A young and passionate artist of the mountain State, Deepak Kanojia, has put up an exhibition of his works under the aegis of Sarthak NGO at a local mall near Old Survey Road.
“This solo painting exhibition is meant especially for a noble cause and the earnings gained from it, would be donated to the NGO”, revealed Deepak. Not just in Uttarakhand, he has also showcased his art at several other places. He said, “Painting is my passion and I am involved in it since my childhood”. He has showcased his paintings in as many as 800 state level exhibitions, held in different places.
He has also got an opportunity to display his paintings in total 400 national level exhibitions held at different places including All India Art Exhibition organised by NIJH World Art Gallery in IFACS, Delhi, National Art Exhibition organised SNEHIl Art Organisation at Dehradun ,Saharanpur (UP), Jaipur (Rajasthan), Bhopal (MP), Shardha Ukil School of Art (Delhi), Annual Art Exhibition of Contemporary Artists organised by Art and life organisation in lokayata Artists Gallery, Hauz Khas, Delhi and other places.
Deepak, who is also an art teacher in Government Inter College, Bhatad in Chakrata, has worked as an illustrator for Uttarakhand Board text books. He said that as part of this project he used to illustrate the pictorial representations through his paintings of all the State board books. He further said that his pictorial illustrations are used for teaching purpose in government schools and make learning simpler and interesting for kids.