K G Subramanyan

Born in 1924 in Kuthuparamba, North Malabar, Kerela 

EDUCATION
1955-56

British Council Research Fellowship to Slade School of Art, University of London

1944-48

Kala Bhavan, Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan 1942-43 B.A.(Hons.) in Economics., Presidency College, Chennai 

SELECTED SOLO SHOWS
2009

Solo Show, Presented by Seagull Foundation for the Arts, in Collaboration with Nandan Gallery, Kala Bhavana, Kolkata

2007

THE PAINTED PLATTERS, The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai
THE MAGIC OF MAKING, presented by The Seagull Foundation for the Arts at The Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, Kolkata and Rabindra Bhawan, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi 

2006

Art Heritage, New Delhi
Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Gujarat

2005

RECENT PAINTINGS, presented by Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai  

2004
Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi

2003

K.G. SUBRAMANYAN: A RETROSPECTIVE,National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi and Mumbai

K.G. SUBRAMANYAN: RECENT PAINTINGS, Art Heritage, New Delhi
PAINTINGS IN ENAMEL, The Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, Kolkata
CHAIRS: AN EXHIBITION OF RECENT WORK,The Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 

Kolkata

Solo Show, The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai

2002

EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS BY PROF. K.G. SUBRAMANYAN, Sarjan Art Gallery, Vadodara, Gujarat 

2001

Art Heritage, New Delhi

2000

K.G. SUBRAMANYAN, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
Art Heritage, New Delhi

1999

The Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, Kolkata
Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi
K.G. SUBRAMANYAN – DISSOLVING CONTRADICTIONS, The Window, Mumbai

1998 

K.G. SUBRAMANYAN:PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS,organized by Seagull Foundation for the Arts, Kolkata at Art Heritage, New Delhi
A RECENT SERIES OF LARGE PAINTINGS BY PROF. K.G. SUBRAMANYAN, Art Heritage, New Delhi

K.G. SUBRAMANYAN:PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai

1997

Nazar Gallery, Vadodara, Gujarat
K.G. SUBRAMANYAN, Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai

1996

Art Heritage, New Delhi

1994

EXHIBITIONS OF PAINTINGS BY K.G. SUBRAMANYAN, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
K.G. SUBRAMANYAN RECENT WORKS, Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata 

1993

EXHIBITIONS OF PAINTINGS BY K.G. SUBRAMANYAN, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
Art Heritage, New Delhi

1992

K.G. SUBRAMANYAN EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS, Sakshi Gallery, Synergy Art Foundation, Bangalore and Chennai

Art Heritage, New Delhi

1991

EXHIBITIONS OF PAINTINGS BY K.G. SUBRAMANYAN, Kala Yatra and Sista’s Art Gallery, Bangalore, Karnataka

1990

Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai
Gallery 7, Mumbai
CCA Gallery, New Delhi

1989

Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai
OF MYTH AND FAIRY TALE – RECENT WORKS- K.G. SUBRAMANYAN, Seagull Foundation and Birla 

Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata

1988

EXHIBITION OF ACRYLIC SHEET PAINTINGS, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford

1986

EXHIBITION OF ACRYLIC SHEET PAINTINGS, Art Heritage, New Delhi
Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai
Gallery 7, Mumbai.
Centre for Contemporary Art Gallery, New Delhi.

1985

Art Heritage, New Delhi.

1984

RETROSPECTIVE, Art Heritage, New Delhi.

1983

RETROSPECTIVE K.G. SUBRAMANYAN, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata.

1982

EXHIBITION OF GLASS AND ACRYLIC SHEET PAINTINGS, Art Heritage, New Delhi.
EXHIBITION OF GLASS AND ACRYLIC SHEET PAINTINGS, Nandan Gallery, Santiniketan, West Bengal.

1981

RETROSPECTIVE, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.

1980

Art Heritage, New Delhi.

1979 

EXHIBITION OF PRINTS, Exhibition of Prints, Art Heritage, New Delhi.

1978

EXHIBITION OF TERRACOTTA RELIEF’S AND PAINTINGS, Nandan Gallery, Santiniketan, West Bengal

EXHIBITION OF TERRACOTTA RELIEF’S AND PAINTINGS, Art Heritage, New Delhi.

1972

EXHIBITION OF TERRACOTTA RELIEF’S AND PAINTINGS, Kunika –Chemould, New Delhi.

1971

EXHIBITION OF POLYTICHS, Kunika –Chemould, New Delhi.

1969

Gallery Chemould, Mumbai.
Kunika –Chemould, New Delhi.

1967

Gallery Chemould, Mumbai.
Gallery Navina, New York.

1966

Gallery Chemould, Mumbai.

1962-63

Kunika Art Centre, New Delhi.

1961

Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.

1959

Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.

1958

Delhi Silpi Chakra, New Delhi.

1956

Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.

1955

Delhi Silpi Chakra, Freemason’s Hall, New Delhi.

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS

2009

KALPANA: FIGURATIVE ART IN INDIA, presented by The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) at Aicon Gallery, London; The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR)
TRACING TIME, Bodhi Art, Mumbai

2008

BARODA: A TALE OF TWO CITIES (PART 1) Sarjan Art Gallery, Vadodara, Gujarat.

X AT THE RATE OFJEHANGIR, presented by Art Musings at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.
FREEDOM 2008: SIXTY YEARS AFTER INDIAN INDPENDENCE, Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata.

2007

EDGE OF DESIRE: RECENT ART IN INDIA, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai.

2006

SHADOW LINES, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi. 

DRAWING SHOW AN ACT OF ART II , Priyasri Art Gallery, Mumbai.

2005

Three Solo Exhibitions - K.G. Subramanyan, Manjit Bawa, Dhruva Mistry, organized by Sakshi Gallery at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.
REMEMBERING BHUPEN, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai.

1996

Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.
Art Heritage, New Delhi.

1994

Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata.

1993

SEVEN CONTEMPORARY INDIAN PAINTERS, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi.

1992

JOURNEYS WITHIN LANDSCAPES, organized by Sakshi Gallery at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai 

1986

Grey Art Gallery, New York.

PARTICIPATIONS
2008-09 

MODERN INDIA, organized by Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) and Casa Asia, in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture at Valencia, Spain.

2008

HARVEST 2008, organized by Arushi Arts at The Stainless Gallery, New Delhi .

2007-08

FROM EVERYDAY TO THE IMAGINED: MODERN INDIAN ART, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore and at Museum of Art, Seoul National University, Seoul.

2006-07

EDGE OF DESIRE: RECENT ART IN INDIA, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi and Mumbai.

2006

CUBISM IN ASIA: UNBOUNDED DIALOGUES, The Singapore Art Museum, Singapore.

2005

CUBISM IN ASIA: UNBOUNDED DIALOGUES, Cubism in Asia : Unbounded Dialogues’, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea

CUBISM IN ASIA: UNBOUNDED DIALOGUES, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo.
EDGE OF DESIRE: RECENT ART IN INDIA, Queen’s Museum of Art, New York.

2004

EDGE OF DESIRE: RECENT ART IN INDIA, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth .

2002

Art South Asia, Manchester.

1998

TRYST WITH DESTINY: ART FROM MODERN INDIA 1947-97, Singapore

1996

CHAMATKARA: MYTH AND MAGIC IN INDIAN ART, for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata and London.
CONTEMPORARY INDIAN PAINTINGS, Sotheby’s, New York.

1995

SEVEN CONTEMPORARY INDIAN PAINTERS, Gallery le Monde de l’Art, Paris, France

1988

FESTIVAL OF INDIA, Tokyo, Japan.

1987

FESTIVAL OF INDIA, Moscow, USSR.
Coup de Coeur, Geneva.
Kala Yatra, Bangalore, Karnataka.

1986

INDIAN ART FROM THE CHESTER AND DAVIDA HERWITZ FAMILY COLLECTION, Hood Museum, Hanover, Massachusetts.

1984

Kala Yatra, Bangalore, Karnataka.

1983

SIX INDIAN ARTISTS, Tate Gallery and Royal Academy of Arts, London.

1982 

INDIA: MYTH AND REALITY, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, UK.
SIX INDIAN ARTISTS, Tate Gallery, London.
CONTEMPORARY INDIAN ART, Royal Academy of Arts, London.

1980

ASIAN ARTISTS EXHIBITION, PART II, Japan.
INDIAN ART,Washington DC, USA.
INDIAN ART EXHIBITION, Tokyo.

1979

Sao Paulo Biennale, Brazil.

ASIAN ARTIST’S EXHIBITION PART I, Japan.

1976

Mention Biennale, France.

1975

3rd International Triennale, New Delhi.

1971

INDIAN ART, Tehran, Iran.

1968

1st International Triennale, New Delhi.

1966

INDIAN ART EXHIBITION, Ghent, Belgium.

1965

ART NOW IN INDIA, Lanig Art Gallery, Newcastle.
Commonwealth Arts Festival, London.
TEN INDIAN ARTISTS, South East Asia.

1964

TEN INDIAN ARTISTS, USA.
Exhibition of Textile Paintings, Mural, Woven Hangings, New York World Trade Fair, New York.
Tokyo Biennale, Japan.

1961

Sao Paolo Biennale.

1956

THREE YOUNG ARTISTS FROM ABROAD, Hitchin, UK.

1953

INDIAN ART EXHIBITION, USA

SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
2006

Padma Bhushan, Government of India

2005

Lifetime Achievement Award, Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata

2004

Lalit Kala Ratna Puraskar, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi on the occasion of its Golden Jubilee

2001

Gana Krishti Puraskar, Kerala
Manaviyam Ravi Varma Award, Government of Kerala

2000

Jadunath Sarkar Gold Medal, Asiatic Society, Kolkata
Abanindra Puraskar, Kolkata.

1999

Kala Ratna, All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi.

1997

D. Litt (Honoris Causa), Benaras Hindu University, Varanasi.

1994

Shiromani Puraskar, Kolkata.

1993

Conferred Fellowship, Kerala Lalit Kala Academy, Kerala.

1992

D. Litt (Honoris Causa), Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata.

1991

Gagan – Aban - Puraskar, Visvabharati, Santiniketan.

1985

Fellow, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.

1980

Kalidas Sanman.

1977-78

Visiting Fellow, Kala Bhavan, Visvabharati, Santiniketan.

1975

Padma Shri, Government of India.

1968

Gold Medal, First International Triennale, New Delhi.

1966

Fellowship, J. D. Rockefeller III Fund, USA.

1965

National Award for ‘Studio’, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.

1961

Maharashtra State Award.

Medallion of Honorable Mention, Sao Paulo Biennale, Brazil.

1959

Bombay Art Society, Mumbai.

1957

Governor’s Prize, Bombay Art Society, Mumbai.

1955-56

British Council Research Scholarship to Slade School of Art, UK