Born at Suryapet, Andhra Pradesh, India

1986 Diploma in Sculpture at JNTU College of Fine Arts, Hyderabad
1987-88 Worked and resided at Kanoria Center for Art, Ahmedabad
1990 Post Diploma in Sculpture at Faculty of Fine Art, M.S. University, Baroda

Awards:
1986  :  JNT University , Hyderabad Gold Medal
1988 :  Hyderabad Art Society Gold Medal
1988-90  : Telugu University Scholarship, Hyderabad
1992  :  Hyderabad Art Society Golden Jubilee Year
1995  :  All India SCZCC Nagpur
1995-97  : Junior Fellowship, Department of Cultural Center, Govt. of India, Delhi
1997 :  AIFACS, Andhra Pradesh
1998 :  Telugu University Award, Hyderabad
2002 :  Camlin Art Foundation Award (for Painting)
2004-05  : National Award, Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi

Participations:
1988  :  Gujarat Lalit Kala Academy. Hyderabad Art Society
1990 :  Third Biennial, Bharath Bhavan Bhopal. Madras Lalit Kala Academy. Gujarat Lalit Kala Academy
1992 :  Chitra Kala Parishat, Bangalore. Hyderabad Art Society
1993 :  "Varnika-93" 50 years of art movement in Hyderabad at Alliance Francais. Hyderabad Art Society
1995 :  SCZCC, Nagpur
1997 :  "Form and Space" organized by ICCR, Hyderabad. "Human Form and Art" curated by Dr. M. Reddappa Naidu, Chennai. Telugu University Hyderabad. AIFACS New Delhi
1999 :  "Sketch Books and Marquette's" by Alliance Frances at Hyderabad and Goa
2001 :  Harmony Show by Reliance Group, Mumbai
2004  :  Harmony Show by Reliance Group, Mumbai
2004-05 47  : National Exhibition at Lucknow
2005  :  Eleventh Triennale, India. Harmony Show by Reliance Group, Mumbai
2005-06  :  Mapping the South by Vinyasa Premier Art Gallery
2006  :  Hyderabad 's art kaleidoscope Art Scene:1900-2006, Hyderabad

Group Shows:
1989 :  Faculty of Fine Arts Gallery, MSU, Baroda
1993-99  : Surya Art Gallery, Hyderabad
1994 :  Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1997 :  ICCR Art Gallery, Hyderabad
1998 :  Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta
1999 :  Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2000 :  Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai. Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta
2003-04  : Vinnyasa Art Gallery, Chennai
2005  :  Shrishti Art Gallery, Hyderabad. Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2006 :  Akar Prakar, Kolkata. Karma Art Gallery Ahmedabad
2006-07 :  Shristi art Gallery at New Delhi
2007  : Art Pilgrim Art Gallery organized group show at Delhi and London. Show curated by Sushma Bahl, “A Matter of Forms” an Exhibition of Sculptures Samanvai Art Gallery. Jammat Art Gallery. Hyderabad Art Gallery. Gallery Sanskriti, Kolkata

Camps:
1989 :  Thirteen young Sculptors Camp at Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda
1991  : All India Sculptors Camp by SCZCC Nagpur at Pune
1992 :  Sculptors Camp by Chennai Lalit Kala Academy at Vishakapatnam
1993 :  National Artist Camp at Sanghi, Hyderabad. National Sculptors Camp by CCMB and Central Lalit Kala Academy New Delhi at Hyderabad 2006-07 'II' International camp at Gwalior
1995 :  Sculptors Camp by Central Lalit Kala Academy at Bangalore. National Sculptors Camp by Reddy's Labs, at CCMB, Hyderabad
1998 :  National Artist Camp by Society of Save Rocks, Hyderabad
1999 :  All India Sculptors Camp, VUDA, Vishakapatnam
2001 :  National Sculptors Camp by Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi at L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad. Sculptors Camp by Central Lalit Kala Academy at Bangalore
2002 :  National Sculptors Camp by Kerala Lalit Kala Academy at Cochin.
International Sculptors Camp by M.P.H.B. at Bhopal
2003 :  Artists Camp by SBI, Hyderabad. Sculptors Camp by Central Lalit Kala Academy at Bangalore
2004 :  National artists camp by Kalakriti Art Gallery, Hyderabad. National Sculptors Camp by Reddy's Labs, at CCMB, Hyderabad
2005 :  All India Sculptors Camp, VUDA, Vishakapatnam
2006 :  All India Sculptors Camp at Jaipur organized by Shristi Art Gallery, Hyderabad. All India Sculptors Camp by India Fine Arts at Jaipur

Collections:
-Modern Art Gallery, New Delhi
-Regional Lalit Kala Academy, Chennai
-Kerala Lalit Kala Academy, Cochin
-M. P. Housing Board, Bhopal
-Kannada Chitrakala Parishat, Bangaloore
-Birla Academy, Mumbai & Kolkatta
-Reliance Group of Industries, Mumbai
-L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad
-Police Academy, Hyderabad
-Sanghi Industries, Hyderabad
-CCMB, Hyderabad
-Reddy Labs, Hyderabad
-VUDA, Vishakapatanam

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