Gouri Vemula

Printmaker and Artist

Gouri Vemula's works inhabit mythical landscapes with propriety. There is something correct, moral and ethical about this world, even if we find it unrecognizable, with elements of nature merging with the elements of humanity. There is movement, empathy, compassion and a quiet surge of hope and there is also a feeling of being uprooted, of belonging and yet not belonging of companionship and loneliness.

My works are what I call "illustrative Intensive". I love working with imagery with an ethereal feeling in monochromatic or ancient relics. The pencil becomes the key for the overall mood. I usually work on a preliminary sketch of perfect locations with impeccable detailing of the environment, of real life. And then I enhance, imagine and encompass elements of fantasy in movement, emotion and anatomy; a conscious choice combine with an eye towards a continuous spread through the frame, “she says. And there is there, this detailing, that brings the story- stories - alive. You see even the shadows of the story - stories - lurking just beneath the surface.

Master of Fine Arts - Print Making
From Sarojini Naidu School of Arts, Hyderabad University, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Bachelor of Fine Arts – Painting
From Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, Telangana, india

Solo Shows
2017 - Kagitham Kalam Sera II, Minaz Art Gallery, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
2013 - Cosmic Landscapes Lalit Kala Academy,
Curated by Art Heritage Gallery, New Delhi
2012 - Kagitham Kalam Sera, India Fine Art Gallery, Mumbai
2010 - Landscapes – Real and Imaginary, Art Heritage, New Delhi
2008 - Shristi Art Gallery, Hyderabad
2003 - Minaz Art Gallery, Hyderabad
2001 - Art Heritage Gallery, New Delhi
2008 - Shristi Art Gallery, Hyderabad

Group Shows
2019 – “Works of Conscience” a Group show at Art Heritage Gallery,
Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi
2019 - Art Book Exhibition at Art Heritage Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi
2018 - India Inked, Society of Northern Alberta, Edmonton Canada
2018 - Group Show-Art Heritage, New Delhi, India
2017 - India Art Fair, Art Heritage Gallery, New Delhi, India
2017 - India Inked, Union Art Gallery, Milwaukee, USA
2017 - India Inked - Herberger Institute for Design and Arts,
Arizona State University, Hardwood Gallery, USA
2016 - Selected and Exhibited and National Exhibition of Art,
Ministry of Culture, Lalit Kala Academy, Lucknow.
2016 - 75 th All India Art Exhibition, Hyderabad Art Society
2015 - NH7+ & Southern Sojourn at Art-ry Dubai
2010 - Group Sh...