K RAMANUJAM

BEGINNINGS

Born in Madras, Tamil Nadu. 1966 Inspired by K.C.S. Paniker and joined Cholamandal Artists Village, Madras. Executed three mural drawings for Hotel Taj Connemara, Madras. 1974 Committed suicide at the age of thirty-three.

EDUCATION

• Diploma in Fine Arts, Govt. College of Arts and Crafts, Madras.

EXHIBITIONS

• 1965 Commonwealth Arts Festival, London.
• Group exhb., Bombay, Madras and New Delhi.
• 1972 Cholamandal Artists Village Exhb., organised by UNICEF, New Delhi.
• 1973 Exhb., Gallery Chemould, Bombay.
• 1986 Indian Art Today, Phillips Collection, Washington.
• 1996 Exhb., Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai.
• 2004 Manifestations II, organised by Delhi Art Gallery, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai and Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi.
• 2005 Manifestations III, organised by Delhi Art Gallery, Nehru Center, Mumbai and Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.

COLLECTION

• Sara Abrahim, Bangalore.
• Kekoo and Khorshed Gandhy, Mumbai.
• Chester and David Hertwitz Collection, Boston.
• National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.
• Cholamandal Artists Village, Chennai.
• Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

AWARDS

• 1962-64 Awarded National Scholarship. Drew his inspiration for paintings from Indian Mythology.
• 1995 Exhb., Tribute to Ramanujam, Bangalore.
• 2003 Exhb., Tribute to Ramanujam, Chicago.

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