About Me

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As an artist, l draw my energy from my specific locale. The spectrum of social ambience, flora and fauna, local philosophy, rustic wisdom, cuisine, social criticism bordering on a strident sarcasm do exercise a role in determining my art. Kerala’s regionalism, dialects, extinct species, geographical peculiarities, profound anxieties and deep sighs, all these determine the trajectory of my work. A complex linear interplay of this phantasmagoria provide the ideal sounding board for my art to take off in its projection and journey towards globalisation. Voyeurism is the leitmotif here, as I visualise the images through multiple angles that constitute the very essence of my visual academics.

l currently practice art in a rural hamlet of northern Kerala. All tensions and dissonances characteristic of the city find their resonance in rural spaces as well through mute wars and a suppressed violence.

Artist Name:   ASHOK KUMAR GOPALAN

Birth Place:     Kerala, India.

Mobile:           +91-8281249001

Website:          www.ashokkumargopalan.com

Educational Qualification

1998            Graduation in Painting, Govt. RRCFA. Mavelikara, Kerala

2001            Post Graduate in Graphic Art (M.F.A), Kala Bhavana,

Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India

Present Status       

Professional Artist based on Kerala, India

2008              Jackson Pollock-Krasner Foundation Inc. Grant, New York

2007              State Award by the Kerala Lalithakala Akademi, Thrissur, India

2003              All India Fine Arts & Craft Society Award, New Delhi, India

2002              Honourable Mention, Kerala Lalitha Kala Akademi, Thrissur

2000              Special Mention Award by Kerala Lalitha Academy, Thrissur

1999              Raja Ravi Varma Honourable Mention (Raja Ravi Varma Cultural Society, Kilimanoor)

1997               Raja Ravi Varma, Honourable Mention (Raja Ravi Varma Cultural Society, Kilimanoor)

2018            Tales under the Monsoon Clouds at Draavidia Art Gallery, Fort Kochi, India

2009            Accidentally on Purpose at Kashi Art Gallery, Kochi, India

2006            Exhibition of Lithographs at Kashi Art Café, Kochi, India

2001            Solo Exhibition Presented by Kerala Lalitha Kala Akademi at Hosur, Tamil Nadu, India

2019               SHOW CHAUD.UN at Indo-FrenchContemporary Art Space, Cochin

2018               59th National Exhibition of Art by National Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi

2018                Under One Sky-2 Inter National Exhibition at Kottayam, Kerala

2018                Monsoon Art International Exhibition at MNF, Kochi

2018                JAIVAM, Group Exhibition, MG University, Kottayam, Kerala

2017                Elements Triva presents at Alliance Francaise Art Gallery, Trivandrum

2017                Under One Sky Group Exhibition at DB Hall, Kochi

2016                Art One at AVANI, Kozhikodu, Kerala

2016                Pagen Fest, MNF, Museum, Edappally, Ernakulam

2016                God’s Own Country, Aalankritha Art Gallery, Hyderabad

2016                Unveiling of the VR Green Art Car Project in collaboration with Artchutney, Bangalore

2016                Invisible realities at  Art-ville Cafe, Bangalore

2016                Alert  Not Alarm Durbar Hall Art Centre at Kochi

2016                Fragmented Trnslation Durbar Hall Art Centre, Kochi

2015                Suvarnam Mammen Mapila Hall, Kottayam

2015                Sangamam RRCFA, Mavelikara, Alappuzha

2015                Clipboard Durbar Hall Art Centre, Kochi

2014                The Print Maker’s in South India, Art Houz Gallery, Chennai and Bangalore

2014                Group Show, Barat-Bhawan, Bhopal, India

2014                Lithography Show, David Hall, Kochi organized by Central Academy, New Delhi

2013 to 16       Annual Show, KLK State Academy, Durbar hall, Eranakulam, India

2013                Group Show, Regional Centre, Garhi, New Delhi

2012                Resurgence-2012, VAM Art Inc, Gallery, New Jersey, USA

2011                Gallery Collection Show Curetted by Abhishek Poddar, Sumukha Gallery, Bangalore

2011                Art Fair, UB City, Art Ville Gallery, Bangalore

2009-10           EVIDENTIA, Gallery Sumukha, Chennai & Bangalore, India

2008                Tracing Erasures Durbar Hall at Kochi

2007                3 Dimensions Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, Bangalore

1996-2007       Annual State Exhibition KLK Academy, Kerala

2006                The Wonder that was India Group show, Tyler Art gallery, Philadelphia

2001                Birla Academy Annual Exhibition, Kolkatta

1999                India-Japan Exchange Exhibition of Prints, Saga Art College, Japan

1998                South Indian Rank Holders Exhibition (Best of 98), Chennai

2017                National Painting Camp at Ponmudii by K L K Akademi

2016                Prayanam-Painting camp at poomala, by KLK Akademi

2016                Adoor painting Camp, by KLK Akademi

2015                Sangamam at RRCFA, Mavelikara, by KLK Akademi

2014                National Lithography Camp at Bharat Bhawan, Bhopal

2013                National Lithography Camp, Garhi, New Delhi organized by Lalit Kala Akademi, Regional  Centre, New Delhi

2013                Painters Camp at KILA, collaborated by KLK Akademi& South Zone Cultural Centre, Thanjore

2013                Etching Camp at CFA, collaborated by KLK Akademi & CLK Akademi, Regional Centre, Chennai

2007                National Art Festival at Manipal University, Udupi Organized by   Central Lalit Kala Akademi, Regional Centre,Chennai

2007                National Painters CampSwaswara at Gokarna, Karnataka organized by Kerala State Lalitha Kala Academy