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Shobha Brahma is quite well-known of being an artist and a sculptor-cum-cultural personality of the great Bodo tribe in India. He is the recipient of many prestigious awards for his contribution in art and society: among the most notable being the Kamal Kumari Award for Culture (1991), Bishnu Prasad Rabha Award (1996), Lalit Kala Ratna (2007) and the Bodoland Territorial Award for Art and Culture (2006). His incredible work in visual arts as well as cultural advocacy has made him a very strong legacy as a pioneering artist in Northeast India. Sobha Brahma is from the Bodo Tribe. Population of the Bodo mainly lives in the Bodoland Territorial Region of Assam and observes such cultural features as weaving and handloom work and also traditional dances like the Bagurumba, making meaningful contributions to Assam's cultural landscape. Sobha Brahma ventured into this world on the 14th of October 1929 in Bhumka village in the Kokrajhar district of Assam. He studied history before he took admission into fine arts at Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan, from where he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in the year 1957. Finding his passion for art, he took up teaching for some time and thereafter devoted the rest of his life entirely to sculpting and painting. His life and works have become synonymous with innovation; he truly pioneered new concepts in art and sculpture that gained respect and acclaim while carving out an identity for himself in the Northeast art fraternity. Besides painting and sculpture, Sobha Brahma was also an author, translator, and film director. Brahma translated essential art literature into Assamese, making global art knowledge available to the local people.
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Shobha Brahma is quite well-known of being an artist and a sculptor-cum-cultural personality of the great Bodo tribe in India. He is the recipient of many prestigious awards for his contribution in art and society: among the most notable being the Kamal Kumari Award for Culture (1991), Bishnu Prasad Rabha Award (1996), Lalit Kala Ratna (2007) and the Bodoland Territorial Award for Art and Culture (2006). His incredible work in visual arts as well as cultural advocacy has made him a very strong legacy as a pioneering artist in Northeast India. Sobha Brahma is from the Bodo Tribe. Population of the Bodo mainly lives in the Bodoland Territorial Region of Assam and observes such cultural features as weaving and handloom work and also traditional dances like the Bagurumba, making meaningful contributions to Assam's cultural landscape. Shobha Brahma is quite well-known by pedigree of being an artist and a sculptor-cum-cultural personality of the great Bodo tribe in India. He is the recipient of many prestigious awards for his contribution in art and society: among the most notable being the Kamal Kumari Award for Culture (1991), Bishnu Prasad Rabha Award (1996), Lalit Kala Ratna (2007) and the Bodoland Territorial Award for Art and Culture (2006). His incredible work in visual arts as well as cultural advocacy has made him a very strong legacy as a pioneering artist in Northeast India. Sobha Brahma is from the Bodo Tribe. Population of the Bodo mainly lives in the Bodoland Territorial Region of Assam and observes such cultural features as weaving and handloom work and also traditional dances like the Bagurumba, making meaningful contributions to Assam's cultural landscape.
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Besides the innumerable national awards, he was also conferred honorary D.Litt. degrees by Dibrugarh University in 2001 and Rabindra Bharati University in 2006. Brahma's spirit and untiring work for Bodo culture and all forms of art from Northeast India inspired generations of students and artists. Naturally, he was primarily reckoned a modern artist—his broad and ground-breaking contributions into the bigger realm of aesthetics and culture are really ineffaceable. With the loss of his life on March 5, 2012, a sombre pall enveloped India. His endeavour continues to inspire and shape Assamese art culture.
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