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Shri Ganesh Bhat has made significant contributions to the field of traditional Indian sculpture. Apart from design, composition, and sculpting, he has been a teacher and mentor. A snippet of his contributions to develop and sustain the field of sculpting are presented here.
Teaching and Mentoring
Teaching and Mentoring
At the Canara Bank supported KPG Prabhu Artisans Training center at Bidadi, Bangalore, Ganesh Bhat has taught more than 700 students over the course of more than 18 years, in drawing and sculpting.
He has taught sculpting in Red sandstone, hard soap stone, soap stone, and granite.
He has taught sculpting of traditional Indian sculptures composed in various measurement scales (TaalaMana)
Between 2003-2015, he taught traditional Indian sculpture to more than 60 students in England.
Today, he privately continues to teach a multitude of students from various backgrounds in drawing and traditional Indian sculpture. Shri Ganesh Bhat conducts drawing and sculpting classes, including online drawing classes.
Temple tours
Temple tours
Temple tour discussing the Hoysala style of architecture at the Halebeedu temple complex.
Workshops and Seminars
Workshops and Seminars
He has been invited to multiple national and international workshops, he has been a guest speaker at various conferences and seminars discussing Indian sculpture.
He has been invited to provide demonstrations, talks, trainings in India, Ireland, England, France, among other countries.
Dreamworks
Dreamworks
Picture from the closing ceremony of the 10-day workshop on stone sculpting conducted for 3D animation artists of Dreamworks.
Creating Cultural Connections
Creating Cultural Connections
He sculpted a 9-foot monolith Kamadhenu sculpture at the Shute Farm Artisans' school.
He sculpted a Mridangam artist sculpture in a workshop on Indian and Western sculpting.
He has sculpted an 8-feet tall sculpture of Goddess Maramma which has been installed at the 'Samuha Shilpa' arena, near Ravindra Kalakshetra, Bangalore.
He designed 32 different forms of Ganapaty, which have been installed at the Siddhi Vinayaka temple, Hattiangadi, Udupi district. A reproduction of this has been installed at the B.E.L. Ganapathy temple, Bangalore.
He has also conducted temple tours, discussing aspects of Indian sculpture, temple history, temple architecture, and temple construction.
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