During the 1994-95 academic year, he had a residency in printmaking at the Wimbledon School of Art, London. Influenced by the likes of Picasso, Klee and Francis Bacon, Kambli creates work that is both colorful and expressive. Often using traditional myths, he reinterprets traditional themes into contemporary contexts to demonstrate their relevance today. For him, creating art is more than a job or something he does well. It is a calling.
Printmaking is a very expressive art form.
It is an apt medium for me. It has a lot of possibilities. Kambli, who is on campus through April, also likes to draw on life's surprises as inspiration for his work. Since his visit to Michigan is yielding plenty of those, Kambli expects them to surface in his future prints and paintings. I'm sure things I have seen here will come up when I go back to India.