Born in
1938
1960-66 Studied
Government College of Arts and Crafts, chennai
(1960-66)
Exhibitions
Solo & Group
1963-85
National Exhibition of Art, New Delhi
1966 First one-man show, Chennai
1969 100 Drawings on Gandhiji to mark his birth centenary. One-man show, Sarala Art
Centre, Chennai
1972 ‘25 Years of Indian Art', New Delhi
1973 'Seven South Indian Painters', Australia
1981 One-man show, Jehangir Art Gallery,
Mumbai
1983 Art Heritage Show, New Delhi
1983 & 84 'Sketch
Book Series' (drawings), Sarala Art Centre, Chennai
and Kritika
Art Gallery,
Bengaluru
1986 'Sixth Triennale
-India', New Delhi. 'Kala Yatra
Show', Bengaluru
1987 One-man
show, Jehangir
Art Gallery,
Mumbai. '19th Sao Paulo Biennial', Brazil
1988 Sakshi Gallery, Chennai
1989 'Nature and Environment',
exhibition organized by L.K.A., New
Delhi. 'Kala Yatra Show', Bengaluru
1990 Sakshi
Gallery, Chennai. Dhoomimal
Art Centre, New Delhi
1990 & 91 'Touch
Stone' shows by Sakshi Gallery, Chennai and Bengaluru
1991 Joint
show, Jehangir
Art Gallery,
Mumbai. '9 Indian Artists' by Walk-in-Gallery, Singapore.
'Rimbaud-91', group exhibition by Alliance Francaise
de Chennai, in Chennai and France
1992 Sakshi
Gallery, Bengaluru. Southern Region Art Exhibition by Birla Academy, Kolkata
1993 'Wounds', exhibition at Kolkata and Delhi,
by CIMA Gallery, Kolkata. Joint show at Jehangir Art
Gallery, Mumbai. One-man
show, Crimson Art Gallery,
Bengaluru
1994 One-man
show presented by the British Council at Chennai
1995 Joint
show, Jehangir
Art Gallery,
Mumbai. 'Save the Children', charity exhibition at Mumbai. Group show of
Indian Artists by Sarala's Art Centre in Tokyo, Japan.
'Three Indian Artists' Show', May Gallery, Hong
Kong. 'Gandhiji in
Postcard', exhibition touring various cities in India
1996 'Madras - An Emotion', a major group
exhibition by Values Art Foundation, Chennai. Group
exhibition to raise funds for Jehangir Art
Gallery, Mumbai
1997 'Retrospective Exhibition
of Drawings (1962-1996)' by Values Art Foundation, Chennai. The same
exhibition was jointly sponsored by Crimson Art Resource and Max Muller Bhavan in Bengaluru. 'Major
Trends', group show to commemorate 50 years of India's Independence by L.K.A.,
New Delhi
1999 One-man
show of small formats at Crimson, Bengaluru 1999 'Small Formats', group show of
six artists at Chennai, Bengaluru, Mumbai and
Hyderabad, by Art in Crafts, Bengaluru. Group show of
six Indian artists at London, by Maya Art
Gallery
2000 One-man
show by Art Heritage, New Delhi
2001 Joint
show at Jehangir
Art Gallery,
Mumbai. Group show by Art Motif, New
Delhi
2002 Group
show on 'Landscapes', ArtMotif, New Delhi 2002 Three artists' show by Gallery Anant, New Delhi
2003 Major
exhibition of Indian and Korean artists at Korea 2003 Joint show, Forum
Art Gallery,
Chennai. One-man show by Crimson Art Resource with Windsor
Sheraton, Bengaluru. 'Five Chennai Artists'
Show', Vinyasa
Art Gallery,
Chennai
2004 Art.Motif Gallery,
New Delhi. 'Still Life', Art.Motif Gallery, New Delhi. 'Indian
Artists' Show', Prakrit Gallery, Hong
Kong
2005 One-man
show sponsored by Berkeley Square Gallery, London
2006 One-man
show (online), Saffron Art Gallery, New York 2006 Group show, Vinyasa Gallery, Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai. Group show, Art.Motif Gallery, New
Delhi. Group show, India Fine Art, Mumbai
2007 'Abstract', Art.Motif Gallery, New
Delhi. 'Six Abstract Artists' Show', Akar-Prakar Gallery, Kolkata
Honours
1963 Lalit Kala Akademi
Award, Chennai. Chitra Kala parishad
Award, Bengaluru
1964 Lalit Kala Akademi
Award, Chennai
1965 Lalit Kala Akademi
Award, Chennai
1965 & 66 Mumbai Art Society's Award. Hyderabad Art Society's
Award
1973 The Award
of the Academy of
Fine Arts, Kolkata
1978 Lalit Kala Akademi
Award, Chennai
1979 Lalit Kala Akademi
National Award, New Delhi
Collections
National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
Lalit Kala Akademi, Regional Centre, Chennai National
Art Gallery,
Chennai
Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
Birla Academy, Kolkata
Gandhi Museum, Chennai
Chandigarh University
Oviam Nunkalai
Kuzhu, Chennai
Kerala Lalit Kala Akademi
Karnataka Lalit Kala
Akademi
Mumbai Art Society, Mumbai
South Zone Cultural Centre, Thanjavur South Central Zone Cultural Centre, Nagpur Kala Yatra
Gallery, Bengaluru
Private Collections
Commissions
Mural
painting done for P.I. Industries, Udaipur
at their office complex, New Delhi. Mural painting done for Titan Watches at their new showroom, Bengaluru. Mural painting done on
the ceiling of the new Tanishq Jewellery
showroom, Chennai. Mural painting done for the reception counter at the
Royal Meridien Hotel, Chennai
Artists'
Camps
1979 Tamil Nadu
State Lalit Kala Akademi camp at Ooty
1980 Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi. Kasualy
Artists' Camp
1981 Kerala
Lalit Kala Akademi
1986 SAARC Camp, Bengaluru
1987 Lalit Kala Akademi Art Camp, Andaman
1989 International Painters' Camp at Lucknow.
Mumbai Art Society Camp
1990 ONGC
Camp, Dehradoon
1991 South Central Zone Cultural
Centre Gwalior. Welcome Group Hotel, Mangalore
1992 All
India Painters' Camp, Kanpur.
National Level Painters' Camp, Pondicherry
2000 Artists' camp by Taj Hotel & Art World Gallery at New Delhi
2001 Artists' camp at Hampi, Karnataka by Mysore Sales
International Ltd.
Special
Work
Associated
with Modern Tamil Writer's Group, since 1966 and did a large number of
illustrations, book-cover designs and book layouts. Initiated revival of early
Tamil calligraphy to the present situation and need.
Served
1986 As
jury member for the National Exhibition of Art 1990 As commissioner for the
Indian Section, Third Ankara Biennial, Turkey
1991 As
convener for exhibition by Lalit Kala
Akademi, Drawings India-9l, New Delhi
1992 As
convener, National Level Painters' Camp at Pondicherry
1992 As
jury member for Mumbai Art Society's annual All India
Art Exhibition
1993 As
one-man jury for the National Exhibition of Art, New Delhi
Publications
Between
the Lines, a book on his drawings done between 1962 and 1996
was published by Values Art Foundation, Chennai.
Art of Adimoolam, Ahmedabad: Mapin Publishing Pvt. Ltd., 2005.
