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{{Short description|Indian artist and painter}}
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| name = Kailash Chandra Meher
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1954|01|22}}
| birth_place = [[Sonepur, Odisha|Sonepur]], [[Odisha]], [[India]]
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| citizenship = Indian
| education = Degree (Art)
| occupation = Artist
| alma_mater = [[Visva-Bharati University]] 
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| spouse = [[Laxmi Meher]]
| children = [[Prakash Meher]], [[Manisha Meher]] & [[Jayanta Meher]]
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| relatives = [[Sadhu Meher]] (Uncle)<ref name=brush/>
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'''Kailash Chandra Meher''' (born 22 January 1954) is an Indian artist, inventor, and social activist. He is a painter of contemporary [[modern art]] paintings and traditional Tussar Pattachitra paintings of [[Odisha]]. He was a recipient of the [[Padma Shri]] by the Government of India in 2013.<ref name=brush>{{cite news|url=http://www.orissapost.com/brush-with-tradition/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411143109/http://www.orissapost.com/brush-with-tradition/ |archive-date=11 April 2013 |title=Brush with Tradition |work=[[Orissa Post]] |date=3 February 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Personal life and education==
Meher was born in an artist family in [[Sonepur, Odisha|Sonepur]] town of [[Odisha]] state. He studied at [[Visva-Bharati University]], [[Santiniketan]]<ref name=naturemorte>{{cite web|url=http://www.naturemorte.com/exhibitions/2013-10-02_stylistic-choices-works-by/press-release/ |title=Stylistic Choices works by : – Press Release |publisher=Nature Morte |access-date=18 January 2014}}</ref> and received a Diploma in Fine Arts from the [[Visva-Bharati University]], Shantiniketan in West Bengal.<ref name=naturemorte/> He was trained in the art of [[Pattachitra]] painting initially by his father and subsequently under guidance of Bhagwat Maharana.<ref name=naturemorte/>

His wife Smt. Laxmi Meher and daughter Manisha jointly received National award in 2005.<ref>[http://handicrafts.nic.in/awards/na2005.pdf National Awardees of Handicrafts Sector for the Year 2005] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102142525/http://handicrafts.nic.in/awards/na2005.pdf |date=2 November 2013 }}</ref> Smt Meher had also received state award in 1990 while daughter Manisha got two state awards in 2001–2002. Both his sons Prakash and Jayanta got National Award in 2001.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=95 |title=49 MASTER CRAFTSPERSONS AND WEAVERS.. |work=pib.nic.in |year=2003 |quote=Shri Prakash Kumar Meher & Shri Jayanta Kumar Meher |access-date=13 February 2013}}</ref>

==Career==
Meher worked as an art designer in the Weavers Service Centre in [[Bhubaneswar]], Govt. Of India, under Development Commissioner Handloom, New Delhi from 1978 to 1993 creating textile designs for weavers and weaving organisations,<ref name="brush"/> and developed some old Bomkai designs, which were developed into a product called "[[Bomkai Sari]]".

Meher creates new designs, techniques with research and experiments, aiming for better market promotion in India and abroad. His tree paintings were presented as an example for the [[Shilp Guru]] award.<ref name="presidentofindia">{{cite web|url=http://presidentofindia.nic.in/listofawardees.pdf |title=Shilp Guru Awards (Handicrafts) Year 2009 |publisher=[[President of India]] |access-date=19 January 2014}}</ref> Because of his excellent work in paintings, many more students and followers got National Award and also thousands of artisan families survive their livelihood by following his innovative creative designs & paintings for their bread & butter.
[[File:Kailash Meher Art.jpg|thumb|Kailash Ch. Meher while on work at his studio in the year 2016.]]
For the poorest girls & women of KBK district, he has started many social organisations with the help and support of The Collector (District Magistrate) for giving them training & employment, so he started some Handloom, Handicraft & Fine Art organisation like :- 1. Indian Art & Craft Academy for Women 2. Indira Gandhi Women Weavers Co-operative Society limited 3. Bharatiya Hastakala Industrial Co-operative Society Limited 4. Handicraft & Handloom Museum and Service Centre for Women.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kailashmeher.com/profile/ |title=Profile « Kailash Meher |access-date=11 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811055633/http://www.kailashmeher.com/profile/ |archive-date=11 August 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://kcmeher1954.blogspot.in/ Biography of Kailash Chandra Meher, Bolangir Odisha] {{User-generated source|date=August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.orissadiary.com/CurrentNews.asp?id=45941 |title=Padma Shri Kailash Chandra Meher received Odisha Living Legend Award, Odisha Current News, Odisha Latest Headlines |access-date=18 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201205523/http://www.orissadiary.com/CurrentNews.asp?id=45941 |archive-date=1 February 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://inbministry.blogspot.in/2013/04/padma-awardsphoto-gallery.html|title=Ministry of Information & Broadcasting: Padma Awards:Photo Gallery|date=5 April 2013}}</ref>

==Awards==
* 1979 & 1985 – Orissa Lalit Kala Academy Award<ref>{{cite web|url=http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/109-113.pdf |title=Odisha Lalita Kala Academy Award Winners |publisher=[[Government of Odisha]] |year=2011 |access-date=19 January 2014}}</ref>
* 1986 – "National Award" by HE the President of India<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cohands.in/awardees.asp |title=Archived copy |access-date=19 April 2014 |archive-date=19 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219100416/http://www.cohands.in/awardees.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* 1997 – Viswakarma Award{{citation needed|date=April 2014}}<ref>File:Viswakarma Award 1997.jpg</ref>
* 1991 & 2001 – "Kalamani" Award by Chief Minister of Haryana{{citation needed|date=April 2014}}
* 2005 – UNESCO CCI seal of excellence for handicrafts<ref>{{cite web|url=http://portal.unesco.org/geography/en/files/8716/121007257452005_Catalogue.pdf/2005+Catalogue.pdf|title=UNESCO CCI seal of excellence for handicrafts|publisher=[[UNESCO]]|year=2005|access-date=20 January 2014}}</ref>
* 2009 – [[Shilp Guru]] Award by HE the President of India<ref name="presidentofindia" />
* 2013 – [[Padma Shri]] Award by Govt. of India<ref>{{cite web|url=http://inbministry.blogspot.in/2013/04/padma-awardsphoto-gallery.html |title=Ministry of Information & Broadcasting: Padma Awards:Photo Gallery |work=[[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]] New Media blog |date=5 April 2013 |publisher=blogspot.com |access-date=20 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/Padma(E)2013.pdf |title=Press Note |publisher=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)]] |access-date=20 January 2014 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.orissadiary.com/CurrentNews.asp?id=40476 |title=Four eminent personalities from Odisha received Padma honours |work=Odisha Diary |date=5 April 2013 |access-date=19 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102203108/http://www.orissadiary.com/CurrentNews.asp?id=40476 |archive-date=2 November 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* 2013 – "Odisha Living Legend Award" by Odisha Diary<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.orissadiary.com/CurrentNews.asp?id=45205 |title=OdishaDiary announces prestigious Odisha Living Legend Awards 2013 |work=Odisha Diary |date=27 October 2013 |access-date=19 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116203948/http://www.orissadiary.com/CurrentNews.asp?id=45205 |archive-date=16 January 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.orissadiary.com/CurrentNews.asp?id=45941 |title=Padma Shri Kailash Chandra Meher received Odisha Living Legend Award |work=Odisha Diary |date=29 November 2013 |access-date=19 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201205523/http://www.orissadiary.com/CurrentNews.asp?id=45941 |archive-date=1 February 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Selected paintings==
<gallery mode="packed" widths="250px" heights="250px">

File:Kailash Chandra Meher's Painting- W & W.jpg|Women Exploitation (W & W), 2008
File:K. C. Meher - "The Creation".jpg|The Creation, 1999
File:K.C.Meher's - Indian Woman.jpg|Indian Woman, 2008
File:Omm by Kailash Ch Meher.jpg|Omm, 2011 Size (4x4) feet
File:Sarba Sukham by Kailash Ch Meher.jpg|Sarba Sukham, 2011 Size (4x4) feet
File:Sweet Dream by Kailash Ch Meher.jpg|Sweet Dream, 2016 Size (5x6) feet
</gallery>

== References ==
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== External links ==

* [https://www.facebook.com/meher1954/ Facebook]

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