HARIBAABU
NAATESAN
“Whenever I see scrap materials, I see a soul
waiting to come to life.”
This is what National Awarded artist, Haribaabu
Naatesan, aka Hari, has to say when someone
asks him what he does to what we call “scrap” in
layman language.
Haribaabu is a famed name in the world of
abstract work, automobile art and creatures’
artwork. Catering to his clients, both India and
Abroad, Haribaabu has come a long way from
his first ever solo exhibition, titled “Esthesis” at
Mumbai’s ‘Out of the Blue’ art café in 2009 to
“Repercussions” group show in 2016, and
reaching faraway in London too. The super
proud achievement being the sculpture he built
for Shri Narendra Modi’s initiative of “Make in
India”, which the whole nation feel proud of.
His clientele base too includes several big
names - other than ‘Make in India’ project,
companies and organizations like Volkswagen,
Viacom 18, Mercedes-Benz and a lot more to
count.
Haribaabu found his passion to express his
unique and quirky style in an unusual, out of the
box way by using scrap and throw-away objects
during his Masters at NID, Ahmedabad.
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