Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 8: Chander Parkash and Sonu Aggarwal, the sculptor couple of Jammu have been invited to participate in an international sculpture symposium to be held in held in Senegal, Africa. Organized by Government of Senegal, Ministry of Culture from May 1-20, 2014, the prestigious sculpture symposium is being held at Dakar, the capital city of West African nation.
Well known for monumental sculpture in stone and wood, the husband and wife team of Chander Prakash and Sonu Agarwal are internationally recognized contemporary sculptors who have won many honours and awards in the country and abroad. Besides showing their works regularly shown in national and international exhibitions, the couple has already participated in number of international symposia in countries like Israel, Costa Rica, Germany, France, Egypt, Turkey, Serbia, Canada, Switzerland and Cape Town.
Sonu Agarwal was the first female artist from J&K to get Commonwealth Award form U.K for work in South Africa in 2004, while Chander Prakash is recipient of AIFACS, India scholarship and junior fellowship from ministry of culture. Sonu Agarwal is working as Instructor Sculpture, Institute of Music & Fine Arts, University of Jammu, while Chander Prakash is a freelance artist. The couple presently lives and works in their studio Kala Vriksha at Sangrampur, Jammu.
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