RAMKUMAR KANNADASAN
RAMKUMAR KANNADASAN
Ramkumar Kannadasan is a sculptor and interdisciplinary artist based in Chennai, India. Working with a variety of processes including, drawings, stone, metals, wood, terracotta, and ceramics, his projects take shape through knowledge, skill, and rigor in working with materials and manipulation to create form.
Ramkumar grew up in rural India and he draws from his childhood environment and surroundings with a constant preoccupation with nature and animals. He explores nature through distance and destruction, and the great removal of nature caused by humans over time. He sees his art as a way of registering these changing relationships in the environment using materials from the environment in the present time. Most recently, Ramkumar’s themes revolve around animals and human relationships to power, love, and dependence. This body of artwork expresses his concern and challenges the viewers to think and weigh the inevitable consequences of human exploits on animals and nature as a whole.
In tandem with his artistic practice, Ramkumar works as an art educator and designer for architecture and interiors. He holds an MFA from the College Of Art, University of Delhi, India, and a BFA from Govt. College of Fine Arts, Chennai, India. He is a recent recipient of the Charles Wallace India Trust Scholarship, British Council in 2022-23.
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Education:
MFA- (College Of Art, University of Delhi), India (2011-2013)
BFA- (Govt. College of Fine Arts, Chennai), India (2006- 2010)
Awards:
2018 South Zone Silver Medal Award by Prafulla Dahanukar Art Foundation, Mumbai, India
2017 All India Gold Medal Award by Prafulla Dahanukar Art Foundation, Mumbai, India
2015 National Award by Lalit Kala Akademi,Ministry Of Culture , India
2015 Best Photography by National Zoological Park, New Delhi, India
2012 National level Award by Orissa Lalit Kala Akademi, Orissa, India
Scholarships:
2023- Charles Wallace India Trust Scholarship, British Council.
2023- Hyundai Motor India Foundation ‘Art for Hope 2023’ Grant. India.
2017 Junior Fellowship (2014-15) CCRT, Ministry of Culture, India.
2013 Lalit Kala Akademi Scholarship (2013-14) New Delhi, Ministry of Culture, India.
Residencies:
2023 Scottish Sculpture Workshop, Scotland, United Kingdom.
2022 Coral Woman- Art Residency, Goa, India
2020 International Ceramic Residency InKo Center, Chennai, India
2015 -Reflection Art Residency, Art for Change Foundation, New Delhi, India
Exhibition:
2023 Scottish Sculpture Workshop, Scotland, United Kingdom.
2023 Hyundai Motor India Foundation ‘Art for Hope 2023, Bikaner House,New Delhi, India
2023 Hyundai Motor India Foundation ‘Art for Hope 2023, INKO center,Chennai, India
2022 Faculty art show, American International School, Chennai,India
2022 -Art Explore Gallery, New Delhi, India
2019 Art Pilgrim Live Gallery, Haryana, India
2018 -Chitramayee State Art Gallery, Hyedrabad, India
2018- Group Show at Art Centrix Gallery, New Delhi
2018- Group Show at Galerie 88, Kolkata,India
2017- Group Show at Art Centrix Gallery, New Delhi,India
2017- Group Show at Garhi Art Gallery, New Delhi,India
2017- Group Show at Durbar Hall, Kerala,India
2017- Group Show at Nehru Art Centre, Mumbai,India
2017- 7 th Bharat Bhawan Biennial of Contemporary Indian Art, at Bhopal,India
2015- 56th National Art Exhibition by Lalit Kala Akademi at New Delhi,India
2014- 55th National Art Exhibition by Lalit Kala Akademi at New Delhi,India
2014- Group Show at Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi,India
2014- Group Show at Art Let Gallery, Pune,India
2013- Group Show at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi,India
2013- Group Show at HODCO Art Gallery, New Delhi,India
2013- National Art Exhibition at Lalit Kala Akademi, Orissa,India
2011- Group Show at Alliance for Advanced Research & Development Initiative [AARDI],Orissa,India
Workshops:
2019 National Granite Sculpture Symposium, Ahalya Heritage Village , India.
2019 National Sculpture Symposium, Utrayan Art Foundation, India.
2019 National Environmental Awareness Camp at Gurgaon, India
2018 Seven Wonders on Metal Scrap at South Delhi Municipal Corparation, New Delhi, India.
2017 National Granite Sculpture Symposium, Ahalia Heritage Village, India
2017 National Stone Carving Symposium, Green Kingdom Park, India.
2017 National Wood Carving Symposium, Kerala Lalit Kala Akademi, India.
2017 National Stone Carving Symposium, SZCC- Nagpur, India.
2016 National Stone Carving Symposium, MUSICAL- WZCC, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
2016 Stone Carving Symposium - Civil Services Officers’ Institute, New Delhi, India
2016 National Stone Carving Symposium - Baramathi, Pune, India
2016 National Stone Carving Symposium - WZCC, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India.
2016 National Stone Carving Symposium - Kalagram, Chandigarh, India.
2015 National Terracotta Symposium, Dhakshanchitra, Chennai,India.
2015 National Stone Carving Symposium - Dave Dame, Baroda, India.
2015 Regional Artist Production Workshop-Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India.
2014 National Stone Carving Symposium - Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India.
2014 National Stone Carving Symposium, Organized by Gujarat Government at Ambaji, India
2009-2011 National Young Artist Camp Organized by NYK,India
Work Experiences:
2021-2024 Teaching at American International School, Chennai, India.
2014-2021 Visiting Faculty at College of Art, Delhi University, New Delhi, India.
2017 Visiting Faculty at Government College of Fine Arts, Chennai, India.
2014-2023 Art Practicing at Lalit Kala Akademi, Sculpture and Ceramic Studio, Chennai and Delhi,