Venugopal V.G.
b. 1976
Venugopal V.G. completed his BFA (with gold medal) in Painting
from Chamarajendra Academy of Visual Arts (CAVA),
Mysore (1998) and MFA in Printmaking from CIAS, Karnataka
Chitrakala Parishath, Bangalore (2000). His solo shows have
been Monologues, Gallery Blue Spade, Bangalore (2010); Now
Showing, Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, Bangalore (2003).
He participated in 6th and 8th Bharath Bhavan International
Biennale of Print Art, Bhopal (2004, 2008), 42nd, 47th, 49th
and 50th National Exhibition of Art, Lalit Kala Akademi, Delhi.
He has attended several camps and workshops and was part of
Sethusamudram residency at Theertha International Artists Collective,
Sri Lanka (2010). He received the H.K. Kejriwal Young
Artist Award, Bangalore (2007-2008); National Scholarship,
Dept. of Culture, Govt. of India (2002-2003); Karnataka Lalit
Kala Academy Award (2000); K.K. Hebbar Art Foundation
Gold Medal from University of Mysore (1998). He lives and
works in Bangalore.
Artist CV
BFA in Painting from Chamarajendra Academy of Visual Arts (CAVA), Mysore in 1998; MFA in Printmaking from Chitrakala Institute of Advanced Studies, Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, Bangalore in 2000.
Solo shows: ‘NOW SHOWING….’ Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, Bangalore (2003) and ‘MONOLOGUES’, Gallery Blue Spade, Bangalore (2010).
Important group shows include ‘NEW COLOURS OF SUMUKHA’, Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore (2005), ‘NOW’, Arushi Arts, New Delhi (2005), ‘TAKE 2- THE CHENNAI CHAPTER’, Gallery Sumukha, Chennai (2006), Hong Kong Visual Art Centre, Hong Kong by Gallery Sumukha(2006), ‘Different Strokes’, Stainless Steel Gallery, New Delhi (2008), ‘Artists’ Word’ curated by Dr.Veena Shekar, Chitrakala Parishath, Bangalore(2009), ‘Virtual v/s Real’, Gallery Blue Spade, Bangalore(2009), Commentaries in Print- An Exhibition of Wood Cuts’, Gallerie Serendip, Bangalore (2010), ‘City in Transit’, curated by Suresh Jayaram, Theertha Red Dot Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka (2010), ‘Sethu Residency -1’, Theertha Red Dot Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka (2010), ‘A Twist in the Tail’ curated by Giridhar Khasnis at Crimson Art Gallery, Bangalore(2011), ‘Negotiated Positions’, Gallery Blue Spade, Bangalore (2011), ‘In Search of Gandhi’ curated by Suresh Jayaram, Theertha Red Dot Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka (2011). ‘I AM HERE’, an exhibition of Video Self Portraits curated by Lina Vincent Sunish, JAAGA Creative Common Ground, Bangalore (2011), ‘My City’ curated by Giridhar Khasnis at Sublime Galleria, Bangalore (2012), ‘Print Spotlight’, Gallery 545, Bangalore (2012), ‘BETWEEN THE LINES – Identity, Place and Power’ Waswo X. Waswo collection of Indian Printmaking curated by Lina Vincent Sunish, National Gallery of Modern Art, Bangalore and Mumbai (2013);
‘MEMORABILIA’ curated by Lina Vincent Sunish, Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore (2014), ‘SETHUSAMUDRAM’ Sri Lanka + India, curated by Suresh Jayaram, 1Shanthi Road Gallery, Bangalore (2014), ‘LOST IN TRANSITION’ curated by Avijit Dutta, Harrington Street Arts Centre, Kolkata (2014), ‘DIALOGUES WITH THE SELF’ curated by Anirudh Chari for ‘The Portret Project’, New Delhi (2014); ‘FOODS-2015’, International Video Art Festival, Magmart, Naples, Italy (2015)
Participated in many National and International exhibitions such as 42nd, 47th, 49th and 50th National Exhibition of Art, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi in 2000, 2004, 2006 and 2008; 67th and 69th All India Exhibition, IAFA, Amritsar in 2001 and 2003; 6th, 8th and 9th Bharath Bhavan International Biennale of Print Art, Bhopal in 2004, 2008 and 2011; 8th, 9th and 12th and 13th Southern Region Art Exhibition, Camel Art Foundation in 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011 and 2013; Harmony Art, Mumbai (2008); The Americas Biennial Exhibitionof Contemporary Prints, IOWA City, USA (2010); 6th Kyoto International Woodprint Association (KIWA), Kyoto, Japan (2011); ‘Magmart VII’ Video Art Festival, Naples, Italy (2012); ‘Vuotociclo’ Video Art Show, University Suor Orsola Benincasa of Naples, Italy (2012); 5th FIVAC, International Video Art Festival, Camaguey – Cuba (2013); FONLAD Festival in Coimbra, Portugal (2013); 100x100=900, Magmart Video Art Festival, Naples, Italy (2013);‘F.I.V.E.’ International Video Art Festival, Magmart, Naples, Italy (2014).
Major residency workshops and camps include ‘Fluid Signs: Perceptions and Identity’, Artists Camp MCF at Dakshinachitra, Chennai (2006); Regional Painters’ Camp, Lalitkala Akademi, Chennai (2009); National Young Contemporary Artists’ Camp, Neerja Modi International School, Jaipur (2009); ‘SU-YOGA’ , Artists’ Residency Workshop at Kanakamajalu Village, Sullia, Karnataka (2009); National Printmaking Camp by LKA, New Delhi at Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Vadodara (2009); ‘Sethusamudram Residency’ at Theertha International Artists’ Collective, Colombo, Sri Lanka (2010); International Artists’ Camp organized by Directorate of Art & Culture, Goa in association with ‘Tellus Art’, Sweden at Goa, India (2013).
Awards and Recognitions include KK Hebbar Art Foundation Gold Medal in BFA from University of Mysore (1998); Mysore Dasara Award (1999); Award Exposition, Chitrakala Parishath, Bangalore (1999); CKP Scholarship, Bangalore(1999); National Lalit Kala Akademi Scholarship, New Delhi (2000-01); Karnataka Lalithkala Academy Award (2000); 67th All India Exhibition, IAFA, Amritsar (2001); National Scholarship, Dept. of Culture, Govt. of India, New Delhi (2001-03); H.K.Kejriwal Young Artist Award, Bangalore (2007); Printmaking Fellowship, Karnataka Lalithkala Academy,Bangalore (2010); Camel Art Foundation Award, 12th Southern Region Exhibition (2010); ‘Magmart – VII’ International Video Art Festival, Naples, Italy (2012).
Worked as a visiting art faculty at SBMJC, Centre for Visual Arts, Bangalore during July 2004-December 2005 and at ‘TAKSHAA- Academy for the Artist’, Bangalore during June 2006-January 2010; a guest faculty for Visual Art at PESSE, Bangalore; at present a practicing artist and also involved in teaching Visual Arts for the students of Architecture in Bangalore, India.
