Artist
Shaji Appukuttan
Guruvayoor · Kochi
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Biography
Shaji Appukuttan is an artist from Guruvayur, now based in Kochi, Kerala. He draws inspiration from India's diverse landscapes to capture the complex beauty of nature. His art practice explores geopolitics as an existential imperative, crucial for planetary survival. Shaji has been a recipient of the Kerala Lalitha kala Akademi State Award in 1992 and the Sidhartha Foundation Award in 2018. He has also received a grant from the Jackson Pollock Krasner Foundation, New York, in 2020-21. His recent solo exhibition "Ghost trees" was showcased at Lalithkala Akademi art gallery, Payyannur – Kannur (2023). Shaji has been teaching Visual arts at KMEA College of Architecture, Pookkattupadi, Ernakulam, since 1989.
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