Venkatesh Balasubramaniam

All through his school years, Venkatesh had only one dream to aspire & achieve, to join the Government College of Fine Arts Chennai. He had often visited it with his father, working as a lecturer in the Textile Department. When the long wait got over in the year 1993, he did get his admission in Painting Major and was also ranked in the first 10. His deep dive experience in art transformed him from a shy, introverted person into a confident and daring artist.

Subsequently, he continued the pursuit by graduating Masters Degree in Painting from the same institution and came out with flying colours in 2001. He has awarded the State Lalit Kala Academy award twice (1994,98), once from Oviya Nunkalai Kuzhu (1995) and a national exhibition nominee. He has extensively participated in national level and state-level camps and group shows throughout his art career.

When he started experimenting with his artistic talents to the digital medium, he became a design leader. Looking at the difference he could make through his contributions, Venkatesh started to balance his two professions by continuing to paint and grow in digital space. He is presently working as Head of Design, Freshworks, Chennai, converting his artistic ability to produc...

BFA Painting 1998, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

MFA Painting 2001, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

NATIONAL AND STATE-LEVEL PARTICIPATION:


1994 & 96: Tamil Nadu Arts and Crafts group show at Lalit Kala Academy – Chennai
1994: Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Exhibition – Chennai
1995: Ovia Nunkalai Khuzhu State exhibition at Lalit Kala Academy – Chennai 
1995: South Zone Cultural Center Exhibition – Chennai
1995: 16th All India Fine Art Exhibition at Chitra Kala Parishath – Bangalore
1995: Contemporary Painting Exhibition by Values Art gallery – Chennai
1995: Lalit Kala Academy Regional Exhibition – Chennai
1996: College Annual Exhibition – Chennai
1996: National Exhibition of Contemporary Art – New Delhi
1996: International Exhibition of Contemporary Art by Vimonisha gallery – Chennai



COMMISSION PROJECT:


1998 to 2011: Worked on Major IT Company projects and interior design partners for Wall Murals, Paintings, Sculpture and Mixed medium drawings.
HONOURS
1994: Tamil Nadu Arts and Crafts Award (for Painting)
1995 Ovia Nunkalai Khuzhu State Award (for Drawing)
1998: Ovia Nunkalai Khuzhu State Award (for Painting)

ARTIST CAMP
1995:

South Zone Cultural centre camp at Chennai Museum
1996: International Exhibition of Contemporary Art camp by Vimonisha gallery – Chennai
1996: Lithograph Print Camp – Chennai