ANILAKUMAR GOVINDAPPA
Anilakumar has a BVA in painting from the Ken School of Art in Bengaluru and an MFA in printmaking from the Sarojini Naidu School of Arts and Commnuication, University of Hyderabad. A recipient of several awards, including the South Indian Art Exhibition Chandra Ilango Jury Award (2013) and the HRD Young Artist Scholarship awarded by the Ministry of Culture (2012), he has been part of many workshops, residencies and group exhibitions.
“My work resembles a diary of events that took place in my everyday life. I leave nothing behind from my observation and the remembrances of such events. The places and people connected with me in a day to day environment appear in my images quite often, and becomes a 360 degree view of the life around me. Sometimes, I deliberately implant the metaphorical visual elements that resembles my personal interpretation or the statements about the material existence. I find it more interesting when I am working with such hidden facets of the imagery and the message that it sensibly carries along tightly encoded, it might be very apparent in some cases though.” - Anilakumar Govindappa
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PARTICIPATIONS & EXHIBITIONS
“IMMERS” Group exhibition curated by Shaleen Wadhwana, at Somaiya Vidyavihar University – Mumbai March2022
“Uncertainty” woodcut Prints Exhibition, Curated by Arpitha R G, Karnataka Chithrakala Parishath – Bangalore, Sep2021.
With love from arttoytehran, Group show curated by Ali Qatre, Chi Gallery , Iran, Dec-2020
Still-Life, virtual solo exhibition, curated by Vu Ngo, Vusawthis Art gallery, Canada, Oct-2020
Desire of the city, Solo show at NO1. Shanthiroad Studio/Gallery, Bangalore, Nov-2019
LANDSPACES space within a space, Group show curated by G. Vignesh, ArtHouz Gallery, Chennai, July-2019
The Lay of the Land, Group show at Kalakriti Art Gallery,Hyderabad-May2019
Dynamic desires, Group show at Dhi Artspace Gallery, Hyderabad – Nov-2018
Tranquil and Trance, Duo show at Dhi Artspace Gallery, Hyderabad – Dec 2017
India Re-Worlded: Seventy Years of investating a Nation, curated by Dr. Arshiya Lokhandwala, Gallery Odyssey in collaboration with Clark House, Mumbai-Sep 2017
Linear Accent, drawing group exhibition at Dhi Artspace Gallery, Hyderabad
Winding – Unwinding, curated by Sachin Bonde, Clark House Initiative, Mumbai- May 2017
58th National exhibition of art by Lalit Kala Akademi, NGMA Bengaluru- Feb 2017
INLAKS Fine arts award shortlisted 2016-17
Oesten Biennial of Drawing, Skopje 2016, Macadonia Sep – 2016
Street Art Festival, curated by Giulia Ambrogi in collaboration with St+Art India and Telangana State Govt with Kalakriti Art Gallery, Hyderabad – Nov 2016
Image, Memory and Visuality, curated by Nirmala Biluka in Krishnakriti Festival, Hyderabad – Jan 2016
Emerging Pallete, Sristi Art Gallery, Hyderabad July-2015
AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
South Indian Art Exhibition by Chandra Ilango jury award, Chennai – 2013
Karnataka Lalit Kala Akademi Scholarship 2012-13
HRD Young Artist Scholarship from Delhi Ministry of Culture 2012
Prafulla Dahanukar Art Foundation Grant 2021-22 for my woodcut print. Mumbai - 2021.
Covid relief fund price from Manorama young printmaker Award 2021. Indian Printmaking House. New Delhi. -2021
WOKSHOPS
Dhi Artspace Gallery, woodcut art camp, Hyderabad – Jan 2016
National student print-making workshop, Visva Bharati, Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan, March -2015
Kala Sakshi Memorial Trust, workshop – Dec 2014
M (A) P, Malleshwaram Accessibility Project, Graffiti workshop Bangalore 2012
5th National level arts collage student’s workshop, CAVA- Collage of visual arts, Mysore – 2012
RESIDENCIES
Karnataka Laith Kala Academy – Graphic Printmaking Fellowship, April2021
Space Studio Sculpture Residency, Baroda, Feb2020
Kalakriti Art Gallery, Hyderabad – 2018
Nine Fish art gallery, Mumbai – Sep 2017
PEEP open studio – Dhi Artspace Art Gallery, Hyderabad, Nov 2016
Unwinding, conducted by Uttarayan Art Foundation, Gujarat, Jun 2015