Biography

1975                       Born in Kerala, India

1979 - 1990         Dubai, U.A.E

2003 -                   Lives and works in Germany 

Education

2001- 2003          Two Year Advance Diploma in Fine Arts, specializing in painting

Kala Bahavana, Visva Barati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal,  India 

1995 - 2000         Five Year National Diploma in Fine Arts, in painting.

Raja Ravi Varma College of Fine Arts, Mavelikara, Kerala, India

Grants and Prizes

2001                       Solo Exhibition Grant, Kerala State Lalitha Kala Academy, Kerala, India

2000                       Honorary mention, Raja Ravi Varma Cultural society, Kerala, India

1999                       Honorary mention, Raja Ravi Varma Cultural society, Kerala, India

Collections

Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf

City of Düsseldorf

The state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW)

Artothek der Zentral und Landesbibliothek Berlin

 

Baring Asset  Management GmbH, Frankfurt

Ernst Umformtechnik GmbH, Oberkirch

MFW Fertigteilwerk GmbH, Osnabrück

Cark Henkel GmbH, Bielefeld

Klappert GmbH, Siegen

Exhibitions

2024       Kunstpreis Osnabrück, Group show, Museums- und Kunstverein Osnabrück e.V.

2023       Große Kunstausstellung NRW, Group show, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf

2023       Drei Nationen, Group Show, Galerie Sievi, Berlin

2023       Beyond the Black, Solo Exhibition, XP Art Agency, Cologne

2021       Große Kunstausstellung NRW, Group show, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf

2020       Schwarz Weiß II, Group show, Städtische Galerie im Park, Viersen

2020       Form & Farbe, Group Show, Galerie Sievi, Berlin

2019       Große Kunstausstellung NRW, Group show, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf

2019       art KARLSRUHE, Galerie Mottet, Chambéry, France

2018       MASSE, CHAMP ET ESPACE-TEMPS, Group show, Galerie Mottet, Chambéry, France

2018       Clouds, Fire and Rain, with Isabel Alonso Vega, Galerie Ulf Larsson, Cologne

2018       Freshtest 4, Group show, Kunstverein Koelnberg, Cologne

2018       art KARLSRUHE, Galerie Ulf  Larsson, Cologne

2018       Große Kunstausstellung NRW, Group show, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf

2017       art KARLSRUHE, Galerie Ulf  Larsson, Cologne

2017       Drawing the world II, curated by  Mónica Álvarez Careaga, SetUp Art Fair Bologna, Italy

2017       Kunst in der Region, DA Kunsthaus Kloster Gravenhorst, Hörstel

2016       POSITIONS BERLIN, Galerie Ulf Larsson, Cologne

2016       Greetings from Asia, with Ruri Matsumoto, Galerie Ulf Larsson, Cologne

2016       Art Vilnius, Lithuania, Galerie Ulf  Larsson, Cologne

2016       art KARLSRUHE, Galerie Ulf  Larsson, Cologne

2016       art KARLSRUHE, Solo Exhibition, Galerie Sievi, Berlin

2015       Crossover, Group show, Galerie Ulf Larsson, Cologne

2015       POSITIONS BERLIN, Galerie Ulf Larsson, Cologne

2015       25 Jahre Galerie Sievi, Group show, Galerie Sievi, Berlin

2014       Natarajaa, Solo Exhibition, Herr Beinlich - Contemporary Fine Art Space, Bielefeld

2014       Große Kunstausstellung NRW, Group show, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf

2014       DRAWING , Group show, Turiec Gallery, Martin, Slovakia

2013       Malerei - Zeichnung, Group show, Galerie Sievi, Berlin

2013       Große Kunstausstellung NRW, Group show, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf

2013       Best works of the Biennial of Drawing Pilsen 

Gallery of Szombathely, Hungary & Centrum Bavaria Bohemia, Schönsee

2012       International Biennial of Drawing, Pilsen, Czech Republic

2012       Baring Asset  Management , Solo Exhibition, Frankfurt

2012       Less is more , Group show, Ulf Larsson, Cologne

2010       Große Kunstausstellung NRW, Group show, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf

2008       Große Kunstausstellung NRW, Group show, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf

2008       Infinite spaces, Solo Exhibition, Galerie BAAL, Bielefeld

2007       The centre for aesthetics, Group show, The university  of Bielefeld 

2007       Große Kunstausstellung NRW , Group show, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf

2006       The painter as a medium, Solo Exhibition, Galerie BAAL, Bielefeld

2006       New Talents , Group show, Gallery Müller & Plate, Munich

2003       Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Group show, Calcutta, India

2001       Kerala State Lalitha Kala Academy, Group show, Durbar Hall, Kochi, Kerala, India