Professional Artist with over 28 years of experience in Restoration of Oil Paintings. Presently working as a Guest Lecturer in Hill Palace Museum, Kochi. Worked as a Consultant in Conservation Laboratory for Musiry Heritage Project At Paravoor (Dept. of Tourism Kerala). Presently undertook Project work of Raja Ravi Varma Paintings at Kowdiyar Palace, Thiruvananthapuram. Conserving Paintings and many Artefacts at Kuthira Mallika Museum Thiruvananthapuram. EXHIBITIONS
Held 16 Solo Exhibitions in major cities of India including Jahangir Art Gallery Lalitha Kala Akademi Gallery, Kochi Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Kolkata Indian Council for Cultural Relation, Hyderabad MS University Fine Arts Gallery, Baroda Chitrakala Parishat Gallery, Bangalore Hotel Taj Bengal (Taj group), Kolkata CAMPS
Nannapa Art Gallery, Ernakulam MAJOR PROJECTS
February 1985 to January 1989 Worked as Assistant in oil painting restoration at National Museum, New Delhi for period of 4 years Major Projects Handled at National Museum, New Delhi (Collective work) Two Paintings at Rashtrapati Bhavan and for other offices One Painting by Raja Ravi Verma at Goa Museum February 1989 to March 2012 (at Victoria Memorial Hall) Joined as Technical Restorer at Victoria Memorial Hall Worked as Restorer of oil paintings, and Retired in March 2012 Super big painting of "Lord Curzon visiting Burdwan" at Burdwan University Museum-It was a team execution which was completed in 5 years Raj Bhavan, Kolkata-Super big painting completed in Feb 2012 High Court, Kolkata-Super big painting Raj Bhavan-Tripura Four Paintings collected for Burdwan University and restored in Victoria Memorial Nivedita School-1996 Collection of paintings at Ananda Bazar Patrika (Daily News paper) HONOURS
Award of Senior Fellowship (2 years) for outstanding performance in the field of Visual Arts (in Conservation) from Ministry of Culture, Government of India Senior fellowship HOLDER in conservation of Sri Raja Ravivama paintings from Ministry of culture Govt. of INDIA, NEW DELHI |