An Exhibition of Portraits made on manual Typewriter by Uday Mahadeo Talwalkar from Monday 11th to Saturday 16th April, 2016 daily between 11.00 a.m. & 7.00 p.m. at Kamalnayan Bajaj Art Gallery, Mumbai.
Typewriter Art is an Art of making portraits or landscapes using alphabetical & numerical keys on manual typewriter. Mr.Talwalkar is talented and specialized in making portraits on typewriter. He has been making these portraits for the last 25 years self inspiration is the only force that driven him so far considering that he has mastered the art without having formal training.
He sketches portraits by pencil free hand and uses his vast experience on typewriter in selection of alphabetical & numerical keys to bring out the desired contours. This demands enormous patience, concentration, devotion, dedication and accuracy. He takes a lot of care to make sure that not even a small error is made lest it may spoil appearance of the picture.
Personally presented these portraits to legends/celebrities such as Lata Mangeshkar, Sachin Tendulkar, The Dalai Lama, Swami Ramdeo, Amitabh Bachchan, Madhuri Dixit, Uddhav Thackarey, Raj Thackarey, Sunil Gavaskar etc.
Mr.Talwalkar works at Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd. As Executive Assistant to CMD.
Renowned & Talented Typewriter Artist, one of only 5-6 such artists in the world. Record holder of the largest typewritten portrait of ‘LATA MANGESHKAR’ He is also a member of Saxony Record Holders club, Leipzig, Germany. Entries in to World Record Books: Believe the Unbelievable” published in Washington DC “Book of Alternative Records” published in London, “India Book of Records 2010” published in New Delhi