Revansiddeshwar Sheelvanth:
With an MFA in painting, Sheelvanth had several solo and group exhibitions across galleries in India.
Awards : * Karnataka Lalit Kala Academy Award 2005. * Chitrotsava Award, Davanagere. * Kala Mahotsava Award 2002, 2004. * Gold Medal from Kuvempu University for Youth Festival Painting Competition 2001. * Silver Medal from south Zone Youth Festival Painting. Competition 2001. * “Nature as a Teacher” Painting Competition by Lions Club, Gulbarga 2003.
Santosh V Andani:
With an MVA in painting, Santosh has had several solo and group exhibitions at Lalit Kala Academy, and Galleries like Canvas, Nehru, Chitra Kala Parishad and Venkatappa Art Gallery.
Awards: * 16th ,18th Kalaahotsava, IFAS, MMK College of Visual Arts, Gulbarga 2001, 03. * 2nd All India Art Exhibition, Pullaiah Kala Nilayam, Jangaon, A.P, 2002. * Karnataka Rajyostava Painting Competition, Gulbarga University, 2003. * The Bombay Art Society, 111th All India Annual Art Exhibition, Mumbai, 2003.
Srividya:
G S Srividya is well known among the artists in Bangalore for her water colours in misty textures and blurred radiance focussing on linear branches and diffused blossom colours against the sky. The asesthetic quality to her works is very eyecatching and unusual among artist in our country.
Srividya has done her MFA from Chitrakala Parishad in 2000, where she was the topped and won the merit scholarship.and her BFA from CAVA, Mysore. She has had several solo and group shows in galleries like Kynkyny. Time & Space, Sara Arrakal’s, Kadambari, Mysore,Palette, Jodhpur, International Artists Art Exhibition, Dubai, Chitrasante etc. A topper in MFA , she has won the merit scholarship in her college. She has exhibited her work in Al Abbar art gallery in Dubai and participated in an international art exhibition held in Dubai.
Mukund Kumar K:
With a Diploma in Fine Arts from Ken School of Arts, Bangalore, Mukund has taken part in many Group Shows at Galleries like Maya, Sara Arakkal, Swati , Karnataka Lalitha Kala Academy etc. Some of his works now belong to collections of Expo World Designer, G.E. International and several private collectors located in England, Germany, Chicago, Singapore, California and Paris.
Raghu:
With MVA Raghu .S. has had several group and solo exhibitions across galleries in India like Sarah Arakkal, Shristi, Lalit Kala Academy.
Awards: * 10th Southern Region Camelart Foundation Award 2008 (Professional category). * Manava-Sangeeth Academy –Silver Medal-2003(Award).
Leila Allameh:
Shivakumar Gadiga:
Shivakumar has done BFA (Painting) from JNTU College of Fine Arts, Hyderabac and MVA from Bangalore University. He is hardworking and extremely talented and has won several awards.He has an impressive collection of Art books.
Dhanaraj Kheezara:
Muniyappa:
Muniyappa has done his Diploma in Fine Arts and has learnt Photoshop & Textiel Software.He is a freelance artist and is experienced in the Mysore & Tanjore traditional paintings as well as glass paintings. He designs Jaquard & Embroidery for JJ Exports. Most importantly he is very adept at water colours and spends most of his extra hours experimenting with Water Colors.
Ramgiri P. Police Patil:
G. Jagadish:
Mostly a self taught artist, G. Jagadish bagan painting at a very early age. His first solo exhibition was held at the age of 10 ! He has done a short stint at the Kalamandir College of Arts-he does Oils/Water/Mixed Media & Murals. He has worked at several Projects, producing his characteristic paintings for: BK Varma’s project for Karnataka Forest Dept.He has held National Exhibitions & Kala Mandir Habbas-in various venues. His paintings have been bought by several Corporations including: Bosch, HCL,Philips,Jindal, IIM, Siemens etc .He has presented Art & Music Fusions for TV Channels and Events. He quotes the lines ‘I speak the language of myriad colours of nature, of vibrant reds & tranquil blues-I am an Artist’ Jagdish says ‘I have done paintings that your mind can wander in. I believe that “Artistic Creativity’ is a whirlpool of Imagination that swirls in the depth of the mind’.
Manohar Natarajan
Born in 1957, N.Manoharan completed his Master of Fine Arts at The Government College of Arts & Crafts in Chennai. He is a recipient of the State Level Student Award (presented by the Lalit Kala Akademi in Chennai). The fact that Manoharan is a natural when it comes to sketching is seen in the casual strokes he makes in dry pastals & charcoals. He captures the rural life of Tamil Nadu in all its rustic charm & simplicity. Most endearing however, is his humility despite all the talent he possesses & the recognition he has received. Collectors of Manoharan’s artworks include the Modern Art Gallery (New Delhi),the Chennai Airport Authority, the Indian Overseas Bank (Chennai), Hotel Royal Park in Thiruvavur, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Art Society, and many private art appreciators in the U.S.A. Manoharan till recently, was Principal at the Government College of Fine Arts, Chennai.During his tenure, he has encouraged many young artists to seek and attain recognition in the field of art, and therefore there are many young talents in Chennai, who are eternally grateful to him.
Milind Nayak:
Milind Nayak is one artist who wants his paintings as close to reality as possible, for, he believes art should mirror reality. He is drawn by the vitality and exuberance of the nature. He wants to depict the glory of nature as he sees it, rather than wanting to alter its appearance. His trip to Vermont USA saw the start of an even more productive phase in his life, which resulted in a body of 40 paintings which he painting on camping trips on the spot. Milind is an artist who is driven by his own tradition evolved through his own history. Milind has depicted his experience in the Capital in his book, ‘Parts of me’. The book is a compilation of his work over the years. It features photographs, drawings, poems along with scribbles from the eighties onwards. He slipped into photography between 1983 and 1993. His work with colour copiers led him to new possibilities.He had his first solo show of digital monoprints in 1996, which was a success. Milind paints in all media- acrylics, oils on canvas, oil pastel, soft pastel and even drawings in pen and pencil. Nature is the predominant theme in most of his works. One notices the profusion of leaves in green, yellow and brown. There is an occasional painting in red, yellow and blue as well. Milind has won several awards and held several shows in India and abroad.
B.Venkatesan:
Self taught artist, G.Venkatesan has been a professional artist for over 15 years. He has participated in the Chitra Santhe and his paintings have featured in the photographer Murali’s (Muralidharan Alagar) collection on “Art @ Chitrasante”-Light & Life. He has referred to two of Venkatesan’s paintings as his ‘favorite oil paintings at the Chitra Santhe, CKP, Bangalore’. Venkatesan’s paintings are sought after in Bangalore & Chennai alike. His depiction of rural life in Tamil Nadu are so real that they are often mistaken for photographs.
V.P.Gopi:
Gopi is another young artist from Chennai, extremely talented and hardworking, yet humble. The works of art by Gopi, Sounderrajan and other Chennai artists I saw at the Chitrasanthe, made me think in terms of calling 4 such talents from that state! Their artworks were fascinating, with a raw reality which struck me in a way few others did. Gopi has done his BFA & MFA from Chennai, with first class, during which he has won best worker awards. He has participated in several group shows. Incidentally, both Raghu & Gopi have been students of Mr. N. Manoharan.
R.Raghu:
Raghu is a young artist from Chennai who has won so many accolades in the last few years, that it is hard to believe that he is just 24 years! He specialised in water colours as a medium, and has held several Solo exhibitions from 2006 to date. In addition he has participated in several Group Shows at the Lalit Kala Academy, Chennai, Chitrakala Parishad, Bangalore, Tanjore Museum and several gallaries inTamil Nadu, from Trichy to Coimbatore. Raghu has been part of several camps conducted by Dept of Art & Culture, Tanjore, Trade Fair, Kumbakonam, Regional Conservation Labs, Mysore and many others.
V.G. Venugopal:
Born in 1976, Venugopal obtained his BFA in Painting (with Gold Medal) from ChamRajendra Academy of Visual Arts (CAVA), Mysore in 1998 and MFA Printmaking form Chitrakala Institute of Advanced Studies, Karanataka Chitrakala Parishath, Banagalore in 2000. He received the National Lalit Kala Akademi scholarship, 2000-2001 and National scholarship from the Dept. of Culture, Govt of India 2001-2003 and the Karnataka Lalit Kala Academy Award in 2000; 67th All India Exhibition AIFA Award, Amritsar, 2001; Mysore Dasera Award and CKP Award, 1999.
He received the KK Hebbar Art Foundation Gold Medal from University of Mysore,1998.Venugopal has participated in various exhibitions such as the 42nd and 47th National Exhibition of Art, Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi; 6th Bharat Bhavan International Biennale of Print Art, Bhopal. He has attended various national and state level camps and workshops and is at present visiting faculty at Centre for Visual Arts, SBMTC, Bangalore Venugopal lives and works in Bangalore, India. Venugopal has worked as an artist for Acropetal Animedia Limited, a 2D animation company in Bangalore during 2001-02. He has contributed illustration works for English Centre, Deccan Herald Group and advertising agencies. He has worked as a visiting faculty at SBMJC, Centre for Visual Arts, Bangalore during July2004-Dec2005. At present he is a visiting faculty at ‘TAKSHAA- Academy for the Artist’, Bangalore; as a freelance artist he contributes illustrations for Khushi Comics.
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