Urmila Venugopal

b. 1978

Urmila did her BFA in Painting from College of Fine
Arts, Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, Bangalore (2003) and
MFA in Printmaking from Kala Bhavan, Visva Bharathi University,
Santiniketan, (2006). She has participated in SaNsA
international art workshop, Ghana (2009); Open Studio,
Khoj International Residency Workshop, Bangalore (2008);
and the 7th and 8th Bharath Bhavan International Biennale of
Print Art, Bhopal (2006 & 2008), ADOGI – 27th and 29th
Mini Print International of Cadaques, Barcelona, Spain (2007
and 2009), Linocut Today, Graphic Arts Prize Competition of
Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany (2007). She held her first solo
show RECIPIES FOR CHANGES...S, at 1 Shanthi Art Gallery,
Bangalore (2010) and attended the woodcut workshop, Theertha
International Artists collective, Sri Lanka (2011). She received
the National Lalit Kala Akademi Scholarship, New Delhi
(2006-07), Arnavaz Vasudev scholarship, Bangalore (2006)
and Karnataka Lalit Kala Academy Award, 2007. She lives and
works in Bangalore.