Wajid Khan (born 10 March 1981) is an Indian artist, portraitist, sculptor, inventor and patent holder. He has specialized in carving canvas with nails. Recognizing his outstanding nail art, Khan was named in the Guinness Book of World Records, Limca Book of Records, and Asia Book of Records.
Wajid Khan has been commissioned to design a unique sculpture for 2022 FIFA World Cup, to be held in Qatar. One of his artworks is part of Rashtrapati Bhavan, the official home of the President of India.
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Early life
Khan was born on 10 March 1981, in a small village Songiri in the Mandsaur district of Madhya Pradesh state of India. Currently, he lives in Indore.
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Career
Inventions
In 1995, at the age of 14 he invented the world's smallest electric iron. After this invention, he went on to invent a water theft device and a centralized touch-activated switch for household appliances. He also created a painting on canvas, which was apparently world's first 3D painting. He has also created a robot and then again, in 2003 he invented a Light sensor & Gear Locking.
From being a rugby player, animator and inventor, Wajid has also carved his niche in doing things differently. Now, he is a famous nail-portraist. Among his other works includes 200 of his inventions. He invented world's smallest 'electric-Iron', just when he was studying in V standard. It was named in the Guinness Book of World Records. He has been awarded three time by the late president Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam.
Art with Iron Nail
Wajid Khan owns a patent on nail art or nail painting, in which iron nails are hammered into a hard acrylic sheet to create a pointillist-style image. In the year 2005 he completed his first nail painting of Mahatma Gandhi. It took him three years to finish it. He has also created Nail portraits of Mother Mary, Lord Jesus, Dhirubhai Ambani, Salman Khan, Raj Thackeray, Rahul Gandhi, Sai Baba of Shirdi, Kaaba, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum.
On 17 February 2014 an exhibition of Wajid Khan's nail portraits was held in Mumbai, which was attended by Bollywood personalities like Dalip Tahil, Ashmit Patel, Chahat Khanna, and Seema Chauhan.
Auto-parts sculpture
In 2014, Khan created a sculpture from junk and automobile spare parts depicting a racing horse with its jockey. The creation is made using spare parts of different vehicles like Mercedes Benz, Hero Honda, Passion Plus bike.
Talking to Hindustan Times, Khan said,
Art with medical equipment
Wajid Khan not only used his art as medium to render happiness or express his emotions but he has also played a significant role in awakening the society. In 2014, he became a part of Save Girl Child campaign and with medical equipment he created an artifact of an innocent crying girl. This depicts that a scissor which is used in stitching the wounds, and a stethoscope which is used to measure heart beats, is often the reason for the death of an innocent. Wajid has fearlessly shown this reality with the help of medical equipment and has given a message to stop foeticide.
Recognitions/honour
- Wajid Khan's 'Nail Art' was included in the Limca Book of Records.
- He invented world's smallest 'electric-Iron', just when he was studying in 5th standard. It was named in the Guinness Book of World Records.
- He has been awarded thrice by the former president APJ Abdul Kalam.
- In June 2012, Recognizing his outstanding 'Nail Art', Wajid Khan was named in the Golden Book of World Records (GBWR).
- He entered in India Book of Records for creating amazing real-like 3D portraits, including portraits of Mahatma Gandhi, Dhirubhai Ambani, Mother Mary and Jesus among others, by hammering iron nails on blank canvas. His portrait of Mahatma Gandhi took a total of eight months and 150,000 nails to get completed.
- On 4 November 2016, Wajid Khan was invited to deliver a lecture in Aligarh Muslim University,Aligarh organised by Sir Syed Minority Foundation of India and he also shared about his inspirational life story to Aligarh Muslim University students. He also nominated as lifetime member by Sir Syed Minority Foundation of India.
- On 8 March 2015, Wajid Khan was invited to deliver a lecture in IIM Indore, on the subject of Innovation in Management. He also shared his story to students from being a simple village boy to a record-holder nail-artist.
- He delivered a guest lecture at two-day Inter University Arts & Crafts Exhibition organized in Lovely Professional University. Analyzing 800+ art-works of LPU students and from 200 other participating institutions displayed at the exhibition center, Wajid Khan forwarded important pieces of advice to the budding artists.
- Was invited as Guest of Honour at Manav Rachna International University's four-day premier architectural convention Zonal NASA 2016.
- In January 2017,Wajid Khan participated in the 2nd India Art Festival held in New Delhi, India.
Other
Reportedly, In April 2015, Wajid Khan was invited to interact with young artists in Automobile Art Festival, held in ITC Rajputana, Jaipur. He also took workshop for students. On 13 August 2016 Wajid Khan was invited by WittyFeed in an organized event named 'One Independence day'.
Social cause and philanthropy
In February 2016, Wajid Khan announced to donate Rs. 2 billion. to poor children. A day before World Environment Day in June 2016, Wajid Khan painted the dried street trees in Indore and spread message to save environment. Wajid Khan took workshop and taught spoon art to street children for free of cost so that they can earn money for living.
See also
- List of Indian artists
- List of people from Madhya Pradesh
References
External links
- Official website
Source of article : Wikipedia
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