Artist Suriyamoorthy

Director Statement:

Suriyamoorthy is an artist in a league of his own. He is a one-man
movement creating ripples in the art world with a unique process
and procedure in place. His colours and pigments are entirely
created by him from scratch. For starters, he uses the waters of the
holy rivers of India – the Brahmaputra, the Ganges, the Godavari,
the Krishna and the Cauvery and also the Abhishekam* waters
f r o m  v a r i o u s  t e m p l e s  f o r  h i s  p a i n t i n g s .
Suriyamoorthy is also one artist to not have followed any old
master or any –isms of the art world. The genuineness of his works
leap out at the viewer and appeal in a way like none other.

Biodata

He has been a student of Government College of Arts and Crafts (Chennai), has been a State Lalit
Kala Akademie scholar, National Scholar at the MS University, Baroda, has been a recipient of Senior
Fellowship from Department of Culture, Government of India and Sri SH Daya Fellowship, Mumbai.
He has to his credit more than forty seven prestigious awards from national and international
organizations, international solo and group exhibits. His works are collections at various museums,
fine arts academies and even the archaeological department of Tamil Nadu.
He did a Government Certificate in Drawing in Tanjore, then earned a GD First Class, First Rank
from the Government College of Arts and Crafts, Chennai. From 1963-5 Suriyamoorthy was a State
Lalit Kala Akademie Scholar, then from 1965-68 he was a National Scholar at MS Baroda University
under KG Subramanian and M. Jyothi Bhat.

Exhibitions:

1998 International Art Exhibition, Romania
1995 18th International Exhibition of Prints, Kannagana
1994 International Poster Exhibition, Mexico
1993-4 Biennale Van De Kleingratiek, Sinj-Niklas
1992 3rd Biennale International Pastel Exhibition, Paris
1990 International Association of Art, UNESCO, New Zealand
1987, 1991 & 1993, International Biennale, Bulgaria
1994, 1995 & 1997 International Biennale, Bulgaria
1985 International Collectors’ Art Exhibition at Spain

Collections

National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai
Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta
Government Museum, Chandigarh
Tamilnadu Archaeological Department
Government Museum, Chennai
Government Museum, Hyderabad
Chitra Kala Parishad, Bangalore

Awards

1999 International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England
1994 All India Kalidas Exhibition, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh
1992 First Indian Drawing Biennale, Chandigarh
1991-2 Sri SH Daya Fellowship, Mumbai
1989-91 Senior Fellowship, Govt of India, Department of Culture
1989 Christian Association of Asia, Japan
1965 Governor’s Award, Uttar Pradesh
1965-99 AIFACS
Many other awards over the years from various organizations throughout India