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Phone: 9448824506
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The passion to express his emotions and voice his opinions through a handful of brush strokes was seen in the child that Gireesh once was. Later, Gireesh developed a great interest in creating cartoons. The innate ability of creating a political satire out of a few well placed lines and curves which was hidden till then, flourished as Gireesh's first cartoon was published in Malayala Manorama Weekly in December 1984. The first political weekly that bore his powerful cartoons was Kesari. Over the years, his cartoons and caricatures appeared in malayala Manorama, Kesari, Mangalam, Trial, Paakanaar, Chintana, and such popular magazines During his early years, his mentor was K.N.R. Vengara, who helped him establish his career as a full fledged artist. The world of art recognized his skill and encouraged his enthusiasm. Gireesh regularly contributed to the 'Anletter' of equations in Bangalore through his cartoon column 'A trip with me'. His cartoons appear in many prominent periodicals in Kerala. After being away from creating cartoons for some time, he returned to his passion through his political cartoon strip in Vijaya Times, a daily published from Bangalore. In this stint, he captured national and local political movements in his cartoons Gireesh's cartoons have that versatility that one does not find easily in the plethora of sketches and cartoons that span the print media. HONOURS 1988-Best Cartoonist award by the Brushman School of Fine Arts and the Kerala Cartoon Academy 1989, '90-Kerala Cartoon Academy Award in caricature 1989-The Kerala Press Academy Award for cartoons 1989-The 'Hasyavedi' Kozhikode award for cartoons and the Public relations Department award for cartoons in connection with the Tourism Week Celebration

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