R.B. Bhaskaran

b. 1942

R.B. Bhaskaran studied Advance Painting at Govt. College of
Arts and Crafts, Chennai from 1960-1966. In 1964 he underwent
training in fresco technique at Bhanasthali Vidyapith
College, Rajasthan. Under a scholarship from International Association
of Plastic Arts (IAPA), UNESCO , in 1968 he studied
Intaglio, Printmaking, Lithography and Ceramics at Ein Hod in
Israel. 1976-77, he did Post graduation in print making at Portsmouth
Polytechnic, England on a British Council scholarship.
Bhaskaran has held numerous one-man shows between 1966
and the present in India, Israel, Jerusalem, UK and Holland. In
addition he has participated in various major group shows in
India and aboard. He was also awarded scholarships from British
Council, Delhi in 1979, 1981, 1984, and 1986; a Fellowship by

the Dept. of Culture, Ministry of Education, Delhi in 1982; and
the National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi. Bhaskaran
lives and works out of Chennai.