ANILA JACOB

ANILA JACOB

Born in Kottayam, Kerala.

First Class and First Rank in Fine Arts, from Madras College  of Fine Arts, India.

Major Exhibitions Participated    Participated in Sculptors’ camp organised by Lalit Kala Academy New Delhi at Mahabalipuram, Madras./ Three Women Artists’ Exhibition organised by Madras Rubber Factory Ltd. / 1970 Took part in Expo’70, Japan Granite Sculpture installed in Connaught Place, New Delhi./ 1972 ‘Çontemporary  Miniatures’ Exhibition organised by Cholamandal Artists’Village in Bombay and Madras. / 1975 Exhibited at the all India Exhibitions at Hotel Taj Coromandel in connection with the Pugwash Conference for Nuclear Disamament. / 1976 Karnataka Chithrakala Parishat Award of Mysore State. / 1979 One Person Show at Hotel Chola Sheraton, Dubai. / 1980 Exhibitions at Hotel Sheraton, Dubai. / 1999 Small Format Exhibition at Cholamandal Artists’Village Madras./ 2000 Small Format Bronze Sculpture Exhibition at Cholamandal Artists’Village Madras./ 2007 Exhibition at Sarala Art Gallery (Art World) Chennai. Works in the collection of the Madras State Lalit Kala Academy and the Central Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi./ 2009 Exhibition at Prakrit Art Gallery- Chennai./ 2011 Exhibition at Durbar Hall Art Centre, Kochi.

Camp     2012 Participated in the National Granite Sculpure Camp at Silpavadika, Rappadi Park. Sculpture installed at Tippu Sultan Fort, Palakkad, organised by Lalit Kala Akademi and Tourism Promotion Council, Kerala. 2012 - Participated in The National Granite Sculpture Camp at Calicut Beach, - Kerala.2013 - Participated in The National Granite Sculpture Camp at Fort Cochin Sculpture Museum, Bastion Garden Fort Cochin, Kerala for Archeology Dept. 2018 - For Cochin International Airport - Terminal 3 -Sculpture in Copper, Bronze, Brass & Teakwood 8.5feet tall 5.5 feet wide.Title of the Airport Sculpture:" UNITY IN DIVERSITY "2018

Awards and Recognitions.    1962, 63,64,66,68,76 and 78 National Exhibition of Art, New Delhi.1968 Madras State Lalit Kala Academy Award. 1965 National Award ( First woman sculptor award Received from The president of india. ) of the Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi.1964 Artists Handicraft Association Award Madras.1963 Award at the Exhibition of Ceramic Art at Washington DC. / 2011 ‘Padmini Puraskaram’ Award from Kerala Lalit Kala Akademi. 2018 - Raja Ravi Varma Award from Kerala Lalitha kala Akademi.

E-mail: jacobthomasmulakkal@gmail.com