Description

Born in 1945 in Kudallur village in Kerala, his work was deeply influenced by idyllic scenes from his childhood involving beaches, rivers, temple evenings and other bits from that childhood remembered. A civil engineer by training, Kudallur joined evening classes at the Madras Art Club in the Government College of Fine Arts. Kudallur’s is a multifaceted oeuvre, where the colours he worked with changed with his moods and the work itself became a balancing act between the nonchalant, composed and the uproarious.

The artist has been part of several exhibitions in Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, France and Czechoslovakia. His works were shown at the Bhopal Biennale in 1991 and 1998, he participated in the VIIth Triennial in Delhi in 1991 and the 3rd Asian Art show at Fukuoka, Japan and he has been part of a group show at Delfina Gallery, London. He has won multiple awards, including the Tamil Nadu Lalit Kala Akademi award in 1982 and the National Academy Award in 1988.

The artist passed away in Chennai, India in July 2022.