M. Ramachandran Profile   |    Summary Born in Ernakulam, Kerala, Ramachandran had been part of art and literary movements in Kerala in the early eighties, and published a number of poems in Malayalam. His association with Kerala Kala Peetom, an institute that teaches and promotes art in Kerala, lured him to the world of art. He held a solo exhibition of his paintings at the Gallery of Society of Contemporary Artists, Kolkata in the year 2002 and participated in many group shows held... Read More Born in Ernakulam, Kerala, Ramachandran had been part of art and literary movements in Kerala in the early eighties, and published a number of poems in Malayalam. His association with Kerala Kala Peetom, an institute that teaches and promotes art in Kerala, lured him to the world of art. He held a solo exhibition of his paintings at the Gallery of Society of Contemporary Artists, Kolkata in the year 2002 and participated in many group shows held in Delhi and Kolkata. His works are in many private collections. He holds an MFA in Art Criticism from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the M. S. University of Baroda and a postgraduate degree in the English Language and Literature from the University of Kerala. Later, he joined the Centre for Linguistics and English of Jawaharlal Nehru University for his Ph.D. (Semiotics) and he has been working on the subject ‘The Aesthetic Dimensions of Cultural Polity in Contemporary Indian Painting’. He is also associated with Swaralaya, an organisation devoted to Music, and organised many of its programmes. He has been contributing articles on art and allied subjects to various journals and newspapers published in Malayalam as well as English and participated in a number of National and International Seminars. As a Visiting Lecturer he has lectured in many art institutions including College of Art, New Delhi, National Institute of Fashion Technology, New Delhi. He was Lecturer in Art History and Aesthetics at College of Fine Arts, Thiruvananthapuram, and Art Critic for The Statesman, New Delhi. He lives and works in New Delhi. Read Less Born March 5, 1960   Kerala Education 1987-89 Master of Fine Arts (Art Criticism), Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda Exhibitions Selected Solo Exhibitions 2001 ‘Dwanyalekhya’, Society of Contemporary Artists, Kolkata Selected Group Exhibitions 2007 ‘Flowery Fantasies’, Travancore Art Gallery, New Delhi 2006 Creativity Art Gallery, New Delhi 2004 ‘Art for Vison’, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi 2003 ‘Senses’, Chemould Art Gallery, Kolkata Selected Solo Exhibitions 2001 ‘Dwanyalekhya’, Society of Contemporary Artists, Kolkata Selected Group Exhibitions 2007 ‘Flowery Fantasies’, Travancore Art Gallery, New Delhi 2006 Creativity Art Gallery, New Delhi 2004 ‘Art for Vison’, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi 2003 ‘Senses’, Chemould Art Gallery, Kolkata Read More Read Less Read Less
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