Meet Our Artist of the Week – Ranjit Balmuchu
Ranjit Balmuchu is our Artist of the Week. He is an illustrator, comic artist, animator, and creative designer whose prospect lies in abstract landscape art. Balmuchu studied at the School of Architecture at CEPT University, Ahmedabad.
Ranjit Balmuchu’s Art Style
Ranjit Balmuchu’s art style chronicles the exquisite relationship between space and form. It helps the structure become fluid, stirring emotion and provoking curiosity. He sees the landscape as an abstract concept, envisioning it as numerous paper layers suspended in space, pushing the limits of visual storytelling.
Acrylic on canvas board, 16×12 in.
Courtesy – Abir Space
His native surroundings inspired him to draw rice fields, villages, forests, and hills. Ranjit Balmuchu experiments with composition and viewpoints, as the narrative’s visual forms expand into the spatial horizons. His passion for style, colour, and storytelling is remarkable.
Ranjit Balmuchu’s Career
Ranjit Balmuchu’s art career is as grand as his artworks. In 2007, he won the 3rd Prize at The Chelsea International Fine Art Competition, in New York. He has also created a promotional animation short advertisement for Channel-V in 2006. He has contributed NFT for Noetikmedia, illustrated a book by Ruskin Bond for Penguin Publications, and worked on illustrations for books and magazines for Ahmedabad’s NGO, Unnati.
Ranjit Balmuchu has also contributed weekly comic strips for Indian Express’ youth supplement. He has collaborated with various publishing houses, newspapers, and companies focused on e-learning (both computer-based and online training).
Oil on paper, 28×21 in.
Courtesy – Abir Space
He is the Founder & Director of the Academy of Visual Arts and Design (AVAD). Established in July 2011, AVAD is an educational institute which offers top-notch budget-friendly industry design courses in 2D animation, illustration, and cartooning, which helps them in the current animation, e-learning, or advertising sectors.
Ranjit Balmuchu is also the Founder and Director of The Lamb Studios. He established the firm in 2008 to enhance infographics, animation, e-learning, illustration, and graphic design via its services.
Ranjit Balmuchu’s The Red Pavilion
With his landscape, The Red Pavilion, Balmuchy wants the viewer to be a quiet and still observer of a grand past. He puts history’s shaking foundation and life’s simplicity side by side. The over-arching narrative highlights transience and the subtle endurance of time.
Acrylic on canvas board, 18×14 in.
Courtesy – Abir Space
Ranjit Balmuchu’s The Goats
The Goats reimagine landforms as crumpled paper. Nature merges with it in a precise geometry. The paper’s striking contrast with the folded goat-like imagery and the house’s white colour establishes a visual hierarchy.
Acrylic on canvas board, 24×18 in.
Courtesy – Abir Space
Ranjit Balmuchu’s The Harvest
Ranjit Balmuchu’s The Harvest is an abstract landscape. The sky is dense with thick clouds, while the foreground is a field made of folded paper. These thick clouds disrupt the horizontal lines, created by the ground.
Acrylic on canvas, 24×18 in.
Courtesy – Abir Space
Image – Ranjit Balmuchu. Landscape. Acrylic on canvas board, 20×16 in. Courtesy – Abir Space
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