Anpu Varkey. Visual Artist
born : august 1980 . Bangalore, India.
Education.
Aug. 05 : Certificate course in Introduction to Film Making from London Film Academy, London, UK.
2004 – 2005 |: Diploma in Fine Arts at Central St Martins Byam Shaw School of Art, London, UK.
2002– 2004 : Master of Fine Arts (MFA painting major) at Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda, India.
1998 – 2002 : Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA painting major) at Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda, India.
1996-1998 : Indian School Certificate(ISC)at the Valley School, Bangalore, India.
Exhibitions / Projects.
12/2024 Gode BLR, with Bengaluru Hubba, street fest, Bangalore, India
10/2024-11/2024 water for walls, painted and conducted workshops in different schools in rural MP, in collaboration with Parmarth, viva con agua in India and WHH, Madhya Pradesh.
12/2023 – 02/2024 GuruDronacharya metro facade, commissioned by indigo airline on the theme of girl power 22,000 sq ft. area of the entire metro station, Gurugram, Haryana ( Delhi NCR)
10/2023 water for all festival, contributed as a painter and panelist for a conference at the Goethe Institute organised by viva con agua in India, 2 day festival at Max mueller Bhavan, New Delhi
07/2023 Millerntor #11, mural painting at FC st Pauli stadium, Hamburg, Germany.
06/2023 ‘very small feelings’ original drawings and entrance mural, Kiran Nadar museum of Art, New Delhi
05/2023 OUTSIDERS, group exhibition at the Kalanjee Project, with Gallery XXL, Mumbai
03/2023 ‘beyond theory; mapping feminist practices in the contemporary’ Panelist at the Conference conducted by Museum of art and photography, Bangalore
02/2023 who are the outsiders, group exhibition at Bikaner House with gallery XXL curated by Amitabh Kumar, young collectors programme with India art fair, New Delhi.
02/2023 Dhaka Art Summit, Very Small Feelings, exhibited original drawings from Summer’s Children, (original artworks are part of the KNMA collection 92 drawings) co produced by Samdhani Art Foundation and KNMA Delhi.
01/2023 Theruvara, curator for the street art project with Kerala Lalit Kala Academy and International theatre festival of Kerala, Thrissur, Kerala.
08/2022 Vazhavazhikal, Art Roads, street art fest, Allapuzha, Kerala.
06/2022 Phantasmagoria, commissioned mural Brigade group, Bangalore, Karnataka
04/2022 Splash, commissioned external mural on facade K- Dental, Kottayam, Kerala
11/2021 Hyper cultural Passengers, workshop and exhibition, as part of India week Hamburg initiated by the cultural ministry of Hamburg, Germany.
10/2021 C40 cities, commissioned multi media art.
09/2021 Arteria 2021, Department of Tourism, Trivandrum, Kerala
04/2021 Within her stride’ an art intervention with Bengaluru Moving and Geechugalu, Bangalore, Karnataka
02/2021 ‘Lokame Tharavadu’ exhibition curated by Bose Krishnamachari, Allapuzha, Kerala
06/2020 Asian Festival of Children’s Content, Book Illustrators Gallery (BIG), Singapore
02/2020 Project with SEEDS, mural painting outside schools in North East Delhi, envisioning safer spaces for kids.
01/2020 ‘70 yrs Republic’, Commissioned by Daksh, celebrating 70yrs of Republic, Bangalore
11/2019 “Summer’s Children” Exhibition and book release KNMA, Delhi, India
10/2019 “Mooh Town”, Comic published in Verite 2, by Comix India & Studio Ekonte
09/2019 ‘LOY’ Collaboration with artist Asim Waqif on site specific installation Kolkata, India
03/2019 Ladies First, Street art Festival, Marol Village, Mumbai
03/2019 Art For Tibet, murals in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh.
02/2019 Commissioned mural of Gandhi for Mahatma Gandhi hospital, Jaipur
12/2018 Serendipity Arts Festival, Guerilla Residency, Panjim, Goa.
11/2018 St + Art Mumbai ‘ Dizzy’ mUralic painted in Mahim, Mumbai
11/2018 Comics on walls, Art in Transit Bangalore, paste up of my zine on
the Cubbon Park metro wall, Festival of Stories, Bangalore.
11/2018 ’Comix Courtyard’ , an event organised alongside Amitabh Kumar, with The Courtyard, Bangalore; a day long event to buy and sell self published comics.
08/2018 – 11/2018 Guest faculty at NIFT, Bangalore for one semester. Subjects taught – Visual Culture and Colour Theory.
06/2018 “ Night Swimming”, Graphic story submitted for Verite 01, published by Comix India and Studio Ekonte.
04/ 2018 Shillong Street Art Festival, Shillong, Meghalaya
12/2017 Delhi Comic Arts Festival presented“ Elephant in the Room”
07/2017 Earth Art Project, project in two schools in Leh,Ladakh.
05/2017 Chickpet Metro Station, A project with Srishti Art and Design.
02/2017 : Intersect, Collaborative Project with Rajan Rathore India Art Fair, supported by Devi Art Foundation, Dhan Mill Complex, Delhi, India
11/2016 :Abu Dhabi Art Fair Installation, Manarat Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
10/2016 : Festival of Stories, St+Art Blr, Street art project, Bangalore, India.
10/2016 : Street Art Workshop, Bhubaneshwar, Orissa, India
10/2016 : Intersect @Ignite Dance Festival, Collaborative project with dancer (Rajan Rathore), supported by Devi Art Foundation, Delhi, India.
07/2016 : Elephant in the Room, Anthology Comics, Spring Magazine 13, Hamburg, Germany.
05/2016 : Comic Salon Erlangen, Rising India, Exhibition, Germany.
02/2016 : Spring Residency, Nrityagram, Bangalore, India.
12/2015 : St+art Delhi, Street Art Festival, Delhi, India.
11/2015 : Wall Art Festival ,Khagaria, Bihar, India.
06/2015 : Millerntor Gallery #5, Viva con Agua, FC St.Pauli, Hamburg, German
03/2015 : Rishikesh street art festival, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India.
02/2015 : Street art project Pune, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
01/2015 : Conquer the Concrete, Street Art Festival, Chennai, India.
12/2014 : Curated a Street art project, Kochi Muziris Biennale, Kochi, India.
11/2014 : ‘Jaba’ self published graphic book launch, Taj residencies, Berlie Street, Bangalore, India.
11/2014 : Magma II, street art exhibition, Kala Ghoda/ Mumbai, India.
11/2014 : Magma 1, Street art exhibition, Bandra/ Mumbai, India.
10/2014 : 18 Degrees Festival, State Central Library/ Shillong, Meghalaya.
09/2014 : ‘Jaba’, launch of self published comic book @ Khoj InternationalArtists Association, New Delhi, India.
02/2014 : Alter – Natives of Mainstream Art, group, Artspeaks India, Garden of Five Senses, New Delhi, India.
01/2014 : St.Art Delhi, street art festival, Shahpur Jat, New Delhi, India.
11/2013 : Residual exhibition of portraits, collaborative project with sound artist Sebastian Reuschel /Khoj International Artists Association, New Delhi, India.
04/2013 : Aap ki Sadak/ Mural/ Malviya Nagar Metro, New Delhi, India.
03/2013 : Kona design pop up, Jor Bagh, New Delhi, India.
02/2013 : Absence/Presence/ group/ Yusuf Art Gallery, Fort Kochi, Kerala. India.
02/2013 : Kona Mural , Jor Bagh, New Delhi, India.
01/2013 : Space/ Form/ Transform group, Apparao Gallery – The Aman, New Delhi, India.
12/2012 : Street Art Project,Pune Mohor Biennale, Pune, India.
11/2012 : Khoj dus Tak, Mural, Khirkee, New Delhi, India.
10/2012 : Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Curated the Street art project,, Fort Kochi, Kerala, India
05/2012 : Last Call , live video projection from Delhi, Der Vierte Raum, Bremen, Germany.
03/2012 : Extension Khirkee | street art festival | Delhi, India.
03/2011 : Bigger than Ever collaborative project with a sound artist exhibition of paintings, Zucker Club, Bremen,Germany.
11/2008 : Through a Glass Darkly: Reflections on a Self Portrait group, The Guild Gallery, Mumbai, India.
07/2008 : Hide and Seek group, Open Eyed Dreams Gallery, Cochin, India.
06/2008 : TheAffordable Art Fair . NYC . Guild Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
05/2008 : Dead Souls solo exhibition, The Guild Gallery, New York,U.S.A.
02/2008 : Interlude group, Jehangir Nicholson Gallery, Mumbai, India.
04/2007 : Linkages/Dialogues , group, The Guild Gallery, Mumbai, India.
04/2007 : Mirrors of Time , group, Hacienda Gallery, Mumbai, India.
02/2005 : Tuesday , group , Kingsgate Gallery, West Hampstead, London,
2005 – Graduate Show – Byam Shaw School of Art at CSM, London, UK.
2004 – Graduate Show – Faculty of Fine Arts. Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda, India.
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