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A Profile |
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Date of Birth : 28 MAY 1966.
Place of Birth : Pune, India
Academics : 1997 to 1999 - Master's degree in Fine Arts from Stella Maris College, Madras. Gold medallist and rank holder
July 2000 - Qualified in Eligibility for Lectureship through National Educational Test by University Grants Commission, India
1986 to 1989 - Diploma course in Drawing, Painting and Sculpture at Kalakshetra College of Fine Arts, Chennai, under the tutelage of Painter K.Sreenivasulu and Sculptor Kalasagaram Rajagopal
1986 to 1987 - Apprentice to Sculptor Kalasagaram Rajagopal |
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| Professional Experience |
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1987 to 1995 - Assisted Sculptor Kalasagaram Rajagopal in over a dozen commissioned Portrait Sculptures
Received and accomplished several Commissions for Sculptures (Portraits and thematic) and Murals in Bronze, Fibreglass reinforced Resin, Plaster and Terracotta.
October 1999 to March 2004 - Lectured in the Fine Arts Department of Stella Maris College
since May 1995 - Founded Krishna Nupur Cultural Trust in Madras, a registered non-profit foundation to encourage art, art therapy, craft and culture among children and challenged people
Participated in several Group and Solo exhibitions
Designed and executed Landscaping of gardens for private residences
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| Exhibition History
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Solo Shows
- 1994 February - Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings
Neil Rossner Bungalow, Tiruvannamalai, Tamilnadu
- 2000 January - Paintings and Bronze Sculpture
Ramana Nagar, Tiruvannamalai, Tamilnadu
- 2000 April - Bronze and Terracotta Sculpture and Drawings
Vinyasa Art Gallery, Madras
- 2002 September - Terracotta Sculpture
Manasthala, Madras
Group Shows
- 1987 April - Painting and Sculpture
Kalakshetra Students’ Show, Alliance Francaise de Madras
- 1997 February - Sculpture
Amarantos’97, Values Art Foundation, Madras
- 1997 August - Sculpture
50 Years of Independence show, Lalit Kala Academy, Madras
- 1998 August - Sculpture
Annual Art Exhibition, Lalit Kala Academy, Madras
- 1999 August - Sculpture
Annual Art Exhibition, Lalit Kala Academy, Madras
- 2000 March - Painting
Kavithai Ovia Kankatchi, Centenary Museum hall
- 2000 April - Painting, Sculpture
Affordable Art show, Vinyasa Art Gallery, Madras
- 2000 June - Drawing, Sculpture
Affordable Art show, Lakshana Art Gallery, Hyderabad
- 2000 August - Sculpture
Annual Art exhibition, Lalit Kala Academy, Madras
- 2001 August - Sculpture
Lalit Kala Mela, Lalit Kala Academy, Madras
- 2002 Jan-Feb - Sculpture
Preview show to Lyon’s SLBA, The Russian Cultural Centre, Madras
- 2002 June - Painting
Charity Show, Amethyst, Madras
- 2002 April - Sculpture
Le Salon De Printemps, La Societe Lyonnaise des Beaux Arts, Lyon, France
- 2004 August - Painting
Charity Show, Amethyst, Madras
- 2005 August - Sculpture
Exhibition of 16 women artists of Chennai at Forum Art Gallery, Madras
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| Commissions for Sculpture |
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1995 August
One and half times Life size Bronze Statue of a seated meditating young woman for a Health Farm, Bangalore
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1999 December
Life size Bronze Bust of Dr. Prof. Sc. Dieter Beck of Germany,for Anna University, Madras
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2000 November
Life size Fibreglass Resin Bust of Miss. Kira Plaetz, Germany
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2001 June
Bas relief Terracotta Mural for Reception Hall,The Hindu Welfare Centre, Madras
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2002 December
Life size Bust of (Late) Swami Omkarananda, Rishikesh
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2003 April
Life size Bronze Bust of Dr. Prof.C.R.Rao, Eminent Statistician, Retired from Pennsylvania State University, U.S.A
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2004 December
Life size bronze Bust of (Late) Mr. Mammen Mappillai, Founder, Ex-Chairman, MRF Limited, Madras
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