DLN Reddy

BORN
1949 Nerada Andhra Pradesh

EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS
1966-69 Diploma in Painting, Government Fine Arts College, Hyderabad
1970-71 Diploma in Printmaking M. S. University, Baroda

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1971 Graphics at Kala Bhavan, Hyderabad
1973 Paintings and Prints, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1977 Paintings and oil pastels, Max Mueller Bhavan
1981 Drawings and watercolors, Sarala Art, Chennai
1982 Urja Art Gallery, Baroda
1982 Drawing and Pastels, Hyderabad
1987 Pundole Art Gallery, Bombay
1988 Etchings, engravings, terracottas and bronzes, Max Mueller Bhavan, Hyderabad
1988 Mullar Bhavan, Hyderabad
1989 Timeless Art Exhibition, Bombay

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 Contemporary Printmaking in India, presented by Priyasri Art Gallery, Mumbai at Jahangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2010 National Print Portfolio, Marvel Art Gallery, Ahmedabad
2008 Deeper than Skin, DAIRA Center for Arts and Culture, Hyderabad
1972 Third International British Print Biennial, United Kingdom
1974 Third International Exhibition of Graphic Art, Frenchen in West Germany
1974 First International Exhibition of Graphic Art, New Delhi
1975 Biennial of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
1979 Sixth British International Print Biennial
1981 Indian Graphics Exhibition, Cuba
1982 A traveling exhibition of seven Indian artists in West German cities
1983 Fifth National Exhibition and Triennial, New Delhi

HONORS AND AWARD
1970-71 Andhra Pradesh Lalit Kala Academy Scholarship
1977 Gold Medal, AP Lalit Kala Academy
1977 Gold Medal, Hyderabad Art Society
1982 Group 8 Award, New Delhi
1982 Outstanding Artists Scholarship, Department of Culture, Government of India

ABOUT THE ARTIST

D L N Reddy was born in 1949 in a small village in Andhra Pradesh. He obtained his Diploma in Painting from the College of Fine Arts, Hyderabad, in 1969. He then joined the Master's College, Baroda, in 1971, to study graphic arts.

Reddy paints with an almost disconcerting realism. Ramanand Naidu, a Hyderabad-based art critic and writer, notes There are some artists who believe in the intrinsic value of formal delineation to such an extent that it becomes their crucial premise.

His works reveal his penchant for producing surprisingly volumetric effects with the greatest economy of means. The nude figure, for example, whether squatting, reclining, or sitting, is a leitmotif in several of his paintings. In the best of his nudes, there is a raw physicality. In some of the twisted and forked faces of the naked figures; There are clear echoes of Picasso.

A figurative painter, most of Reddy's figures reflect a state of mind rather than meaning. The result is that he enhances the visual experience. The artist has worked with a variety of mediums, including graphics, sculpture, oils, and even glass.

He has participated in more than 200 exhibitions around the world. I have always felt a sense of liberation from participating in exhibitions around the world. I have never neglected painting, not even when I travel or even when I am involved in graphic work.

In 1982 he exhibited at a workshop of Indo-German artists held in Braunschweig, West Germany. He took this opportunity to travel extensively in Europe.

D L N Reddy lives and works in Hyderabad.

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