Anand Gadapa
BORN EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS PARTICIPATIONS HONORS AND AWARD ABOUT THE ARTIST Anand Gadapa was born in Andhra Pradesh in 1971. He studied Masters in Visual Arts (Art History and Aesthetics) from M.S.U. State University, Baroda in 2006 and Bachelor's in Fine Arts (Painting) from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad in 2002. He currently teaches Art History and Aesthetics at the College of Fine Arts, Jawaharlal Nehru University of Architecture and Fine Arts, Hyderabad. He Gadapa has curated several major exhibitions nationwide between 2007 and 2015. In 2014, he wrote the book Art @ Telangana, a compilation of 152 artists and 100 years of art in Telangana. In 2015, he organised an international seminar on the relevance of public art Rethinking Public Space A Seminar on Relevance of Urban Art in Public in Hyderabad, in collaboration with Bordeaux, France. He has contributed to numerous publications, catalog essays, and talks on contemporary art in India. As a working artist, he has participated in several group exhibitions, including Tales of Love and Betrayal A Modern Retelling of Ramayana, with M.F. Husain and Nirmala Biluka, at Serindia Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand, in 2011; Baroda Storytelling through Art, at Serindia Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand, in the same year; and Sacred Spaces, a curated exhibition in New York in 2012. The artist currently lives and works in Baroda.
1st August 1971 Telangana
2006 MVA in Visual Arts (Art History and Aesthetics) from Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
2002 BFA (Painting) Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (J.N.T.U), Hyderabad
Currently working as an Assistant Professor (ad hoc) in the Department of Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, Jawaharlal Nehru University of Architecture and Fine Arts, Hyderabad.
2017 Reinterpretation of Ramayana, at Kalakriti Art Cafe-Botanica, Gachibowli, Hyderabad
Trending Tweets of 2016, at Kalakriti Art Gallery, Hyderabad
2016 Mystical Rendition, at Shrishti Art Gallery, Hyderabad
2015 Diara Art Gallery, Hyderabad
2016 Muse Art Gallery, Hyderabad
2014 Gallery Space, Hyderabad
2014 HICC, Hi-tech City, Hyderabad
2014 Salarjung Museum Gallery, Hyderabad
2014 Ailamma Art Gallery, Hyderabad
2014 Tamkanat Art Gallery, Hyderabad
2012 TAD Art Company, New Delhi 100,000 Works Exhibition held at Indi Habitat Centre, New Delhi
2011 One Square Foot Show in Ahmadabad
2011 Tales of Love and Betrayal A Modern Retelling of Ramayana, a three-person exhibition with M.F. Husain and Nirmala Biluka at Serindia Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
2011 Baroda Storytelling through Art at Serindia Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
2011 Art for Concern, The Annual Monsoon Show of Indian Art by Concern India Foundation, Mumbai
2011 Featured as Artist of the Month on the Saffron Art website
2010 Divine Stroke of artworks on cricket bats at Sarjan Art Gallery, Baroda
2010 Po10tial at Kalakriti Art Gallery, Hyderabad
2010 Our Own Path Harvest Part I, Annual Exhibition at Arushi Arts New Delhi
2010 In Sync, Joint Exhibition by Anand Gadapa and Nirmala Biluka at Seagull Foundation for the Arts, Kolkata
2010 Art in Aid of Animals and Birds, papier-mache paintings by Tavidis at Sarjan Art Gallery, Baroda
2009 Reinventing Ravana, an exhibition for Le-Sutra, a conceptual hotel, Out of the Blue, Mumbai
2009 Once Upon A Time, charity exhibition at Dusk Gallery, Mumbai
2009 The Big Picture at Sumukha Gallery, Bangalore
2009 The Revelation at Prakrit Gallery, Chennai
2009 An Ode to Perfection at Bank On Art, New Delhi
2009 Best of India at Space Gallery, Hyderabad
2008 Pro-Imagists at Sridharani Art Gallery, New Delhi
2007 Tryst with Telangana, Sarjan Art Gallery, Baroda
2007 Deccani Parlance, Kaleidoscope Art Gallery, Baroda
2006 Trans-local, College of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
2005 Trio at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2001 Lakshana Art Gallery, Hyderabad
Krishnakriti Festival 2017, Hyderabad
Telangana Kalamela 2017
2116 in collaboration with Krishnakriti Foundation and Art@Telangana, Hyderabad
Annual Exhibition 2007, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Mumbai
Annual Exhibition 2001, 2002, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (J.N.T.U). Gallery, Hyderabad
Annual Exhibition 2003, Telugu University, Hyderabad
2004, 06 Telugu University Scholarship, Hyderabad
2002 Best Drawing Award from Police Academy, Andhra Pradesh
2005, 06 Malladi Scholarship, India
2002 Best Painting Award from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (J.N.T.U). Annual Exhibition
