page_title: Wajid Khan (artist)
section_title: Art with Iron Nail
hierarchical_section_title: Wajid Khan (artist) / Career / Art with Iron Nail
caption_attribution_description: English: This is portrait of Mahatma Gandhi was made by Wajid Khan.
context_page_description: Wajid Khan is an Indian artist, portraitist and sculptor. He is specialized in carving canvas with nails. Khan is famous for his various art forms like shadow art, metal art, stone art, kinetic art, and "nail art". His shadow art of Vallabhbhai Patel had garnered him attention and praises for his technique and was later placed under Madhya Pradesh's administration. Khan's nail art had been mentioned in the Guinness Book of World Records and Limca Book of Records.
  One of his artworks is part of the Rashtrapati Bhavan, the official home of the President of India. He also has been awarded by the former president of India for his contribution towards art, late APJ Abdul Kalam.
context_section_description: Wajid Khan India owns a patent on nail art or nail painting, in which iron nails are hammered into a hard acrylic sheet to create a pointillist-style image. In the year 2005 he completed his first nail painting of Mahatma Gandhi. It took him three years to finish it. He has also created Nail portraits of Mother Mary, Lord Jesus, Dhirubhai Ambani, Salman Khan, Raj Thackeray, Rahul Gandhi, Sai Baba of Shirdi, Kaaba, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum.
  On 17 February 2014 an exhibition of Wajid Khan's nail portraits was held in Mumbai, which was attended by Bollywood personalities like Dalip Tahil, Ashmit Patel, Chahat Khanna, and Seema Chauhan.
caption: Nail portrait of Mahatma Gandhi by Wajid Khan
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