Ramesh Gorjala

BORN
April 15, 1979 Srikalahasti, Andhra Pradesh

EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS
1999 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting), Jawaharlal Technological University (JNTU), Hyderabad, A P

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 Mythological Metaphor, Chawla Art Gallery, New Delhi
2008 Visual Art Gallery, New Delhi
2007 Embracing Modernity, Mon Art Gallerie, Calcutta
2007 Alankritha Art Gallery, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
2006 Renaissance Art Gallery, Bangalore, Karnataka

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 Black is Beautiful, India Fine Art, Bombay
2009 Sacred and Secular, India Fine Art, Bombay
2009 Entity, MEC Art Gallery, New Delhi
2009 Gallery Space, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
2008 Enchanter, Art Panache, Gurgaon
2008 Samanvaya Art Gallery, Jaipur, Rajasthan
2007 Art of Investment, Ashvita Art Gallery, Chennai
2007 Beyond Boundaries, Mahua Art Gallery, Bangalore, Karnataka
2007 Mother Tongue, Visions from South, Visual Art Gallery, New Delhi
2007 Memories, Myths and Images, Gallery Space, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
2007 Roots and Shoots An Exploration, organized by Mahua Art Gallery in London
2007 Paper Love, India Fine Art, Bombay
2007 Triptych, Mahua Art Gallery, Bangalore, Karnataka
2007 MEC Art Gallery, New Delhi
2006 Samanvai Art Gallery, Jaipur, Rajasthan
2005 Tao Gallery, Mumbai
2005 Turning the Wheel Tradition Without Boundaries, Visual Art Gallery, New Delhi
2005 Divine Inspiration, Fine Arts of India, Mumbai
2005 Time and Space, Bangalore, Karnataka
2005 Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat, Bangalore, Karnataka

PARTICIPATIONS
2010 Annual Exhibition, Chawla Art Gallery, New Delhi
2009 Entity, Annual Exhibition, M.E.C Art Gallery, New Delhi
1988-99 and 2000-01 Participation in State Level Art Exhibition organized by Andhra Pradesh Telugu University
Participation in the Handicraft Exhibition organized by the Andhra Pradesh Handicraft Council

HONORS AND AWARD
2002 Received the State Award from the Andhra Pradesh Crafts Council.
2000 Received the Mahatma Gandhi Birth Centenary Memorial Award from the Victoria Technical Institute (VTI), Chennai.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Born in Srikalahasti, Andhra Pradesh, in 1979, Ramesh Gorjala studied at the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University in Hyderabad, where he earned his BA in painting. His work focuses on traditional Indian heritage and culture, through sensitive and detailed mythological depictions of various Indian gods and goddesses.

Gorjala works with a delicate and intricate technique, portraying his spiritual vision of the themes of Indian mythology through both his imagery and his process. His use of a palette dominated by gold, red, and green creates a vibrant and natural feel in each of his paintings, and the moods he can create and convey add an old-fashioned yet contemporary dynamic to his work. His subjects, primarily the gods, goddesses, and mythical forms of the South Asian pantheon, include Hanuman, Vishnu, and Buddha, painted with great sensitivity and attention to detail. Gorjala does not necessarily limit himself to a single, grand protagonist in his pieces. Instead, he integrates themes, blending not just one figure but multiple unified images into a larger character. Sometimes, this is tied together by fragments of text, usually in the background of his surfaces, which adds a new dimension to them. Another element that recurs in his work is the checkerboard pattern in black and shades of white and grey in the background, which adds a Christmassy and modern touch to pieces that have a largely traditional and spiritual feel.

Gorjalas' work has won him several awards, including the Mahatma Gandhi Birth Centenary Memorial Award in 2000 from the Victoria Technical Institute (V.T.I.) in Chennai, and the 2002 State Award from the A.P. Crafts Council. The artist has had numerous solo exhibitions and participated in several group shows in India and abroad. Some of his solo exhibitions include Mythological Metaphor at the Chawla Art Gallery in New Delhi in 2010; Embracing Modernity at the Mon Art Gallery in Kolkata in 2007, and earlier exhibitions in Hyderabad and Bangalore. Group exhibitions featuring his works have been held in Mumbai, New Delhi, Jaipur, Chennai, Bangalore, and London.