Sham Sunder Profile   |    Summary Every material has its own identity; its own texture, colour and quality through which it establishes its uniqueness. As an artist Sham Sunder has always believed that one should experiment with new possibilities and innovate new expressions. He is a figurative artist working in various mediums like wood, stone and wire mesh as a sculptor and also in painting and print making. Sham Sunder’s recent paintings reveal an interesting... Read More Every material has its own identity; its own texture, colour and quality through which it establishes its uniqueness. As an artist Sham Sunder has always believed that one should experiment with new possibilities and innovate new expressions. He is a figurative artist working in various mediums like wood, stone and wire mesh as a sculptor and also in painting and print making. Sham Sunder’s recent paintings reveal an interesting conceptual shift from the earlier works. The external physical manifestation of inner turmoil is essential for Sham as figurative artist. He also displays a remarkable understanding of the risks inherent in easy reductionist approaches to issues like individual agony or social collapse. There are no sentimental outbursts. Each of his works is carefully executed, though at the cost of a certain daring. Sham’s works do not provoke his viewers, instantly. They haunt them over a period of time. Sham’s works have emerged as reaction to human relationships, violence in society and social evils that go in the name of community, culture and tradition. India, in his eyes, becomes a place that is haunted not only by its past but by its present. S. Sham Sunder is a practicing artist; a painter, printmaker and a sculptor. He studied art at Ken School of Arts, Bangalore and Kala Bhavan, Shantiniketan. Sham lives in Hyderabad and is teaching at the Post Graduate level at the Hyderabad Central University, India. Read Less    Education 1974-79 Diploma in painting, KEN School of Art Bangalore 1980-82 Post Diploma in Print Making Shantiniketan, Viswa Bharati University Exhibitions SOLO SHOWS 1980 Venkatappa Art Gallery, Bangalore 1983 Max... SOLO SHOWS 1980 Venkatappa Art Gallery, Bangalore 1983 Max Muller Bhavan, Bangalore 1983 Jahangir Art Gallery, Bombay 1983 Ravindra Bharathi, Hyderbad 1986 Kalayatra, Siestas Art Gallery, Bangalore 1988 Kalayatra, Siestas Art Gallery, Bangalore 1991 Kalayatra, Siestas Art Gallery, Bangalore 1991 Jahangir Art Gallery, Bombay 1994 Max Muller Bhavan, Hyderbad 1995 Gallery Espasce, Delhi 1996 Renaissance Art Gallery, Bangalore 2000 Sakshi Gallery, Bangalore 2002 Daira, Hyderbad 2004 Fundacao Oriente, Panjim, Goa GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2003 Art Dias, Hyderabad 2002 Daira Centre for Art and Culture, Hyderabad 2001 “Six Sculptors”, curated show, Hyderabad 2000 The Redstone Art Center, Colorado, USA 1998, 1999 and 2001 HARMONY SHOW Bombay 1997 SAHAMAT Group Show “GIFT FOR INDIA” 1990 Asian European Art Biennale at ANKARA, Turky 1989 Festival of India, USA – Contemporary Indian Prints 1988 Second Bharat Bhavan Biennale Bhopal 1982 and 1988 National Exhibition New Delhi 1986 Siesta’s Gallery Group show, Bangalore 1985 AIFACS International Graphics New Delhi 1985 Contemporary Indian Prints in the Festival of India USA 1984 Print Making workshop conducted by Prof. Krishna Reddy, Shantiniketan 1979, 1981,1982 and 1984 All India Graphic Exhibitions Chandigarh 1982 Birla Academi of Fine Arts, Calcutta 1982 Academi of Fine Arts’, Calcutta 1983 Uttar Pradesh Lalitha Kala Academi Exhibitions, UP Honours and Awards 2001 Karnataka Shilpakala Academi Award for contribution in the field of... 2001 Karnataka Shilpakala Academi Award for contribution in the field of Fine Arts’ 1981 All India Graphics, Chandigarh 1982 All India Graphics, Chandigarh 1993 National Print Exhibition, Bangalore 1982 Cash Award Graphics’82, Chandigarh 1981 Honourable Mention Graphics`81, Chandigarh 1982 Karnataka State Lalitkala Exhibition 1984 Karnataka State Lalitkala Exhibition 1993 Karnataka State Lalitkala Exhibition 1980-82 Karnataka State Lalith Kala Fellowship 1995-96 Human Resource Development Fellowship for Fine Arts’ 1985 Contemporary Indian Prints in the Festival of India USA 1990 Asian European Art Biennale at ANKARA, Turky Read More Read Less Read Less
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