Born in Thrissur, Kerala, Currently lives and works in Bangalore MFA in 1995 and BFA in 1992 from Kalabhavan, Santiniketan, West Bengal,

Award & Scholarships

Kerala State Lalit Kala Academy award 1997-98. Kanoria Scholarship for Print Making, 1997. Junior Fellowship, research in fiber art, 97-99, Awarded by Department of Culture, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India, New Delhi. Cultural Scholarship (93/95) Awarded by Department of Culture, Ministry of Human Resource Development, New Delhi. Kalabhavan merit scholarship.89.90. 91 .92

Solo Shows

“Habitus” solo show of paintings and vedio’s at Sumukha art gallery.Chennai-Feb2010 “Habitus” solo show of paintings and vedio’s at Sumukha art gallery.Bangalore-Jan2010 Unmarked “solo preview at viart gallery New Delhi. 2009 “Mise – En--Scène” solo show, Viart Gallery, New Delhi, 2007 National Human Rights conference at M.R.A. Centre, Panchagani, Maharashtra, –20 02. Contemporary Art Gallery, Ahmedabad, presented by Kerala Lalithkala Academy, 2001

Two Persons Show

Two Persons Show at Crimson Art Gallery, Bangalore, Nov., 2007, Two Persons Show at Kashi Art Gallery, Kochi, April, 2007 Two Persons Show at Kashi art gallery, Kochi, March,2003 Two Persons Show, Contemporary Art Gallery, Ahmedabad, 1999.

Selected Group Shows

2010 A Look to the Future: group show of Indian and American artists at PAC Gallery.cincinati. USA…april.2010 Syco.a group show. Viewing room gallery Mumbai.april.2010 “Video” Curated by Johny Ml .Silvassa Art Gallery .feb 2010

2009 Evidnetia- a group show conceptualized and participated .sumukha art gallery bangalore.Dec-2009

‘If I Were A Saint’ group show curated by Johny M l ,organized by Shrine empire gallery New delhi.Dec-2009. Curated group show at Kolkata Art gallery .KolKata-Nov-2009 ‘Spectrum’ a Curated by Sarayu Doshi, Group show of Indian art from 1947 to present time. The Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH), with the Indian Embassy in the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi. Nov-2009

Ways of seeing. A Curated group show, galley soulflower and ICCR at Bankok , Thailand.sept 2009

'THE ART OF INDIA - 20 Years of Contemporary Indian Art’, sept 2009. Munich. Germany

Art India Submit 2009

Beyond The Form, Group Exhibition, Cureted By Sushma Bahl, Bajaj Capital Art House,Aug-2009,Visual Art gallery, New Delhi.

Meet the artist at Chicago Art Fair

Art Chicago Presented by PAC gallery Cincinnati. April

10th Edition of Video Wednesday, curetted by jhony M L .Gallery Espace April 2009

Metamorphosis...Curated group show...PAC gallery Cincinati.april

Passege to India. Part two new Indian art from the Frank Cohen Collection in March wolverhampton. U K,

“Connective Delineations” a group show Feb. 2009, FSCA Mumbai

Signs2009 curetted video festival...Thiruvanathapuram. jan2009

2008

Popular reality a cureated group shows. Stainless gallery. new Delhi Oct and jam jar gallery, Nov.Dubai

SH Contemporary .Shangai .Sep2008.presented by Viart Gallery

The cool School. Group Show The Art Trust. Mumbai Sept 2008

The sun rises in the east. Contemporary art from India.aug 2008. gallerie Christian hosp.Triol.Austria.

Metropolis And Self, A group show, Art Alive Gallery, August 2008.New Delhi.

India ART Submit, New Delhi. August 2008 .New Delhi

ART BEAT, The Shrine Gallery August 2008,New Delhi.

Group show , 1x 1 art gallery Dubai june 2008

“Engendered” group show at Lincoln centre New York april,2008

Trends & trivia an Indian story…visual arts centre Kennedy Road, Hong Kong. March 2008 Trends.. hotel Trident new delhi march 2- 2008

Group show, Avanthay contemporary, Zurich Feb. 2008

Young contemporary of India-Jan-08, gallery Kolkata, Kolkatta

2007

Group Show at Gallery One x One, Dubai, Dec.

Emerging India, a group show of young contemporary artists, organized by Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi & S. A. Fine Arts, London, at The Henry Moore Gallery, Royal College of Art, London, Aug. 2007

Generation Next, New Trends in Contemporary Indian Art, group show organized by Art Alive gallery, Visual Art Centre, New Delhi, Aug. 2007.

Summer show 2007, Gallery Espace, New Delhi, June 2007

Art for freedom, a rare London auction of leading Indian Artists, Asia House London, organised by Tehelka, June 2007.

Inaugural show, Gallery Kolkata, May 2007.

Reading Paint, inaugural show at Soul Flower Gallery, Bangkok, April 2007

Waging peace, at Arts For Peace Gallery, New York, Jan. to March 2007

2006

Rock+music+art Group show organized by Gallery Art Resource, Mumbai, Dec.

Compensation for what has been lost, curated show at Travancore Art Gallery, Nov. 2006 Paper flute...Works on paper at Gallery espace, curated by Johny . M. L, Oct. 2006

‘Waging Peace’ international Exhibition curated by Troy West and Claudia Flynn, Rhode Island, USA, Oct. 2006.

Three Persons Show at VIART Art Gallery, New Delhi, Oct. 2006

Gandhi Satyagraha Centenary Exhibition, Travancore Art Gallery, New Delhi and Kizo Gallery, Durban, South Africa, Curated by Jayaram Poduval, Sept. 2006.

Real 2006, India Habitat centre, New Delhi, May 2006.

2005

The Second Coming - the Quotable Stencil - Part Two, curated by Himanshu Desai, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai, Fly high my beloved birds -Tribute to Ashokan Poduval, Travancore Art Gallery, New Delhi, 2005.

1998. National Exhibition, New Delhi, (organized by Central Lalitkala Academy), 1997,1996,1995 National Exhibition, Bangalore (organized by Central Lalitkala Academy), All India Art Biennale of Rajasthan, 1997. State exhibitions, Kerala State Lalitkala Academy, 1996-97. All India Exhibition, Birla Academy, Calcutta, 1996. Group Show, Rabindra Bhavan Art Gallery, New Delhi,. Eastern India Print Biennale, Bhubaneshwar, Orissa,. Print Today, Bangalore, 1993. 1992 Five Young Artists from Santiniketan sponsored by Round Table 38, Birla Academy , Calcutta,.

Workshops conducted •Lecture and Demonstration on Serigraphy at West Zone Cultural Centre, Udaipur, March 1998. •Print Making Workshop conducted at Kanoria Centre for Arts, Ahmedabad, May 1999. •Lithographic Workshop conducted at College of Fine Arts, Thrissur, February 1999. •Space ‘n’ space, Workshop conducted at CEPT, Ahmedabad, 1999. •Lecture and demonstration on stage craft organized by THE HINDU Young world at Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi, May 2001 •Art Wear work shop and Fashion show conducted at NIFT, Bangalore, 2002 •Workshop on Art, 2005, IIT, Madras.

Theatre experience • Visualized and directed few plays including Tagore, Samuel Backets, and Badal Sarkar’s etc