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Gedela Apparao Micro-art creator.

“Man can achieve anything which is done with good intention, honesty and selflessness for the upliftment of the people in a social, educational and spiritual way”. This is the idea which Shri Gedela Apparao, Micro Artist, has been living for and propagating to the society through his Micro art and his thousands of students, in a way of his own.

Born in a middle class family in a remote village, with farming as occupation, Shri Gedela Apparao has been a person with a natural talent in painting. During his childhood, while working in fields, he used to capture the beauty of the nature around him in his paintings on canvas. On one occasion, he wanted to capture the picture of a farmer ploughing the fields and he had no canvas. Out of deep desire to start the work immediately, he looked for an alternate, found a Sapota seed on the ground and finished his painting on the seed. This was the genesis of the Mircro artist at the age of 13 in 1966. This painting drew attention of people in surrounding villages and appreciations started pouring in. With this encouragement, he drew the portrait of Smt. Indira Gandhi, the then Prime minister of India, on a Mustard seed, fixed it in a ring and presented her on her birthday. The appreciation by her in return was widely publicized and served as a catalyst to begin his journey as Micro Artist.

From then he started working on Micro Arts and created master pieces like Lord Venkateswara on Bottle Guard Seed, Mother Theresa on Red gram dall,Sikh Golden Temple on Bottle Guard seed, Lord Jesus Christ on Rice Seed, Taj Mahal on Gingely seed, INDIA on paper edge, GOD on piece of hair & many more pictures on a variety of seeds. His paintings were uncomparable and got popular as 8th wonder of the world.

The artist has transformed the Micro Art as a medium to instill confidence in the masses, particularly in children and young people, that anything can be achieved with perseverance and whole hearted efforts. He has organized thousands of Micro Art exhibitions since 1969 across the country including an exhibition in Parliament of India in 1998. His paintings were also exhibited in America, Russia, France, Germany and many other countries. In the year 1995, Silver Jubilee celebrations of the Apparao’s Micro Art exhibition were conducted for 30 days in Salarjung Museum, Hyderabad.

His Micro Arts have received appreciations from various dignitaries including the previous Presidents and Prime ministers of India, Various Ministers of Centre and State, Mother Theresa, Pope John Paul – II, Sri Dalai Lama, Sri. Ganapathi Sachchidananda Swamy, Sri. China Jeayar Swamy apart from the masses. He has been recognized by various organizations across the country like Indian Jaycees, Telugu vignana samithi, Andhra Pradesh Balala Academy, Andhra Saraswatha samithi, Camelin Pvt.Ltd., Rotary club, Lions club for his Micro Arts and was conferred with a number of awards including but not limited to Gold medals at National and International levels and various honorary awards. He has also used his exhibitions to serve various social causes like generation of relief funds during disasters and natural calamities, awareness on social issues and generation of lively hood for the needy. While serving as a Drawing teacher, he has been an example for his students through his works, inspiring them to follow his idea for the upliftment of the people around them and was awarded as Best Teacher by the Government of Andhra Pradesh.