SHAJI APPUKUTTAN

SHAJI APPUKUTTAN

About

Graduated from Government College of Fine Arts, Thrissur, Kerala, during the period 1985-1990. Obtained a Grant from Kerala Sahithya Academy for Travel & Research in the year 1994. Lives and works in Kochi as well as in Bangalore.

Solo shows    1992 Guruvayur library hall, sponsored by Kerala Lalithakala Akademi. 1994 Lalithakala Academy Art Gallery Kozhikode, sponsored by Kerala Lalithakala Akademi.  1997 Ernakulam Durbar Hall Art Gallery. 2015 ‘Spiritual Earth‘ Ernakulam Durbar Hall Gallery. 2016 ‘Karuna’ White Walls Art Gallery Palarivattom, Ernakulam, curated by Radha Gomathi.  2017  ‘Symphony of Land’ at Lalithakala Akademi Art Gallery Kozhikode, sponsored by Kerala Lalithakala Akademi.  

Group shows    1993 Regional art exhibition Chennai.  2004 Epiques Art Gallery Green Park New Delhi ,cu rated by Roy Thomas.  2007 ‘Elephant ‘ the group show at Red Frog Art Gallery Thekkady.  2013 “Small is big” Group Show curated by Anoop Kamath at Ernakulam Durbar Hall Gallery.  2016 “Art Ensembles-20165” Ramoji Film City Hyderabad. 2016 “Pagan Fest“ at MNF art gallery Edappally, Kochi.  2017 Group show    Siddhartha Foundation Kollam Asramam. 2017 Cochin Art Fair 2017    Curated by O Sundar  at MNF Foundation Edappally, Ernakulam. 2017 “Birds are silent in their Nest “ Onyx art corridor Mattancherry, curated by O Sundar. 2017 “Art Humane” (people for animal)  Triva Art Gallery  LKA gallery Vyloppilly Samskrithi Bhavan curated by Sreedevi S Kartha. 2018 ‘monsoon fest’ curated by Udayakumar at MNF art gallery edappally ernakulam. 2019 “Kavitha Karnival” group show at Sanskrit College Pattambi. 2019 an AD –2019 show organized by O sundar at MNF Edappally. 2019 BODY curated by Johny M L  at Shanghumugham Art Gallery Thiruvananthapuram. 2019 group show at Gallery Cheruthuruthy “tribute to artist Rajan Krishnan” curated by Sumesh. 2019 group show “Notions of a never land “ Gallery 1000A Lado Sarai New Delhi. 2020 Curated a National show “ Rustic Footmarks” at Durbar Hall  art Centre Ernakulam.

Camps    2014 Samskriti Bhavan Thiruvananthapuram. Organised by Kerala Lalithakala Akademi. State camp for the state award winners. 2016 “Orma” State camp organised by Kerala Lalithakala Akademi. 2017 O V Vijayan memorial camp at Thasrak Palakkad, Kerala. 2018 “Kavitha Karnival” Sanskrit College Pattambi, Kerala. 2018 Kalakar commune Art camp at Elamakkara Ernakulam. 2019 “ Swayambhu ”  art camp at Karnaprayag Uttarakhand organised by Swayambhu Social Foundation New Delhi.

Awards    1992  State Award from Kerala Lalithakala Akademi. 2017 State Award for painting from Siddhartha Foundation Kollam.

e-mail: shajiappukuttan@gmail.com