait for Justin Bieber and presented it to him at St. Regis in Lower Parel, Mumbai. In May, 2017, he commissioned a lifelike portrait for prime minister Narendra Modi.
Collaboration with Make in India
In February 2016, Sharma, was invited to showcase his work for Government of India's initiative Make in India, followed by a live demonstration of Miniature-painting technologies by him.Charity
In June 2016, Suvigya Sharma participated along with artists Uddhav Thackeray, Ajay De, Sudharak Olwe, Brinda Miller, Rajiv Menon in fund raiser art-exhibition for Nargis Dutt Cancer Foundation in Mumbai, which was organized by Priya Dutt.Exhibitions
| Year | Event's name | Venue |
| 2016 | The Art of Royals | Kamalnayan Bajaj Art Gallery |
| 2016 | Timeless Miniature Art | ArtDesh Gallery |
| 2015 | Forever Eternal 'Pichwai | Kamalnayan Bajaj Art Gallery, Nariman Point |
| 2014 | An Art Collectors Paradise | Cymroza Art Gallery, Breach Candy |
| 2013 | Illuminations | Kala Ghoda Arts Festival, Mumbai |
| 2010 | The Golden Era | Breach Candy |
| 2009 | Mythologies of India | Cymroza Art gallery, Mumbai |
| 2007–2009 | Open Palm Court | Chennai Art gallery & India Habitat Centre, Delhi |
| 2007–2009 | The Art of India | Chennai Art gallery & India Habitat Centre, Delhi |