Alamelu Annamalai

Alamelu Annamalai’s practice is rooted in the complexities of human nature and social changes, with nostalgia and memory informing her work. Her works focus on the dysfunctions of language and communication used to visualise reality and the dissonance between form and content. Reinterpreting traditional art forms and materials in a contemporary context has continued to underpin her work. She embraces the process as being central to the work. She primarily works with painting, drawing, and printing and experiments with multidisciplinary mediums.

She received her Bachelor of Visual Arts from Stella Maris College, Chennai, in 2015, and her MFA in Fine Art from Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, in 2022. Since then, she has had two solo shows and several group shows. Her works are a part of collections both in India and internationally. She is currently a Lecturer in Art and Design at The London College of Contemporary Art, London.

As an independent artist, she has worked on several projects for architects and interior designers, publishing houses, marketing agencies, theatre groups, art institutions, and private clients. She has strongly supported social and educational causes with her fundraisers. With her passion and experience in...

2021-2022 MFA in Fine Art, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK.
2011-2015 Bachelor of Visual Arts, Stella Maris College, Chennai, India.

SELECT EXHIBITIONS:

2022 Ways of Seeing, Richard Hamilton Building and Glass Tank Gallery, Oxford, UK.

2022 Chitra Santhe, 19th Edition, Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, Bangalore, India.

2021 DreaMFActory, Interim MFA Show, OVADA Gallery, Oxford, UK.

2021 9th Annual Ras Al Khaimah Fine Arts Festival, Ras Al Khaimah, UAE.

2020 Solo Exhibition, Canvas For A Cause, fundraiser for Blue Cross of India, at CP Art Centre, Chennai.

2019 Group Exhibition, Drawing is Dead, Studio Khirki, Delhi.

2019 Group Exhibition, I Rise Edition IV, Art Houz, Chennai.

2018 Group Exhibition, 4th National Women Artist's Group Show, Indigo Art Gallery - Cholamandal Artists' Village, Chennai.

2017 Solo Exhibition, A Soldier of Hope, Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai.

2016 Group Exhibition, South Indian Art Exhibition, Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai.

2016 BHFTH Art Group Show, One Show, Many Stories!, Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai.

2015 Group Exhibition, Sahasra, Art Houz, Chennai.

2015 Group Exhibition, Nature & Life, Kasthuri Sreenivasan Art Gallery, Coimbatore.

2014 6th Annual Barbara Srinivasan Memorial Exhibition, Coimbatore.

2013 Group Ex...