Download PDF (30 K)T.V. SANTHOSH
Born 1968, Kerala, India
Bachelor of Fine Art (Sculpture), Kalabhavana, Shantiniketan, West Bengal (1994)
Master of Fine Art (Sculpture), Faculty of Fine Art, M.S. University, Baroda (1997)
T.V. Santhosh's technicolor paintings of cybernetic forms evoke postmodern political inquiry. The city becomes site and source, presenting concerns around the self and the mass, space and environment. The deep cynicism of media-derived images is further inverted by his use of photonegative saturation. The work exploits the media's disconnection and explores the politics of urban culture.
Lives and works in Mumbai, India
Select Solo Exhibitions
2005 False Promises, Grosvenor Gallery, London (with The Guild, Mumbai)
2004 Unresolved Stories, Nature Morte, New Delhi
2003 One Hand Clapping/Siren, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1997 Faculty of Fine Arts Gallery, M.S. University, Baroda
Select Group Exhibitions
2006 KAAM, Aicon Gallery, New York
2005 Whose Space is it Anyway? Gallery Espace, New Delhi
Are We like this Only? Vadhera Gallery, New Delhi
DOUBLE-ENDERS, Jehangir Art Gallery and the Museum Gallery, Mumbai;
Vadhera Art Gallery, New Delhi; Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore; Durbar Hall, Kochi
2004 Anticipations, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
Bombay Boys, Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi
Zoom!, Art in Contemporary India, Culturegest, Lisbon, Portugal
Generation I, Saffronart Gallery, Mumbai
A Journey, Gallery Art and Soul, Mumbai
A Tribute To Bhupen Khakhar, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
Group show, Viart Gallery, Delhi
RED, Palette Art Gallery, Delhi
Looking Back, Looking Forward, Sarjan Art Gallery, Baroda
2003 Crossing Generations: diVERGE, Gallery Chemould at NGMA, Mumbai
The Dual Path of Indian Art Today, Gallery Muller and Plate, Munich
Highlights, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2002 Creative Space, India Habitat Center/Sakshi Gallery, New Delhi
Art Edge, Fine Art Company, at National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai & IHC, Delhi
Words And Images, Guild Art Gallery, at National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai
Quotable Stencil, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
Cross Currents, Jehangir Art Gallery
Trans-Figuration, ArtInc., at India Habitat Centre, Delhi.
Mela-A Carnival Of Indian Art, curated by Anupa Mehta, RPG
Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
Tribute To Picasso, Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai
The Human Factor, Guild Art Gallery at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2001 02 & 03 'Harmony Show, Nehru Centre, Mumbai
Excerpts From My Diary Pages, curated by Sasha Altaf, Fine Art Company Gallery, Mumbai
Engendering Images Of Women, Guild Art Gallery
2000 Exile And Longing, Lakeeren Art Gallery, Mumbai
Kala Ghoda Show on 'Functional Objects' by The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai
1997 Group Show, Visual arts Centre, Ahmedabad
Kerala State Exhibition
1996 Bombay Art Society
1993 Group Show; at Birla Academy for Arts and Crafts, Calcutta.
All India Institute of Fine Arts and Culture Society Exhibition-Delhi
Awards and Scholarships
1997 Kerala Lalit Kala Academy State Award
INLAKS Foundation (India) Scholarship
Kanoria Scholarship
1994 Ramkinker Award
1990-94 Viswabharathi Merit Scholarship