BEGINNINGS
Born in Mysore, Karnataka. 1966 Founder member, Cholamandal
Artists Village, Madras. Worked with master weaver to
create tapestry in silk. 1977,90 State Department Invitee,
USA. 1977,83,90,2002 British Council Visitor, UK. 1979-83
Executive Committee member, Karnataka State Lalit Kala
Akademi, Bangalore. 1980 French Govt. Innvitee. 1981-83
Executive Committee member, Lalit Kala Akademi,, New
Delhi. 1985 Art Director for two national award-winning
Kannada films: Samskara and Vamsha Vriksha. 2001 Advisory
Committee member, National Gallery of Modern Art, New
Delhi.
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EDUCATION
- 1964-68 Diploma in Fine Arts, Govt. College of
Arts and Craft, Madras.
EXHIBITIONS
- 1964, 65, 79 State Art Exhb., Lalit Kala Akademi,
Bangalore.
- 1965, 72 Exhb., Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta.
- 1965, 66, 67, 77, 79, 80 State Art Exhb., Lalit
Kala Akademi, Madras.
- 1965-68,72,74-79 National exhb., Lalit Kala Akademi,
New Delhi.
- 1967 Solo exhb., Viswesaraya Centre, Bangalore.
- 1967,90,93,96,99 Solo exhb., Jehangir Art Gallery,
Bombay.
- 1967,97 Solo exhb., The British Council, Madras.
- 1967 Contemporary Indian Art, Norway, Denmark.
- 1967 Recent Indian Art, organised by Lalit Kala
Akademi, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia and Belgium.
- 1968 Paris Biennale, France.
- 1969,72,76 Solo exhb., Shridharani Art Gallery,
New Delhi.
- 1969 18 Indian Painters, Max Mueller Bhavan, Calcutta.
- 1971,75,78,82 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th International
Triennale, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
- 1971,92 Solo exhb., Pundole Art Gallery, Bombay.
- 1972 Cholamandal Artists Village Exhb. organised
by UNICEF, New Delhi.
- 1972,74,76,86,88 International Exhb.
COLLECTION
National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi. Lalit Kala
Akademi, New Delhi. Gallery Chemould, Mumbai. Karnataka
Lalit Kala Akademi, Bangalore. Govt. of Karnataka. Bharat
Electronics Ltd., Bangalore. Bharat Earth Moves Ltd.,
Bangalore. Deutsche Bank, Bangalore. Times Bank, Bangalore.
The Arvinds Mills Ltd., Bangalore. Biocon India Pvt.
Ltd., Bangalore. Infosys, Bangalore. Draper International,
Bangalore. Oracle Software India Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore.
Grindlays Bank, Chennai. Shaw Wallace, Chennai. Standard
Chatered Bank, Chennai. Parry & Co., Chennai. Bhabha
Atomic Research Center, Mumbai. Air India, Mumbai. Wipro,
Mumbai & Bangalore. Citibank, New Delhi. Britannia
Industries Ltd., Bangalore. Tamil Nadu Lalit Kala Akademi,
Chennai. Chandigarh Museum, Punjab. Cultural Academy,
Kashmir. H.K. Kejriwal Collection, Bangalore. National
Art Gallery, Madras. Salarjung Museum, Hyderabad. State
Museum, Bangalore. Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi.
AWARDS
1964-66 Awarded National Scholarship, Govt. of India.
1965,79 Award, State Lalit Kala Akademi, Bangalore.
1965,77,79 Award, State Lalit Kala Akademi, Madras.
1967 National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
1994 Karnataka Rajyotsava Award, Bangalore.
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