Sculptor and Painter · Educator · Professor of Practice, IIT Madras
Education
1997–1999Master's in Fine Arts, Stella Maris College, Madras — gold medallist and rank holder; UGC National Eligibility for Lectureship (2000)
1986–1989Diploma in Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, Kalakshetra College of Fine Arts, Chennai — under painter K. Sreenivasulu and sculptor Kalasagaram Rajagopal
Teaching
Professor of Practice — Art, Aesthetics and Form Design, Department of Engineering Design, IIT Madras (2017 to present; guest faculty there since 2005)
Assistant Professor, Department of Fine Arts, Stella Maris College, Chennai (2000–04, 2009–10, 2014–15)
Guest Faculty — Government College of Fine Arts, Chennai and IIITDM Kanchipuram; invited art and design workshops across institutions
Practice
Commissioned statues, murals and portraits in bronze, fibreglass resin, plaster and terracotta; paintings and drawings in public and private collections
Founder Trustee, Krishna Nupur Cultural Trust (est. 1995) — art, art therapy, craft and culture for children and challenged people
Selected Commissions
2024Bronze bust of Thyagi Thiru Munusamy, Bandahalli, Tamil Nadu
2004Life-size bronze bust of Mammen Mappillai, founder of MRF Limited, Madras
2003Life-size bronze bust of Prof. Dr. C. R. Rao, eminent statistician
2002Life-size bust of Swami Omkarananda, Rishikesh
1999Life-size bronze bust of Prof. Dr. Dieter Beck, for Anna University, Madras
Exhibitions
Six solo shows since 1994 — including Arthouz, Chennai (2015), Manasthala, Madras (2002) and Vinyasa Art Gallery, Madras (2000)
Twenty-five and more group shows since 1987 — including the Lalit Kala Academy, Forum Art Gallery and Max Mueller Bhavan in Chennai, and Le Salon de Printemps of La Société Lyonnaise des Beaux-Arts, Lyon, France (2002)
