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Artist G Raman

Director Statement:

G Raman is an accomplished artist who has exhibited widely
in both India and internationally. His works consist of intricate
designs and colorful depiction of figures. There is a wonderful
texture and energy in his work. The gamut of indigenous
motifs reinvented into modernistic formalisms typical to what
emerges from around the Cholamandal school. For Raman
this means a classic Indian imagery with ornately voluptuous
deities and graceful humans stylized on the former, where the
omnipresent linear contour turns into an almost lace-like
decorative tracery. Whilst such interpretation of tradition is
common to many painters, Raman has found his trademark
in this lace impact fortified by the contrast with the
predominantly blackish background. The sole innovation is the
areas of colorful abstract patches added to the same formula.

Biodata

Born in Chennai in 1942, Raman is an alumni of the Government College of Arts and Crafts,
Chennai. He still resides in the very same house where he lived as a child and for the past four
decades he has used the house as his studio as well. An accomplished artist, Raman has an
affinity for details and colorful figures. Much of his work refers back to the design of traditional
Indian art. Hindu mythology has also featured strongly in his work. He has an interest in Christian
imagery and his works include several depictions of Christ. G. Raman uses color to enhance the
significance of his line work and this feature is what sets him apart from other South Indian artists.

Exhibitions:

SOUTH ASIAN CONTEMPORARY ART
@ Camden Image Gallery
From 31 Jan-2018 To 03 Feb-2018
AFFORDABLE ART FAIR , Stall J2
From 11 May-2017 To 14 May-2017
SURFACE AND SOUTH INDIA @ Gerald Moore Gallery
From 10 Sep-2016 To 29 Oct-2016
AFFORDABLE ART FAIR 2016 (Stall J2)
From 16 Jun-2016 To 19 Jun-2016
WINTER SALE
From 01 Dec-2015 To 14 Jan-2016
MIXED EXHIBITION
From 06 Jul-2015 To 31 Jul-2015
AFFORDABLE ART FAIR
From 11 Jun-2015 To 14 Jun-2015
NEW WORKS
From 16 Sep-2014 To 08 Oct-2014
CHENNAI EXCITE: New work from South India
From 14 Apr-2006 To 10 May-2006
WORSHIP: A Solo Exhibition of the Work of
G. Raman at Noble Sage
From 25 May-2012 To 15 Jun-2012
Athreyaa Art Gallery, Chennai (2009);
‘Art for Prabhat’, Travancore House,
New Delhi (2008);
‘G. Raman and M. Natesh: Indian Tradition
and Subversion’, The Noble Sage at Bharatiya

Vidya Bhavan, London (2008);
Vinyasa Premier Art Gallery, Chennai (2007);
Ayya Art Gallaries, Chennai (2006);
‘Chennai Excite; New Works From South India
‘ The Noble Sage Art Gallery, London (2006);
Vinyasa Art Gallery Annual Show,
Chennai (2000-2);
Mahatma Gandhi Exhibition,
Victoria Technical Institute,
Chennai (1993-2001);
Nadu Oviam Nunkalai Kuzhu,
Annual Exhibition, Lalit Kala Akademi,
Chennai (1993-2001);
Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai (1999);
Lalit Kala Akademi Exhibition, Delhi (1996);
All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society,
New Delhi (2006);
South Zone Cultural Exhibition, Chennai (1995);
Group Exhibition, Government College of
Arts & Crafts (1994);
Birla Academy of Art Centre, Kolkata (1993);
Sakshi Gallery Chennai (1989);
State Lalit Kala Academy, Chennai (1977-1991);
All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society,
New Delhi (1973-83);
Bombay Art Society (1965);
All India Artist Exhibition, Hyderabad (1963-78)

Awards

Regional Lalit Kala Akademi Scholarship & Senior Fellowship (2000-1);
Honourable mention, National Art Exhibition (1997);
All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society award (1996);
Regional Lalit Kala Akademi Scholarship & Fellowship awarded by Government of India (1992-3);
Intermediate Christian Art award, New York (1974); Lit. Annual Art award, New York (1973);
Became State Lalit Kala Akademi scholar (1967);
Bombay Art Society award (1965);
Acquired a First Class Diploma in Advanced Painting in 1967 and a First Class
Diploma in Fine Arts in 1966 at the Government College of Arts and Crafts, Chennai;
Attained a First Class Diploma in Sheet Metal sculpture at the Government College in 1996.