Biography


Qualification

Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA),Bharathidasan University ,Government College of Arts & Crafts [1993 -1998],Kumbakonam.
Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Madras University,Government College of Arts & Crafts [1998-2000], Chennai.

One Man Show

2013    :   Duvaar, Shrishti art gallery in Hyderabad.
2012    :   Traveling Doors , Kynkyny Art Gallery, Bangalore.
2011    :   (Re)Creating authenticity, Focus art Gallery, chennai.
2010    :   Art Singapore 2010  suntec city, Singapore.
2008    :   Open Doors  Artsmartagallery in Trivandrum.
2008    :   beyond  the threshold   lalit kala akademi in chennai.
2006    :   The Doors  focus gallery in chennai.
2002    :   Doors of India  Manasthala Art Gallery in Chennai.

Two Man Shows

2012    :   Beeja, Ayatana Gallery, Pune
2010    :   Ways of Life  Shrishti Art Gallery in Hyderabad.
2008    :   Travel India  Shrishti Art Gallery in Hyderabad.
2004    :   Art Expressions ,Karnataka Chithrakala Parishath Art Gallery in Bangalore.
2003    :    Visions of India  Palazzo Art Gallery in Chennai.

Group Shows

2015    :   “Indian Artist Show” at Visual Arts Centre, Hong kong (hosted by Gallery Sumukha)
2015    :   “Art is in the Air” at Gallery of Light Ductac, Dubai (hosted by Art Zest)
2015    :   “Art Aesthetics & Utility” at Gallery Space, Hyderabad
2015    :   “The New Romantics” at Kynkyny Art Gallery, Bangalore
2014    :   “Across The Border” at Asia House, London (hosted by Art Zest)
2014    :   “India Art Month Show” at Art Hub, Abu Dhabi
2013    :   “Ethnic concurrence” at Asian Art Gallery, Boston. United States.
2013    :   New England American India Foundation Gala Art Auction at Renaissance Waterfront Hotel, Boston
2013    :   “ART FOR LIFE- 2” Fund Raiser For Uttrakhand Survivors, DLF Foundation,Gurgaon.
2013    :   Dakshin, Kynkyny Art Gallery , Bangalore.
2013    :   ART FOR LIFE-3, Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi.
2013    :   “unseen places, unheard places, missing identities”.Apparao Galleries at Four Seasons Hotel,Mumbai.
2013    :   India on Canvas, Blue Penny Museum, Caudan Waterfront, Port Louis, Mauritius.
2013    :   Concurrents , Alankritha Gallery, Hyderabad
2013    :   Vivid Strokes, Art Zest Gallery, Dubai.
2013    :   50 under 50, kynkyny Art Gallery in Bangalore.
2012    :   Indian Contemporary Art Exhibition,Pravasi Bharatiya Divas , School of Fine Arts Gallery, Moka, Mauritius.
2012    :   Bold & Beautiful, Artzest Gallery, Dubai.
2012    :   Eclectic Reflections,Alankritha Gallery,Hyderabad.
2012    :   Resonance, Dhoomimal City Gallery, New Delhi.
2012    :   Joint India & Vietnam artistic show, Hanoi, Vietnam.
2011    :   "Remembering Husain", Kynkyny Art Gallery, Bangalore.
2010    :   Art aids Show in Park Sherton, Chennai & Muse art gallery, Marriott, Hyderabad.
2010    :   Dakshin in Kynkyny Art Gallery, Bangalore.
2010    :   Art Smart Collection in Art Smart A Gallery, Trivandrum.
2010    :   Southern Scapes in Grand Trunk Road Gallery, Singapore.
2010    :   18 BY 18 Apparao Gallery, Chennai.
2010    :   Art Taipei 2010 in Taiwan.
2010    :   Art Bengaluru Contempary Art Festival,UB City, Bangalore.
2009    :   SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL in kynkyny Art Gallery in Bangalore.
2009    :   Art Smart Collection in Travancore Art Gallery in Delhi.
2009    :   Indian Art Exhbition in Capital Art Gallery in Taipei, Taiwan.
2009    :   Madras Week Celebration show in Dakshinachitra Art Gallery in Chennai.
2009    :   Shrishti Art Gallery in Calicut.
2009    :   JSL Auction & co. Show in Taipei, Taiwan.
2009    :   Miles Apart in Point of View Gallery in Mumbai.
2008    :   Indian art in Capital art centre in Taipei, Taiwan.
2008    :   Enduring images  in Athreyaa art gallery in chennai.
2007    :   Hues of south  in Karnataka Chithrakala Parishath in Bangalore. 
2007    :   Hues of south  in Vinnyasa Art Gallery in Chennai.
2007    :   mfd : may 07 collaborative project show in museum gallery in mumbai.
2006    :   Hues of south show in museum gallery in mumbai.
2002    :   Mamallapuram Group Show in Manasthala Art Gallery in Chennai.
2000    :   Russian Cultural centre in Chennai.
1999    :   Thuriga - III Chitram Art Gallery in Cochin.
1999    :   M.F.A Students shows Lalit Kala Academy in Chennai.
1998    :   Thuriga - I search through medium in Kumbakonam.
1998    :   Thuriga - II Karnataka Chithrakala Parishath Art  Gallery in Bangalore.
1997    :   Futurist , Karnataka Chithrakala Parishat  in Bangalore.

Exhibition Participations

2000-04    :   Group show in Vinnyasa Art Gallery in Chennai.
2002         :   Dilli haat Group Show in New Delhi.
2001         :   21st International Mini Print Exhibition in Spain.
2000         :   GEMS  2000, Multiple sclerosis society of India at Park Sheraton, Chennai.
1999         :   KAMG  Art Auction in Aid of Orissa Cyclone Relief Fund- Taj Group of Hotels, Chennai
1999         :   19th International Mini Print Exhibition in Cadaques, Barcelona.
1998         :   India Independence Golden Jubilee Show.
1998         :   South zone cultural centre in Tanjore.
1997         :   50th year of Art in Independent India Exhibition, AIFACS & Lalit Kala Academy, Regional                         centre Chennai.
1997         :    All India Fine Arts & Crafts society National Exhibition 50 Years of Art in Independent India, New Delhi.
1996-02    :   Tamilnadu Oviya Nunkalai Kuzhu state Exhibition in Chennai.
1995         :   South central zone cultural centre in Nagpur.
1995         :   Squeal 95' Art Exhibition in Kumbakonam.
1993-96    :   South zone cultural centre in Chennai.

Camps

2014 - Indian Art Month, Residency, Art Hub, Abu Dhabi.
2012 - Joint India & Vietnam artistic workshop, Hanoi, Vietnam.
2012 - Indian Painters art camp organised by Dhoomimal City Gallery, Shanghai & Beijing, China.
2010 - Kynkyny Art Camp, Bangalore.
2010 - "Art Smart" A Gallery Camp, Azhimala, Trivandrum.
2007 - Art festival 2007 all india artist camp in lalit kala akademi, Chennai.

Awards

2000    :   State  Award given by Tamilnadu Ovia Nunkalai Kuzhu & Lalit Kala  Academy in Chennai.
1997    :   Appreciation Award given by Directorate of Art andCulture.

Collections

Many private collections in India and Abroad.