Anand s.
Biography:
Anand S. is freelance contemporary artist and graphic designer. During his studies of a four year Diploma course at Kalakshetra Foundation Collage of Fine Arts, Chennai, Anand S. had the opportunity to have (late) Prof. S. Dhanapal as his Guru and acquired adequate theoretical and practical knowledge in the field of painting. His guru used to expose him and his other students with the centuries-old works of Great Artists and different methods adopted by them, namely paintings of reality, Impressionism, Expressionism. He would also show them the eminent works of last/current centuries who have created modern techniques like Cubism and Contemporary Abstracts. On completion of his studies in 1999, he was mainly using pallet knives in doing landscapes in impressionistic style in different mediums like oil, acrylic and also brush works in watercolor.
Thereafter, while doing works for the Junior Fellowship during 2002 – 2004, he had fully engaged himself in doing different types of land, sea, mountainscapes in semi-realistic forms with the help of pallet knives and scraping the parts of trees, bushes, and shrubs. During his travel in the field of art for the past nine years, he is presently working on a series of abstracts under the “Woven Hues Series”. Each installment of these series is done with acrylic on canvas with special tools in Impasto technique which is Anand’s innovative style that utilizes different colors in layers giving importance to space and textures.
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Artwork:
Abstract 1 of the “Woven Hues Series” (2008 - Present) - Acrylic on Canvas, 72x48". [Available]. An abstract composition of yellow, blue, red and green horizontal stripes superimposed by a black frame within the painting. There is a crosshatching texture within this black frame that makes the area within the black look raised.
Abstract 2 of the “Woven Hues Series” (2008 - Present) - Acrylic on Canvas, 48x36”. [Available]. An abstract composition of crimson, white, cerulean and dark blue horizontal stripes superimposed by a black frame within the painting. There is a crosshatching texture within this black frame that makes the area within the black look raised.
Abstract 3 of the “Woven Hues Series” (2008 - Present) - Acrylic on Canvas, 48x36”. [Available]. An abstract composition of mustard yellow, dark green, and brown horizontal stripes superimposed by a black frame within the painting. There is a crosshatching texture within this black frame that makes the area within the black look raised.
Abstract 4 of the “Woven Hues Series” (2008 - Present) - Acrylic on Canvas, 38x36”. [Available]. An abstract composition of yellow, orange, red, green stripes superimposed by a black frame within the painting. There is a crosshatching texture within this black frame that makes the area within the black look raised. Two of the red stripes within the black frame stretch across half of the center and are met with orange and yellow stripes on the other half. Two other greens stripes within the black frame stretch across half of the center and are met with yellow stripes.
Abstract 5 of the “Woven Hues Series” (2008 - Present) - Acrylic on Canvas, 36x36”. [Available]. An abstract composition of green, dark blue, yellow, orange, green, brown, and cerulean stripes superimposed by a black frame within the painting. There is a crosshatching texture within this black frame that makes the area within the black look raised. Three of the brown stripes within the black frame stretch across half of the center and are met with white and cerulean stripes on the other half. There are three cerulean stripes within the black frame stretch across half of the center and are met with the same brown stripes along with yellow, green and dark blue stripes.
Abstract 6 of the “Woven Hues Series” (2008 - Present) - Acrylic on Canvas, 36x36”. [Available]. An abstract composition of teal, white, orange, red, green dark blue, cerulean, and green stripes superimposed by a black frame within the painting. There is a crosshatching texture within this black frame that makes the area within the black look raised. The only stripes that across the entire painting are singular white, teal, and cerulean stripes; the rest of the stripes only stretch half way from each side and meet in the middle.
Abstract 7 of the “Woven Hues Series” (2008 - Present) - Acrylic on Canvas, 36x36”. [Available]. An abstract composition of yellow, dark greenish-brown, red, white, orange, red and crimson horizontal stripes superimposed by a black frame within the painting. There is a crosshatching texture within this black frame that makes the area within the black look raised.
Abstract 8 of the “Woven Hues Series” (2008 - Present) - Acrylic on Canvas, 36x36”. [Available]. An abstract composition of various shapes: cross-sections of yellow and white circles represented by several circle lines of their respective colours; white squares represented by several white lines painted extremely close to each other; and bars represented by several yellow lines painted close to each other. All of these shapes are dispersed about the painting with the majority of each shape clustered near each other.
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EXHIBITIONS:
Group Exhibitions:
1996-2000 – At Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai Sponsored by Tamilnadu Ovia Nunkalai Kuzhu
2000 – Group Show, Vinyasa Art Gallery, Chennai
2000 – Digital Millennium, Values Art Foundation, Chennai
2001 – Vasantha kalam, an art auction, Amethyst, Chennai
2000 – At Kalakshetra Foundation, Chennai
2001 – “Homage to Prof. S. DHANAPAL” at State Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai
2001 – At Little India Gallery, Chennai (Sponsored by Tamilnadu Ovia Nunkalai Kuzhu)
2002 & 2003 – 4th & 5th Southern Region Art Exhibition at Chitrakala Parishat, Bangalore organized by Camlin Art Foundation
2002 – “Veedu” an Art Festival at Lalit Kala Akademi
2009, 10, 11, 12, 13 & 14, 15 – At Lalit Kala Akademy, Chennai, arranged by Tamil Nadu Arts & Crafts Improvement Association Padappai.
2012, 13, 14, 15 & 16 – Affordable Art Show at Vinnyasa Premier Art Galery at Chennai
2012 – Thane Art Show held at Lalit Kala Akademi Organized by Vikatan Publications
2013 - Affordable Art Show at Gallery Sri parvati, Chennai
2015 – At Lakshana Art Gallery, Chennai
2015 – At Vinnyasa Premier Art Gallery, Chennai
2015 – Gallery sri Parvati, water colour Show – Chennai
2015 – Ambrosia Art Gallery, Ganesha Show – Chennai
2015 – Exihibiton conducted at Tamilnadu Music and Fine Arts University, Chennai
2016 – Affordable Art Exhibition - Gallery Veda , Chennai
2016 – South indian Art Exhibition conducted by Chandra Ilango Visual Art Foundation
2017 – Perceptions – Art Exhibition Organized by Art Houz – Chennai
2017 – Affordable Art Exhibition Conducted by Dimple’s Art Gallery – Thousand Lights, Chennai
2017 – Stare Art Exhibition & Award Function Organized by Tamilnadu Ovia Nun Kakai Kuzhu, Art & Culture Dept. Egmore, Chennai - 8, at Tamilnadu Music and Fine Art University, R.A.Puram, Chennai – 600028
2017 June – Art Exhibition Organized by Jai Guru Arts, at Hotel Kohinoor Continental, Andheri (E), Mumbai
2017 Dec – Art Exhibition Organized by Jai Guru Arts, at Prabodhhankar Thakeray Natyamandir Art Gallery, Sodawala lane, Borivili – West, Mumbai
Solo Exhibitions:
2002 – Studio Palazzo an Art Gallery, Chennai
2006 – Gallery Sri Parvati, Chennai
2007 – Ayya Art Galleries
2008 – Tangerine Chennai
2010 – Tangerine Chennai
2011 – Gallery Sri Parvati, Chennai
2011 – Kalakshetra Foundation
2013 – Tangerine Chennai
Awards:
1998 – One time scholarship during final year studies from Tamil Nadu Ovia Nunkalai Kuzhu, Chennai.
2002-04 – Junior Fellowship to Outstanding Artists in the field of Painting from Department of Culture, Government of India, New Delhi.
2015-16 – State Award from Tamil Nadu Ovia Nun Kalai Kuzhu - Department of Art & Culture, Govt. of Tamilnadu, Chennai
Commissions:
Commissions Paintings at Mahindra Holidays & Resorts India Ltd., Chennai.
Murals at Taj Residency, Bangalore.
Murals done for Taj Coffee Bars at Domestic & International Airport, Chennai.
Paintings at I T C Guest House, Chennai. Murals at The Residency, Chennai.
Murals at “Shishu” a Paediatric Clinic, “Cherubus” a Kinder Garden School, Chennai.
Art works done for IEEMA, Mumbai.
“Dasavatharam” in Kalamkari style on canvas done for art lovers.
Commission works done for M/s Vishranthi Homes Pvt. Ltd, Chennai.
Private Collections in India and abroad.