Benitha K Perciyal

A highly sought-after artist of The Noble Sage, K. Benitha Perciyal is a young, talented mixed media painter whose skill and imagination is at once striking and impressive. Her earlier work was a notably dark experience for the viewer. They were psychological, often autobiographical portraits that exposed her deepest fears and anxieties. Today her explorations of her self, her psyche, are articulated by the artist in a subtly different tone. Her work is altogether much softer, meaning less to grab the audience by the arm than lead them gently by the shoulder. Perciyals art has reacted to her success by becoming more positive and life-affirming. She uses the materiality of her natural mediums to bring a sensation of warmth and familiarity for the viewer. Colours and textures exude a new welcoming aspect in their choice and execution that no doubt reflects the mental wellbeing of the young artist. A good example is her new 2008 Jerry series of works. Jerry is her pet squirrel that she befriended in the Lalit Kala Akademi studio a few years back. Today she looks after this creature like a mother, with kindness and love. It has awakened in her feelings she wasnt aware she had in abundance as well as given her a new understanding of tho...

Attained a BFA and MFA Degree in Painting and Printmaking at the Government College of Arts & Crafts, Chennai (1996-2002)

Selected Solo Exhibitions

Artist of the Month Solo Exhibition, Cholamandal Artist Village, Chennai (2010); Alliance Francaise of Madras, Chennai (2004); Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai(2003); Max Muller Bhavan, Chennai (2003)



Selected Group Exhibitions

'Trilogy', The Noble Sage Art Gallery, London (2008); Surface to Origin, Gallery Soulflower, Bangkok (2008); Travelling Tales from a Showboat, Apparao Galleries, Chennai (2007); Best of South, Apparao Galleries, Delhi (2007); Whirlpool of Fate, India Habitat Centre, Delhi (2007); She, India, The Noble Sage, London (2007); Chennai Excite, The Noble Sage, London (2006); Self & Identity, Palazzo Art Gallery, Chennai (2005-6); International Mini-Print Show, Cadaques, Spain (2005); Indian Art Exhibition, Accra, Ghana (2005); Expressions: The Art Within: an exhibition of paintings by contemporary artists,Kasthuri Srinivasan Art Gallery, Coimbatoire (2005); Woman @rt 2005 Forum (2005); Apparao Gallery, Chennai (2004); The Sixth Southern Region Art Exhibition, Bangalore (2004); Tamil Nadu Oviam Nunkalai Kuzhu (1996-2003); ABC Show, Apparao Gallery (2003); National Exhibition of Art (2002); Three Man Show, Palazzo Art Gallery, Chennai (2002); National Exhibition of Art (2001); All I...