T V Santhosh

The artist employs the photo realistic technique which he describes it as a counter language to the paintings. He adds to say, "I have done earlier that were stylistic. Whichever language you choose today the question of originality arises. With the photo realistic technique you can deal with the current issues of global and political nature. It has immediacy compared to the stylistic language."

Also, according to him, his paintings work on two levels. On one, it is a photographic reference taken from a magazine, newspaper or a Web site. On the other level, it is metaphorical where the historical and the fictional come together. The artist, using photographic images as a device in his powerful series of work draws various references between the personal and a 'kind of visual journalism', which juxtaposes contemporary issues with that of the past.

1994 B.F.A in Sculpture, Kalabhavan, Santiniketan, West Bengal.

1997 M.A. (Fine) in Sculpture, Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S.U, Baroda.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2009 - 10 Blood and Spit. Solo Show, Jackshainman Gallery in collaboration with The Guild.

2009 Living with a Wound, Solo Show, Grosvenor Vadehra, London in collaboration with The Guild.

2008 A Room to Pray At Avanthay Contemporary, Zurich, in collaboration with The Guild, Mumbai.

2008 Countdown, Nature Morte Delhi, in collaboration with The Guild Art Gallery Mumbai.

2006 Scars of an Ancient Error, Singapore Art Fair presented by The Guild Art Gallery Mumbai.

2005 False Promises, Grosvenor Gallery London, in collaboration with The Guild Art Gallery Mumbai.

2004 Unresolved Stories, Nature Morte Delhi, in collaboration with The Guild Art Gallery Mumbai.

2003 One Hand Clapping/Siren, Jehangir Art Gallery Mumbai presented by The Guild Art Gallery Mumbai.

1997 At Faculty of Fine Arts Gallery, MSU, Baroda.



GROUP SHOWS:

2010 'The Empire Strikes Back: Indian Art Today', The Saatchi Gallery, London

2010 'Size Matters or Does it?', Latitude 28, New Delhi

2009-10 'Evidentia', Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore

2009-10 'All That Is Solid Melts Into Air: Indian Contemporary Art in Global Times', Lakeeren, Mumbai

2009-10 'Sculpture', The Guild, Mumbai

2009 'Expressions at Tihar', Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi

2009 'Vicissitudes of the Constructed Image', Tangerine Art Space, Bangalore

2009 'Recycled', Bose Pacia, Kolkata

2009 'Mining Minds', Chaitanya Art Gallery, Kochi

2009 'Re-Claim/ Re-Cite/ Re-Cycle', presented by Latitude 28 at Travancore Art Gallery, New Delhi; Bose Pacia, Kolkata

2009 'Multitudes', Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan, Bangalore in collaboration with Zen Studio Gallery and Artflute.com

2009 'My Little India', Marella Gallery, Beijing

2009 'Life is A Stage', Institute of Contemporary Indian Art (ICIA), Mumbai

2009 'In The Mood For Paper', F2 Gallery, Beijing

2009 'Threshold: Forging Narratives in South Asian Contemporary Art', Aicon Gallery, New York

2009 Spectrum curated by Saryu Doshi and Firoza Godrej, presented by ADACH with the Indian Embassy Abu Dhabi

2009 Failed Plot, curated by Gayatri Sinha, India Special Exhibition at KIAF 09, Korea International Art Fair.

2009 Purple Wall Project curated by Gayatri Sinha at India Art Summit, New Delhi.

2009 The Armory Show, New York

2009 ARCO 09, Madrid.

2009 Progressive to Altermodern: 62 Years of Indian Modern Art, Grosvenor Gallery, London

2009 In the Mood for Paper, F2 Gallery, Beijing

2008-09 'Signs Taken for Wonders: Recent Art from India and Pakistan', Aicon Gallery, London

2008-09 'Hot Shots', The Viewing Room, Mumbai

2008 Art Amsterdam 08.

2008 Basel Art Fair, with Nature Morte.

2008 ShContemporary, Shanghai.

2008 101 Tokyo: Contemporary Art Fair, Tokyo.

2008 Signs Taken for Wonders: Recent Art from India and Pakistan, Aicon Gallery, London

2007-08 ‘Similarities’, Lansdowne Gallery, Mumbai

2007 Year 07, London, presented by Grosvenor Vadehra

2007 Basel Art Fair, with Nature Morte.

2007 Kashi Art Gallery, 10th Anniversary show, Kochi.

2007 India 20, organized by Alekhya Foundation, Vadodara.

2007 ‘Young Guns’, Institute of Contemporary Indian Art (ICIA), Mumbai

2007 ‘Year 07’, London, presented by Grosvenor Vadehra, London

2007 ‘India 20’, a Group Show that Coincided With the Release of the Book ‘India 20’, at Rabindra Bhavan, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi

2006 Here and Now: Young Voices From India, Grosvenor Vadehra London.

2005 Kaam, Arts India New York.

2005 Change of Address, The Guild Art Gallery Mumbai.

2005 Paths of Progression, Saffronart and Bodhi Art Delhi, Mumbai, New York and Singapore.

2005 Endless Terrain, Yashodhara Dalmia, Rabindra Bhavan New Delhi.

2005 Whose Space is it anyway? Curated by Gallery Espace Delhi in collaboration with The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai

2005 Are We Like This Only? Vadehra Art Gallery Delhi.

2005 ‘Ways of Seeing’, Art Alive, New Delhi

2005 ‘Endless Terrain’, Rabindra Bhavan, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi

2004 Bombay Boys, Palette Art Gallery Delhi.

2004 A Tribute to Bhupen Khakhar, Tao Art Gallery Mumbai.

2004 Generation I, Saffron Art Gallery in collaboration with The Guild Art Gallery Mumbai.

2004 Red at Palette Art Gallery Delhi.

2004 Viart Gallery, New Delhi

2004 ‘Zoom!’, Art in Contemporary India, Culturegest, Lisbon

2004 ‘Looking Back, Looking Forward’, Sarjan Art Gallery, Baroda

2003 The Dual Path of Indian Art Today, Galerie Mueller & Plate Munchen.

2003 Highlights, Sakshi Mumbai.

2003 ‘Crossing Generations : diVERGE’, presented by Gallery Chemould at National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai

2003 Works on Paper, Saffronart Online Show

2002 Trans-Figuration, Curated by Yashodhara Dalmia, Presented by Art Inc, India Habitat Centre Delhi.

2002 Words and Images, by The Guild Art Gallery, NGMA Mumbai.

2002 The Contemporary Asian Art Fair, by The Guild Art Gallery in Singapore.

2002 Mela- A Carnival of Indian Art, Curated by Anupa Mehta, RPG Show, at Jehangir Art Gallery.

2002 Tribute to Picasso, The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai

2002 'Art Edge', presented by Fine Art Company, at National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai and India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.

2002 'Quotable Stencil', Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai.

2002 'Cross Currents', Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai

2002 'Creative Space', organized by Sakshi Gallery at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.

2002 'Tribute To Picasso’, The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai

2002 The Human Factor, by The Guild Art Gallery at Jehangir Art Gallery.

2001 Excerpts from my Diary Pages, Curated by Sasha Altaf, Fine Art Company Gallery.

2001 Engendering Images of Women, The Guild Art Gallery Mumbai.

2001- 2004 Harmony Show, at Nehru Center Mumbai.

2000 Exile and Longing, Lakeeren Art Gallery Mumbai.

2000 Kala Ghoda Show on Functional Objects, by The Guild Art Gallery Mumbai.

2009 Padmini Award, Kerala Lalit Kala Academy

1997 Kerala Lalit Kala Academy State Award

1997 Inlaks Foundation (Indian)

1997 National Scholarship

1997 Kanoria Scholarship

1994 Ramkinker Award

1990 to 94 Visva Bharati Merit Scholarship