Akkitham Narayanan (born 1939, in Kerala) is an Indian painter. He received a Diploma in Painting from the Government School of Arts and Crafts, Chennai, India. He then studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris on a Government scholarship. He has won the Tamil Nadu State Lalit Kala Akademi Award thrice. He is the recipient of the IV International Festival of Painting Award, in Cagnes-sur-Mer, France. Narayanan's works have been exhibited widely in India and internationally. Akkitham Narayanan lives and works in Paris.
Akkitham Narayanan was awarded the "K. C. S. Paniker Puraskaram" by Kerala Lalitakala Academy in 2009 "in recognition of his assiduous art practice that has won him and his country international acclaim".
Famous Malayalam poet Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri is his elder brother.
Bio data
1939 - Born in present-day Kerala
1961 - Diploma in Fine Arts from School of Arts, Madras
1962 - 64 - Government of India Scholarship
1967 - 70 - French Government Scholarship "Ecole des Beaux-Arts", Paris
2006 - Founder member of Artists Handicrafts Association & Cholamandal Artists' village, Chennai.
Solo exhibitions
2015 - Art Works Paris Seoul Gallery, Seoul, South Korea (catalogue)
2011 - Gallery HUS, Paris
2010 - "Art and Religion in the Indian world", House of Researches, Paris Sorbonne
2009 - Indigo Blue Art Gallery, Singapore
2007 - Galerie Normand, Paris
2006 - Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi. KL Gallery, Kuala Lampur
2005 - Galerie "Mille Lieux du Monde" Servoz, Chamonix, Paris. Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
2003 - Municipal Library, St. Pierre des Corps
2002 - Galerie M & R Kolbein, Garbsen, Germany
2001 - Espace Lino Ventura, Garges-les-Gonesse
2000 - 4th Festival of Art & Music, Cornservatoire Andre Navarra, Charenton-le-Pont
1998 - Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
1995 - Chateau de Talcy, France
1994 - Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
1991 - Galerie Seibu, Tokyo. Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai.
1990 - La Collegiale, Orleans
1988 - Galerie La Marge, Blois. Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai. Galerie Steintor Verlag, Hannover. Galerie Seibu, Tokyo.
1986 - Mukai Gallery, Tokyo
1984 - Galerie Seibu,Tokyo
1983 - Galerie Steintor Verlag, Hannover
1982 - Galerie La Marge, Blois
1981 - Galerie Seibu, Tokyo
1980 - Galerie Steintor Verlag, Hannover
1978 - Galerie Seibu, Tokyo. Gallery Miyawaki, Kyoto, Japan
1976 - Galerie du Haut Pave, Paris. Galerie Steintor Varlag, Hannover. Museum, Wilhelmshaven, Germany
1974 - Mukai Gallery, Tokyo. Galerie Steintor Verlag, Hannover
1973 - Galerie Steintor Verlag, Hannover
1972 - La Galerie, Paris
1970 - Galerie Transposition, Paris
1966 - Triveni Art Gallery, New Delhi
1965 - Max Muller Bhavan, Chennai
Group shows
2010 - "Made in India", Galerie Lipao-Huang, Paris. "Besides Paris", Birla Academy of Arts & Culture, Kolkata
2009 - "Think Small", Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi
2007 - "Art in Itself", Akar Prakar Gallery, Kolkata. "Made in India: 07 Spring", Opera Gallery, London. "Masters of Contemporary Indian Art", Indigo Blue Art Gallery, Singapore. "Abstractions: Rupa-Aurupa", Museum Gallery, Mumbai & Visual Art Gallery, New Delhi. "Abstract Visions Parallel Perceptions", The Annex, Bangalore
2006 - "Indian Artists", Gallery White Elephant, Paris. "Recueil d' Artistes", Maison Des Arts Louis Aragon: Garges-les-Gonesse, France. "A Collection of Indian Contemporary Art", KL Gallery, Kuala Lampur
2005 - "Artransport", Double Enders, Mumbai, New Delhi, Balgalore, Cohin
2003 - "Souvenir d'en France", Alliance Francaise, New Delhi. "Festival de I'Inde", L'Arc, Le Creusot. Galerie White Elephant, Paris
2001 - "L'Inde, Carrefour Des Arts", F&H Art Forum, Paris
1997 - "L'art a l'ecole", Paris. "Traits d'Union", Galerie du Haut Pave, Paris
1997 - 01 - Salon de Mai, Paris
1996 - Harmony Show, Mumbai
1993 - Harmony Show, Mumbai
1992 - Roopankar Print Biennale, Bhopal. Contemporary Indian Art, Sogo Museum, Yokohama, Japan. Centenary Exhibition, Birla Academy, Kolkata
1990 - International Methodology Show, Busan, Korea
1985 - Retrospective of the Galerie du Haut Pave, Paris
1983 - Grafik Biennale, Varna, Bulgaria
1975 - Triennale of India
1974 - Biennale of Menton
1970 - 72 - International Painting Festival, Cagnes-Sur-Mer, France
1961 - National Exhibition of Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
Awards
2009 - K.C.S. Panicker Award, Kerala Lalita Kala Akademi, Kerala
1972 - National Award for India, 4th International Painting Festival, Cagnes-sur_Mer All India Print Exhibition, New Delhi
1966 - Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai
1965 - Association of Young Painters & Sculptors, Chennai. Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai
1963 - Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai
Collections
National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
National Art Gallery, Chennai
Ahmedabad Museum, India
Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Paris
Prefecture de Paris, Paris
Museum of Wilhelmshaven, Germany
National Library, Paris
Bangalore Museum, India
Glenbarra Art Museum, Japan
Asia And Pacific Museum, Warsaw, Poland
Musee Gigaud, Perpignan, France
External links
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-03/art-culture/29845984_1_tantrik-sohan-qadri-indian-artist
Website : http://www.akkitham.in/narayanan.html
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