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In addition to being an artist, Thota Tharani is South India`s most sought-after Art Director and has dabbled in acting as well. His works are generally non figurative and very colourful. He usually works with ink and paper, but has experimented with calligraphy as a form of creative expression also. Tharani says, "Alphabets of all languages are beautiful. Expressing each letter especially `Thota` meaning garden, was with which I began the...
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In addition to being an artist, Thota Tharani is South India`s most sought-after Art Director and has dabbled in acting as well. His works are generally non figurative and very colourful. He usually works with ink and paper, but has experimented with calligraphy as a form of creative expression also. Tharani says, "Alphabets of all languages are beautiful. Expressing each letter especially `Thota` meaning garden, was with which I began the `Script Series`. It came to life like the creeper growing in a garden, each letter intertwining". His series of paintings featuring Gods and Goddesses and Rajputs are very famous as well.
With a Post Graduate Diploma in Fine Arts (Painting) from the Government College of Arts and Crafts, Chennai, Thota Tharani has participated in the Design Symposium of the Crafts Festival "Living in Seasons", Toyama, Japan (1992); in the Print Making Workshop, British Council, Chennai, in the Print-Making Workshop at "Atelier 17", Paris; in the Fresco Painting Camp, Rajasthan, and in the Graphic Workshop at Garhi Village, New Delhi.In addition to receiving the Padma Shri in 2001, Tharani has won awards at the Mysore Dassera Art Exhibition, at the Mysore Pradesh Chitrakala Parishad, Bangalore and for Graphic Prints in the Regional Lalit Kala Akademi. ``For me every award means more involvement in what I am doing. And an honour like this (the Padma Shri) is a bit scary only because it places a huge responsibility on you. You have to live up to it and you need to do something more, something extra in each and every project,`` says the man who has won the best art director`s award in three states, The Rajath Kamal (national award) twice, a Filmfare award, a Cinema Express award and the Kalaimamani award.
Thota Tharani has held and participated in numerous exhibitions in India and abroad - in Paris, Bordeaux, Vienna and in Yugoslavia and Germany. His works were shown at Kanagawa International Print Exhibition (1983); at the III & IV Mini Prints Biennale, Barcelona (1983 & 1984).Tharani seems very satisfied with the way he has been working so far - films by day and painting at night - and plans to continue in the same fashion. "I would like to concentrate more on painting. My aim is to set up a gallery here in the long run,`` he says.
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Born
December 16, 1949
Education
1978 Studied Printmaking under S.W. Hayter at his Studio 'Atelier-17', Paris
1977 Post Graduate, Diploma in Fine Arts (Painting), Government College of Arts and Crafts, Chennai
1970 Diploma in Fine Arts (Painting), Government College of Arts and Crafts, Chennai
Exhibitions
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2004 Aswitha Gallery,...
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2004 Aswitha Gallery, Chennai
2004 Forum Art Gallery, Chennai
2002 ‘Symphony of Life’, Lakshana Art Gallery, Chennai
1982, 78, 72, 70 - Sarala Art Centre and Hotel Connemara, Chennai
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011 'Adbhutam: Rasa in Indian Art', Centre of International Modern Art(CIMA), Kolkata
2007 ‘Mapping India – A Celebration of South India’, Dubai
2007 ‘Modern Trajectories’, Vinnyasa Art Gallery, Coimbatore
2007 ‘Glimpses’, Gitanjali Gallery & Sakshi Gallery, Chennai
2006 'Symphony, Harmony, Liberty', presented by Alliance Francaise of Madras and Department of French, University of Madras, AFM Gallery, Chennai
2004 ‘Tamarai Neelum’, Apparao Galleries, Chennai
1999 ‘Vinayaka’, Kalakar Art Gallery, Chennai
1996 ‘Rajasthani’, CITI Bank, Chennai
1995 Easel Gallery, Chennai
1993 ‘Trends & Images’, Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
1992 Three Man Show with Raghavan and Bhavani Shankar, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1992 ‘Wounds’, Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
1991 ‘Force Series’, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1991 ‘Window Series’, The Gallery, Chennai
1989 ‘Summ’, Sakshi Gallery, Chennai
1988 ‘Force’, Sakshi Gallery, Chennai
1987 Kala Yatra, Mumbai
1986 Three Man Show with MF Hussain and Leila Pawar, at The Gallery, Chennai
1986 ‘Symphony’, Sindoor Hotel, Chennai
1984 The Calcutta Art Gallery, Mumbai
1975 Taj Art Gallery, Hotel Taj Intercontinental, Mumbai
1971 Taj Art Gallery, Hotel Taj Intercontinental, Mumbai
1973 Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
1977 ‘Crous’, Orly Airport Gallery, France
1977 American Contradiction, Paris
Joint Exhibitions
1995 Modern Art Gallery Alubjiana & Indian Cultural Centre, Bonn
1985 With Sculptor S. Nandagopal, Titl Gallery of Non-Aligned Countries, Titograd Germany
Participations
1994 ‘From India: 28 Contemporary Artists Presents New Graphic Work’, Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery, University of Victoria, Canada
1984 4th Mini Prints Biennale, Barcelona
1983 3rd Mini Prints Biennale, Barcelona
1983 National Exhibition, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1983 Kanagawa International Print Exhibition, Japan
1981 ‘Art Trend in South India’, Regional Centre, Lalit Kala Academy
1977 Vienna Biennale De Garbado – Graphic Arts Germany
1977 Maison De L'Inde, Paris
1976 France Archives Municipales De Bordeaux, Austria
1971 Bombay Art Society, Mumbai
1971,72 Bangalore Mysore Pradesh Chitrakala Parishad
1975 National Exhibition, Lalit Kala Academy, Lucknow
1978 Madras, 71 Prints, Graphic Exhibition
1978, 80, 81, 82 Madras State Tamilnadu Oviyam Nunkalai Kuzhu
Honours and Awards
2007 Samaikya Bharat Gaurav Satkar Awarded by Madras Telugu Academy
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2007 Samaikya Bharat Gaurav Satkar Awarded by Madras Telugu Academy
2005 State Award, Chandramukhi and Sringaram
2005 Andhra Pradesh State Award - Arjun Nundhi
2000 Padmashri Award
1999 Filmfare Best Techinician Award, Choodalani Nundhi
1998 Prestigious Kalaimamani Award By The Government of Tamil Nadu
1997 National Award, Rajath Kamal, Indian
1997 Tamil Nadu State Award, Khadalan
1993 Tamil Nadu State Award, Dhalapathi
1992 Cinema Express Award Solitaire Mark Of Excellence
1991 Kerala State Award, Abhimanyu
1989 Andhra Pradesh State Award, Gitanjali
1988 National Award, Rajath Kamal Nayakan
1987 Bommai Nagi Reddi Award
1982 Andhra Pradesh State Award, Sagara Sangamam
1980 Prize for Water Color, Chitra Kala Parishad, Bangalore
1981 Sitara Award, Amavasya Chandrudu
1976-77 Scholarship from the Government of France and went to Paris where he studied printmaking under S.W. Hayter at his studio 'Atelier-17'
1972 CAG Awards First and Second Prizes
1968, 69, 70 Prize at Mysore Dussera Exhibition
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