Renuka Kesaramadu
Renuka Kesaramadu | |
|---|---|
 Kesaramadu atElephanta Caves | |
| Born | Renukamma K C 1957 (age 66–67) Tumakuru,Karnataka, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Education | BSc, MA,MFA |
| Alma mater | KEN School of Art Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath Bangalore University Annamalai University |
| Known for | Painting, Drawing, Sculpture |
| Awards | All India Art Competition –Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath 1993 Bharatiya Shikshan Mandal 1987, 1988, 1989 All India Art Competition –Mysore Dasara 1992 |
| Elected | Karnataka Lalit Kala Academy |
Renuka Kesaramaduis a contemporary painter and sculptor from India.[1]She is best known internationally through her collaborative art exhibitions and participations in workshops in Europe.[2][3][4][5]She has also curated a few international art symposia and exhibitions in India.[6][7][8][9][non-primary source needed]
Education and career
[edit]Renuka was born in 1957 in the village ofKesaramadu,whence her last name was adopted, near the city ofTumakuruinTumakuru districtin the Indian stateKarnataka.
She holds a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Art History fromKarnataka Chitrakala Parishath– Bengaluru, Master of Arts (MA) in History fromAnnamalai University– Chennai and a Bachelor of Science (BSc) fromBangalore University.[10]She also obtained a Government Diploma (GD) in Painting with 1st Rank for 5 years and Gold Medal[10]from theKen School of Art[11]– Bengaluru under the instruction of the legendary artistR M Hadapad.[12]
She served as a member of the Karnataka Lalit Kala Academy (KLA)[13]in Bangalore,[14][15]and as a fine art lecturer.
Awards and honors
[edit]Renuka is a recipient of several awards at national art competitions in India and numerous local awards for her art, along with a few awards for her service.[16]
- All India Art Competition byKarnataka Chitrakala Parishath,Bengaluru in 1993
- All India Art Competition byBharatiya Shikshan Mandal,Mumbai in 1987, 1988 and in 1989
- All India Art Competition atMysore Dasarain 1992
- All India Art Competition atBijapurin 2009
- Best Teacher Award atTumakuruin 1994
- Kannada RajyotsavaAward atTumakuruin 1993
- Rotary Award by theRotary ClubatTumakuruin 1999
Solo exhibitions
[edit]Renuka's works have been exhibited in several solo art shows in Finland, Romania and India. [17]
In Finland, Galleries such as Magazine Gallery in Hovinkartano,Hauho,Taidegalleria Ripustus[18]inHämeenlinnaandCaisaInternational Cultural Center inHelsinkihave exhibited her paintings, along with Galeria Frunzetti[19]inBacău,Romania.
In India, galleries hosting her solo exhibitions have included Lalit Kala Academy inGoa,Bajaj Art GalleryinMumbai,Lalit Kala AkademiinChennai,Kalpa Kuncha Art Gallery inTumkurandChamarajendra Academy of Visual ArtsinMysore,along withKarnataka Chitrakala Parishath,Alliance Françaisede Bangalore andVenkatappa Art GalleryinBangalore.
Group exhibitions
[edit]Renuka has been a part of many group exhibitions in Europe, India and several countries elsewhere.[20]
Internationally, her paintings have been part of group exhibitions inNaples,Milan,Turin,Corsico,Vercelli,ScampiaandRoveretoin Italy.[1][3][5][21][22]In Finland, her works have been exhibited inKangasala,Renko,Hovinkartano,HämeenlinnaandSeinäjoki.[23]Other exhibitions with her works outside India include those inJakarta(Indonesia), New York City (United States), Slovakia, São Paulo (Brazil),Santiago(Spain) and Ghana (West Africa).
In India, she has been part of group shows atKarnataka Chitrakala Parishath,Art Houz, Srusti Art Gallery, Bangalore Art Gallery, Lakshana Art Gallery andNational Gallery of Modern ArtinBangalore.She has exhibited atGufa Art Gallery,Rajpath Club golden hall, Art Chalet, Contemporary Art Gallery and Marvel Art Gallery inAhmedabad.Her other group exhibitions have included those at Values Gallery and Lalit Kala Academy inChennai,Artist Center, Nehru Art Center and Museum Gallery inMumbai,Art Mall in New Delhi, Sristi Art Gallery inHyderabad,[24]and one inBijapur.
Her works have been selected for participation in several competitions, including those by Karnataka Lalit Kala Academy, Karnataka Shilpa Kala Academy, All India Art Competition atKarnataka Chitrakala Parishat,'Prints Today' by Karnataka Lalit Kala Academy, one byAll India Fine Arts and Crafts Society– New Delhi, and one byCamlinArt Foundation, in Bangalore. Other selected participations have included All India Exhibition atMysore Dasara,one bySouth Central Zone Cultural CentreatNagpur,All India Competition atBijapurand Bikuram Jain Competition at New Delhi.
She has also organized several group art exhibitions in India, including:
- 'Dialogue of Identities – 2016', an international women's group show atKarnataka Chitrakala Parishath,Bangalore[8][25][26][27][28]
- An exhibition by Karnataka artists at Gallery-1,Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath,Bangalore[29][30]
- 'Dialogue of Identities', an international women's show atJehangir Art Gallery,Mumbai
- 'IX', an international women's group show at Abstract Art Gallery, Bangalore[6][31]
- 'We Four', a women's group show at Renaissance Art Gallery, Bangalore[32][33][34][35]
- 'East West Women', Time and Space Art Gallery, Bangalore
Art symposia
[edit]Renuka has participated in several international art symposia including those atHämeenlinnain Finland, atScampia[21]andSormano[36]in Italy, and at Ideal Fine Arts Institute and SGVM[37][38]inGulbarga,India. She has also organized 'Centu-Rays', an international art symposium atSiddaganga Institute of Technologycommemorating the birth centenary ofSri Shivakumara SwamijiatTumakuruin India.[39]
Her participations in India also include national camps atMangalore,MysoreandBijapur,and state camps atBangalore,Tumkur,Bilagi,Bidar,Doddaballapur,Ramanagara,andMysore.
Reviews
[edit]"Renuka Kesaramadu has created a series of works in which the reality of the country ofSormanoand its atmosphere are depicted carefully. Take shape on her canvases do the cobbled paths, the profiles of the mountains, the houses, the church, the beautiful young women who accompanied the artist showing and explaining, in English of course, aspects and particularities of the country. A country that, despite the dominance of gray, has its aspects of preciousness that the artist emphasizes through the use of the color gold. The same country that, in one of her works, is dotted with gold and wrapped in a loved symbology of white flowers, made using crumpled tissue paper and glued on the canvas. "[Translation]
- Antonella Prota Giurleo, 9 August 2009,Sormano,Italy[5]
"Modernist sources: The four mid-generation painters recently at Renaissance [Gallery] are preoccupied with different subjects whose graceful but conventional range corresponds to their somewhat old-fashioned aesthetic languages, and binds them. This perhaps can be associated with the artists’ roots inKarnataka’s provincial educational institutions. To varying degrees and in varying ways, all of them relay on the indigenized,Modernism-derived combination ofabstractelements,stylizedfigures and patterned design. These ingredients are softer and more abstract in Renuka Kesaramadu's dynamic evocations of human hands reaching out over distances of the globe... "
- Marta Jakimowicz, art critic and writer,[40]Deccan HeraldOnline, 9 August 2009,Bangalore,India[41]
"The eye theme has been successfully exploited by aKarnatakaartist, Renuka Kesaramadu. It is the eye that sees, understands, starts off communication, determines human relations. "
- Arkay, at theBajaj Art Gallery,1997,Mumbai,India[42]
"Two pieces from '92 show the artist's experimentation with brushwork. 'Travelers I' depicts figures bathing, and is done with the sinuous motion and thick outline common toEdvard Munch,where each stroke follows the contour of the figure. A figure on the right foreground, her back to the viewer and arms upraised, strongly resembles one of Munch's 'Bathers' though the palette – pinks and greens – reminds one ofMonetand the foreground composition is similar toBotticelli's 'Venus'. 'Travelers II' is done in equally energetic strokes though rather than undulating curves the artist has used short straight motions. Despite the use of flowing lines in 'Travelers I', 'Travelers II', with its strong diagonals, has more of a sense of motion. Her brushwork captures the sense of activity and the anticipation of the passengers waiting for a train in a busy station. This work is a bit more sophisticated than some of her other paintings; the diagonal composition is restrained enough not to be obvious, and her use of increasingly intense hues effectively shows projection into space. "
- Catherine E. Cooney, atVenkatappa Art Gallery,1995,Bangalore,India[42]
Personal life
[edit]Renuka Kesaramadu lives inTumakuruin India, while her works are commissioned through art galleries inBengaluru.Her husbandB S Mallikarjunais a musician and theater actor in the Indian languageKannada.
See also
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