P R Daroz

“I wanted to work with my hands and do something that involved both the hands and the mind (technology). So, I chose Ceramics”.

P R Daroz, an Indian Ceramist known for his bold and innovative techniques is considered to be one of the most gifted and versatile artists in Indi. Daroz was the first person from Telangana t o study ceramics at MSU, baroda. Though he had not worked on the potter’s wheel, he was accepted in the ceramics Programme at the University with a scholarship because he had studied Applied Art and Design.

The artist is responsible to give ceramics prominence as an art form in India in a way no one had quite succeed in doing before him. Daroz has experienced with a wide range of materials and mediums to create a variety of finely crafted ceramic works in his unique style.

In the beginning of his career, Daroz created several series of vessel forms. Subsequently, he slowly began expanding and diversifying his interest towards architectural ceramics. Daroz believes that both pottery and architecture share a common attribute of making use of the emptiness within, similar to a dancer maneuvering space, thus creating a form.

Over time, Daroz’s forms grew into a combination of architectural planes and voids interspersed with artistic elements from across the country. His proficiency over the alchemy of tones and textures is displayed across all mediums of ceramics. He has been experimenting with a variety of clay bodies since the 1980s.

His hybrid ceramic forms purity of line and monumental scale have had a powerful influence on a number of ceramic practitioners.