Kunal Naik, born in 1978, is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Mumbai. He graduated from Sir J. J. Institute of Applied Art in the year 2000 with the prestigious Government Gold medal for his final year advertising project, a silver CAG and a special award for the most outstanding student of the year. He has worked with international advertising agencies such as Saatchi & Saatchi and Ogilvy. He then shifted his focus to publishing and was appointed as the creative head for HI! Blitz, a celebrity, fashion, lifestyle magazine, for Kingfisher Airlines.
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He also was recognized as the most promising student of the year 1999-2000 and was awarded a Silver Cag along with several advertising agency awards. His professional career in advertising began as an Art Director in Saatchi & Saatchi moving on to Ogilvy. During his six-year career in advertising, he worked on brands like Tata Motors, Navbharat Times, Amaron Batteries to name a few, and also helped his team bag a few national and international awards.
Moving on from mainstream advertising in 2007, he shifted his focus to design. He was appointed as the Creative Director for HiBlitz! a fashion-celebrity-lifestyle magazine owned by Dr. Vijay Mallya. During this period he was also nominated to design the visual identity and emblem for Indra Dhanush, a cultural initiative hosted by the Hon’ble President Of India at the Rashtrapati Bhawan, which pays ode to our country’s timeless culture and heritage through performing arts.
Since childhood, he experimented with art. With time his sensibilities matured and his hobby turned into a passion. In 2012 he curated his first solo show at Arjun Khanna’s fashion boutique in Colaba (Mumbai), titled “In Search Of The Lost Chord”. The body of work created was in the tradition of sculptural paintings, and was later exhibited at The United Art Fair, New Delhi.
Since 2013 he has been creating art in the tradition of Assemblage. Some works from this current exhibition were shown at The Edelweiss Palate Art Show 2016 in February, in Mumbai. His work was also a part of an art auction titled “ Art Beyond the Canvas’ that took place at The Bikaner House, New Delhi organized by Khushi (NGO) – A fundraiser for Girl Child Education. He also participated in the Appa Art Festival– A K N Ramachandran Art Initiative held at the Mumbai Assembly, Bandra, in August 2016. He is also an integral part of The Art Village – An artist residency in Karjat, Maharashtra, where he exhibited his works last.
Apart from this Kunal is a self-taught Mouth Harpist. A Mouth Harp is an ancient instrument that dates back 6000-8000 years and is one of the most difficult instruments to play. He has been playing it since 2008 and has performed with various musicians, live bands, DJ’s, performed solo, and has also professionally recorded for film background score. He has an exotic collection of around 30 Mouth Harps from all around the world.
He believes that an artist should express himself through various mediums in order to grow. His natural talent to perform was seen in 2017 when he appeared as a character artist in the critically acclaimed movie Gurgaon and an action thriller Rocky Handsome. In 2019, he mesmerized the audience with his work in a web series called ‘High’ on MX Player and bagged the best negative role.
Narrative: ‘VIRAT SWAROOP’ (Digital Photography) By Kunal Naik (Multi-disciplinary artist)
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