Autobiography

Vishwanath Davangere Mallabadi was born in Chitradurga, Karnataka, India on 22 October, 1962. He grew up in an atmosphere where art was respected and encouraged and still is. He thus inherited a priceless legacy. His father, Late D. M. Shambhu was a famous sculptor and painter and dedicated his life in restoring and maintaining valued artifacts under the aegis of the Government of India. In fact, his father’s uncanny eye for detail and finesse has had a profound impact on his professional career.

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His father wanted him to be a Doctor, but he was not medically inclined. However, the traits of a Medical Practitioner were imbibed by him during the time when he assisted his father in his endeavors in various artistic forms and mediums. He decided to pursue his professional career in Art & Design. His self-validation skills with constant encouragement from his father, developed his creative talent. By age 18, he had developed obvious skills as an artist and reinforced his skills on completing his professional degree in B.F.A. in Applied Art. He studied at the College of Art (1983–1987) in New Delhi, India.

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At the age of 23, he used to explore second hand trash objects and try to convert them into worthy objects. He started exploring new art forms within e-waste. Fortunately, he was part of HAM radio, wherein he developed his technical skills, learned fundamentals of technology, electronics and fabrication. Subsequently it inspired him to know more about electronic product design.

 

His philosophy and rationale towards creating something extraordinary is by doing fusion between creativity and technology. He always enforced his acquired technical knowledge and blend with his artistic skills. He thus blended Creativity with Modernity in all forms. He always wanted to challenge himself by doing something unique. Thoroughly inspired, he started exploring his passion by creating new art forms. He chose e-waste as a medium to express his ideas. He is passionate and dedicated about the work he does and thoroughly enjoy it.

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The effort involves a lot of patience, love and determination. For him, no waste is waste, he see’s interesting forms in e-waste. He upcycle’s them and tries to give a second life to inanimate objects. He scrutinizes e-waste and restores potential components, finally transforming the e-waste into unimaginable amazing masterpieces. The creation process seeks serendipity and aesthetics.

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He try to bring in the creative vision to discarded e-waste and add higher environmental value than it had in its original state.

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Upcycling  is  a key concept  to  add  value to  junke-waste. He has created many unconventional and iconic designs out of e-waste. He try to interconnect distinctive e-waste pieces into a coherent composition, improvise with different forms and keep working until he is satisfied with the results.