Viswanadhan

General

  • The artist lives and works in Paris, France and Chennai, India.

  • 1940 Born in Kerala, India

  • 1960Joined the Madras School of Arts, India

  • 1966Founded the Cholamandal Artist’s village near the city of Madras (now Chennai)

Awards

  • 1992International Award, Contemporary Art of Monte Carlo, Monte Carlo, Monaco

  • 1968National Award, the Kerala State Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai, India

  • 1964National Award, the Madras State Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai, India

Biennials

  • 1988Art Olympiade, Seoul, South Korea

  • 1984The 15th International Art Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan

  • 1983Premio Internationale, Biella, Italy

  • 1975New Delhi Triennial, New Delhi, India

  • 19735e Festival International de Peinture, Cagnes-sur-mer, France

  • 1972Bienniale de Menton, Menton, France

  • 1971Festival International de Peinture, Cagnes-sur-mer, France

  • 1967Biennale de Paris, Paris, France

Solo Exhibitions

  • 2008Viswanadhan, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States.

  • 2007Viswanadhan - Early Years, Delhi Art Gallery, Delhi, India.

  • 2000 Galerie Darthea Speyer, Paris, France.

  • 2000 Palazio Santa Cruz, Valladolid, Spain.

  • 2000 Victoria Memorial Hall, Calcutta, India.

  • 1999 Galerie Darthea Speyer, Paris, France.

  • 1999 National Galley of Modern Art, New Delhi, India. Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai, India; National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, India

  • 1998 Gallery Vadhera, New Delhi, India.

  • 1995 Medienzentrum, Bremen, Germany.

  • 1993 Galerie Darthea Speyer, Paris, France.

  • 1992 Philippe Briet Gallery, New York, New York, United States.

  • 1991 The Gallery, Madras, India.

  • 1990 ABF Galeriet, Huddinge, Sweden.

  • 1990 Lilla Galeriet, Stockholm, Sweden.

  • 1986 Galerie Darthea Speyer, Paris, France.

  • 1985 Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France.

  • 1982 Galerie Darthea Speyer, Paris, France.

  • 1982 Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico.

  • 1981 Centro de Bellas Artes, Maracaibo, Venezuela.

  • 1981 Galerie Estela Shapiro, Mexico City, Mexico.

  • 1981 Galerie Gruppe Grun, Bremen, Germany.

  • 1980 Galerie FO, Aarhus, Denmark.

  • 1980 Galerie Together, Stockholm, Sweden.

  • 1980National Exhibition of Art, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India.

  • 1978 Galerie Kloster 7’, Cuxhaven, Germany.

  • 1978 Stig Carlsson, Hogonas, Sweden.

  • 1977 Galerie Shandar, Paris, France.

  • 1976 Galerie Saporiti-Italia, Strasbourg, France.

  • 1975 Galerie Surya, Mannheim, Germany.

  • 1975 Gallery Chemould, Bombay, India.

  • 1974 Gallery Chanakya, New Delhi, India.

  • 1973 Galeria Matuzia, San Remo, Italy.

  • 1972 Art Institute, Cochin, India.

  • 1972 Gallery Chemould, Bombay, India.

  • 1971 Maison de la Culture, Amiens, France.

  • 1970 Galerie de France, Paris, France.

  • 1970 Galerie Moderne, Silkeborg, Denmark.

  • 1969 Galerie Ved Aaven, Aarhus, Denmark.

  • 1969 Galerie Westing, Odense, Denmark.

  • 1967 Lindsey’s, Bangalore, India.

  • 1960 Local Library Building, Madras, India.

Group Exhibitions

  • 2009Artists of the Madras Movement, Inaugural Show for Cholamandal Gallery of Contemporary Art, Chennai, India.

  • 2009Summer Exhibition, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, New York, United States.

  • 2008 - 2009India Moderna, Institute Valencia d’Art Modern, Centro Julio Gonzalez, Valencia, Spain .

  • 2008Shanghai Art Fair 2008, with Marlborough, Shanghai, China.

  • 2008Summer Show, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, New York, United States.

  • 2007The International Asian Art Fair, Seventh Regiment Armory, New York, New York, United States.

  • 2000Abstract Art in India, Gallery Art Motif, Habitat Center, New Delhi, India.

  • 2000Exile and Longing: Emerging Art Practices from Kerala, Lakeeren, Mumbai, India.

  • 2000Group Exhibition, Cholamandal artists' Village, Madras, India.

  • 1998Geometry and Symbols in Indian Contemporary Art, NGMA, New Delhi, India.

  • 199750 Years of Independence, National Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India.

  • 1997Group Exhibition, Galerie Darthea Speyer, Paris, France.

  • 1996Emotion Madras, Value Art Gallery, Madras, India.

  • 1996Six Artists, Galerie Darthea Speyer, Athens, Greece.

  • 1996Works on Paper, Gallery Espace, New Delhi, India.

  • 1993Crayon, fusain et plume, Galerie Darthea Speyer, Paris, France.

  • 1993Wounds, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, India.

  • 1992An Exhibition for Satyajit Ray, Philippe Briet Gallery, New York, New York, United States.

  • 1992Confluence, Franco-Indian Association, Calcutta, India.

  • 1992Group Exhibition, Terre d'Avenir, Le Bourget, France.

  • 1992Silver Jubilee Exhibition, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta, India.

  • 1988Group Exhibition, Art for CRY, traveling exhibition, India.

  • 1987L'inde en Suisse, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland.

  • 1987Masques d'Artistes, Malmaison, Cannes, France.

  • 1983National Exhibition of Art, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India.

  • 1983Tantra, Aspects of Contemporary Indian Art, Institut fur Auslandsbeziehungen, Stuttgart, Germany.

  • 1981Group Exhibition, Asian Art Show, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

  • 1981International Biennial of Engraving, Moderna Galeria, Ljublijana, Slovenia.

  • 1980Contemporary Art Show, Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan.

  • 1968Contemporary Indian Art, Unknown, Traveling exhibition, Europe.

  • 1968National Exhibition of Art, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India.

  • 1967National Exhibition of Art, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India.

  • 1965Group Exhibition, Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland.