P.Gopinath
BEGINNINGS
Born in Ponnani, Kerala. 1966 Joined Cholamandal Artists Village, Madras. 1978 Participated in the Graphic Workshop, Ghari Studios, organized by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi. 1978 Participated in the Graphic Workshop, Govt. College of Arts and Crafts, organised by the Regional Centre, Lalit Kala Akademi, Madras. 1979 Invited to participate in the graphic workshop conducted by Mr. Carol Summers, the renowned print maker, organised by the American Centre of Madras, Kerala. 1980 Invited to participate in the graphic workshop conducted by Mr. Alistair Grant, Head of the Dept. of Printmaking, Royal College of Art, organised by the British Council, Madras. Lives and works in Chennai.
EDUCATION
1970 Completed Diploma in Painting, Govt. College of Arts and Crafts, Madras
EXHIBITIONS
1967-69, 1976-80 Annual Art exhb., Tamil Nadu State Lalit Kala Academy, Madras. 1968-69, 1976-77 Exhb. Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta
1972 Contemporary Miniature Exhb., Progressive Painters Association, Madras and Bombay.
1975-76 Participated in State Lalit Kala Akademi exhb., Kerala.
1976, 79 National Exhb., Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
1977 Pictorial Space, curated by Geeta Kapoor, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
1978 4th Triennale India, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
1979 Colours in Compositions, organised by Grindlays Bank, Madras.
1979 Participated in Kala Yatra exhb., New Delhi, Bombay, Bangalore, Calcutta and Madras.
1981 Art Trends in the Southern Region, Madras.
1985 Exhb., The Asia and Pacific Museum, Poland.
1985 Cholamandal Artists Show, sponsored by ICCR, Morocco.
1987 8th Biennale International De Art, Valparasio, Chile.
1989 India’s Moderene Kunst, Kasteel, Acren, Holland.
1994 Contemporary Miniature Show, CIMA Art Gallery, Calcutta.
1994 100 Years National Gallery of Modern Art, conceived by Geeta Kapoor, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.
1995 Art of Hope- Hope for Cancer, Westminster Gallery, Bangalore
COLLECTION
National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi. Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
State Lalit Kala Akademi, Kerala.
Sri Chitralayam Art Gallery, Govt.Museum, Thiruvananthapuram.
Punjab University Museum, Chandigarh.
Town Planning Trust, Kochi.
Hotel Sudarsan International, Chennai.
Madras Rubber Factory, Chennai.
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Hyderabad.
Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi.
AWARDS
1968, 76, 80 Award, State Lalit Kala Akademi, Madras.
1976 Award, Karnataka Chitrakala Parishad, Bangalore
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