A. Ramachandran

b. 1935

After post-graduation in Malayalam literature in 1957 A. Ramachandran
completed art studies at Visva Bharati University in
1961. From 1961-1964, he did his doctoral thesis on Kerala mural
paintings. From 1965 he taught at Jamia Milia Islamia, Delhi,
later becoming a professor. In 1991, he was appointed honorary
chairman, Kerala Lalit Kala Akademi. Kumar Gallery Delhi held
his first solo in 1966. Since then, he has held many solo exhibitions
in major Indian cities, including two retrospectives in Delhi
(1978) and Mumbai (1981) and another in 2003 organised by
the National Gallery of Modern Art, Delhi. His work has been
in group exhibitions worldwide, including Indian Triennials I, II, III
and V (New Delhi), Contemporary Indian Painting, Japan (1970),
Brazil and Venezuela (1971), USA (1973), Menton Biennale
in France (1974) and Festival of India exhibitions (London and
Oxford (1982), Switzerland (1987). Ramachandran received the
Padma Bhushan in 2005 and the Raja Ravi Verma Puraskar in
2003. He lives and works in Delhi.