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Gopikrishna
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Born in Trivandrum in 1965, Gopikrishna completed his BFA from the College of Art in the same city, and his MFA from the College of Art, New Delhi. His first solo show was held at the College of Fine Arts Gallery, Trivandrum in 1989.
Gopikrishna’s paintings appear as though they were pages from a book of fairytales. Animals that look like men and men who look like animals are all part of a world unified by their existence. In a...
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Born in Trivandrum in 1965, Gopikrishna completed his BFA from the College of Art in the same city, and his MFA from the College of Art, New Delhi. His first solo show was held at the College of Fine Arts Gallery, Trivandrum in 1989.
Gopikrishna’s paintings appear as though they were pages from a book of fairytales. Animals that look like men and men who look like animals are all part of a world unified by their existence. In a single canvas, one can witness the ordinary and the impossible, unity and solitude, illumination (wisdom) and darkness (ignorance). In a world driven by the material existence of man, these scenarios are only possible in Gopikrishna’s wonderland!
The artist’s solo exhibitions include ones at Art Musings, Mumbai, 2007; Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi, 2006; Kashi Art Gallery, Mattanchery, 2004; Kashi Art Café, Cochin, 2002 and 2001; and Durbar Hall, Kerala, 2000. He has also participated in several group shows in India, Amsterdam, New York and Texas. In 2000 he won the Kerala State Award for Drawing from the Lalit Kala Akademi, and in 2002, from the All India Fine Arts Society in New Delhi.
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Born
1965
Trivandrum Kerala
Education
1995 Master of Fine Arts (Painting), College of Art, New Delhi
1987 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting), College of Fine Arts, Trivandrum, Kerala
Exhibitions
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2013 'Perceptions from the...
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2013 'Perceptions from the Precipice', Art Musings, Mumbai
2010 'Carnival of Rising Emotions', Art Musings, Mumbai
2009 'Gopikrishna: A Personal Mythology', The Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi
2007 ‘Dream Conservatory’, Art Musings, Mumbai
2006 ‘The Cave in the Metropolis’, Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi
2004 ‘Swan and other paintings’, Inaugural Show, Kashi Art Gallery, Mattanchery, Kerala
2002 ‘Turtle Hatchery’, Kashi Art Café, Kochi, Kerala
2001 ‘Secret Energy’, Kashi Art Café, Kochi, Kerala
2000 ‘Gates to Decivilization’, Durbar Hall, Kerala
1996 ‘Beyond the Known’, Museum Gallery, Trivandrum, Kerala
1989 College of Fine Arts Gallery, Trivandrum, Kerala
Selected Group Exhibitions
2009 'The Human Animal', jointly presented by Gallery Threshold and Arts I (Religare Arts Initiative) at Gallery Threshold, New Delhi
2005 ‘Double Enders’, A Traveling Show at Mumbai, New Delhi, Bangalore,Kochi
2002 'Indian Contemporary Art', Gallery Lombardi, Texas, USA
2001 Bose Pacia Modern Prize for Contemporary Art Show, New York
2000 ‘Exile and Longing’, Lakeeren Contemporary Art Gallery, Mumbai
1993 Schoo’s Gallery, Amsterdam
Participations
2011 'The Intuitive: Logic Revisted', from the Osians Collection at The World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland
2010 'Art Celebrates 2010: Sports and the City', represented by Art Alive Gallery at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi to coincide with the hosting of the Commonwealth Games
2009 'ARCOmadrid', Spain presented by curator Bose Krishnamachari for 'Panoroma: India'
2008 Art Singapore, Singapore
2007 'Ten Light Years', Kashi Art Gallery, Kochi, Kerala
Honours and Awards
2002 Award for Drawing, All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi
2001 Runner up, Bose Pacia Modern Prize for Contemporary Art, New York
2000 State Award for Painting, Kerala Lalit Kala Academy
2002 Award for Drawing, All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi
2001 Runner up, Bose Pacia Modern Prize for Contemporary Art, New York
2000 State Award for Painting, Kerala Lalit Kala Academy
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