Ashok Bhadra grew up in West Bengal, India appreciating clay artisans giving from to Hindu deities. His love for sculpture brought him to MS University in Barada and Geriit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam.
Influenced by Japanese archi- tecture, Ashok now designs and produces lamps using wood and paper. Over the years he has evolved a distinctive style that has very little Japanese or Indian about it. Inanimate objects are given form and are brought to 'light', life. Much admired, his kitty inccludes the predtigious Gujarat State Lalit
Kala Academy and the All Indea Fine Arts and Crafts Society awards.