S.Kurva

BORN
1968 in Hyderabad

EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS
1994 BFA in Painting from the College of Fine Arts, JNTU, Hyderabad.
1996 MFA in Graphics, College of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Baroda.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1999 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.
2000 Art Core Gallery, Baroda.
2001 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.
2002 Daira Art Gallery, Hyderabad.
2005 Shrishti Art Gallery, Hyderabad.
2006 Daira Art Gallery, Hyderabad.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1990 Hotel Ashoka Conference Hall, Warangal, A.P.
1994 Faculty of Fine Arts Gallery, JNTU, Hyderabad.
1995 Art Core Gallery, Baroda.
1996 Alliance Franchise Gallery, Hyderabad.
1997 All India Contemporaries of Indian Artist CCMB, Uppal, Hyd.
1997 Form and Space, an exhibition of contemporary drawings and installations by ICCR, Kalabhavan, Hyderabad.
1999 (Roop Rekha) Lakshana Art Gallery, Hyderabad.
1996 Art in Objects, Holiday Inn Krishna, Hyderabad. Harmony Show (1998-99) Bombay.
1998 Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay.
1999 Art Konsult, New Delhi.
1999 Contemporary Deccan, a new generation of artists CCMB Uppal, Hyderabad. 2000 Birla Academy Gallery, Kolkata.
2001 Lakshana Art Gallery, Hyd.
2002 2002 Lakshana Art Gallery, Chennai.
2003 2003 Kala Kruti Art Gallery, Hyd.
2006 SPACE Art Gallery, Hyd.
2006 Mystic Strokes Gallery, Pune.
2006 Stone Scene Gallery, New York.

WORKSHOPS
1990 Warli Painting Workshop, South Central Zone, Nagpur Cultural Centre, Pune.
1992 Young Artists Camp, Sri Venkateshwara College of Fine Arts, Hyd.
1992 Graphic Workshop at College of Fine Arts, JNTU, Hyderabad. Organized by Alliance Franchise.
1993 Traditional Artists Camp, Vizianagaram Cultural Festival at Tirupathi, by South Zone Cultural Centre, Thanjavur, Young
1997 Government of A.P. Youth Services Department.
1997 Workshop by Tony Martien, organized by College of Fine Arts, JNTU, Hyderabad.
2004 Department of Tourism, A.P., Vishakapatnam.
2006 Glass Painting Workshop by A.D.P., Hyd.
2006 Workshop organized by CAP Foundation.

SCHOLARSHIP
1996 Aranavas Fellowship by Mr. S.G. Vasudev, Bangalore.
1997 AIFACS, New Delhi. 50 years of art in independent India.
1994 Telugu University Fellowship, Hyd.
1996 HRD National Fellowship, Government of India, New Delhi.
2000 Central Lalitha Kala Academy, New Delhi.

PARTICIPATIONS
1987, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001 Hyd Art Society.
1988 Lalitha Kala Samithi, Siddipet, Andhra Pradesh.
1997 Hyderabad Art Society, AIFACS, New Delhi 50 Years of Art in Independent India
1997 Contemporary Indian Art in connection with the celebration of the Golden Jubilee of India's Independence, Human Form and Art, Chennai.
1998 Harmony Show (1998-99), Bombay.
1999 Bombay Art Society.
2000 Bombay Art Society.
2002 Bharath Bhavan Biennale, Bhopal.
2006 Camel Foundation Exhibition, Chennai.

HONORS AND AWARD
1988 Lalitha Kala Samithi Award, Andhra Pradesh.
1997 Hyderabad Arts Society, AIFACS, New Delhi. 50 Years of Art in Independent India Awards
1997 Hyderabad Arts Society Award awarded at the All India Art Exhibition, Hyderabad.
1999 P.S. Telugu University, Nampally, Hyd.
1998 South Central Zone Cultural Centre, Nagpur.
1999 P.S.Telugu University, Nampally, Hyd.
2005 P.S.Telugu University, Nampally, Hyd.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Born in 1968 in Hyderabad, he studied painting at the College of Fine Arts, JNTU Hyderabad, and an MA in Graphics from M.S. University, Baroda. He has won several awards and a national fellowship from the Government of India. He has participated in several solo and group exhibitions across India.

His collages depicting animals and human figures, as well as his small canvases with tribal works such as images of human and animal figures, have a distinctly personal style.

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