TOM VATTAKUZHY

TOM  VATTAKUZHY

Born 1967, Kerala.

Lives and works in Kerala.

Education    1999 U.G.C. Net Examination for Lectureship in the subject of Visual Art, University Grants Commission, New Delhi. 1998 M.F.A.(First Class) Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University of Baroda , Gujarat. 1996 B.F.A. (First Class) Kala Bhavan, Viswa – Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal. 1985 Diploma in Fine Arts Kerala Govt. Technical Examinations, Thiruvananthapuram.

Exhibitions and Art Camps    Have participated over 40 group shows in India and abroad, and about 13 Art Camps in India.

Awards    1998 AIFACS (All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society) Award, New Delhi. 1997 AIFACS (All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society) Award, New Delhi. 1997 Kerala Lalita Kala Academy Award, Govt. of Kerala. 1996 Highly Commended Certificate, Kerala Lalita Kala Academy, Govt. of Kerala.1996 National Scholarship, Ministry of Human Resource Development, New Delhi. 1995  Haren Das Award, Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta 1992 – 1996 Merit Scholarship, Kala Bhavan, Viawa-Bharati University, Santiniketan.