Janarthanan Rudhramoorthy

Born in 1984 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He has a Master’s degree in Fine Arts from the prestigious Government College of Fine Arts, Chennai. Janarthanan is inspired by the human body and see it as the nest for the soul. He has exhibited his artworks throughout India and abroad, Singapore Art fair and India art fair are a few to mention. He was the first runner up for the ‘ Emerging Artist of the year 2015’ by Best College Art. He mostly does Iron and stainless steel sculptures.

Kiran Thulasi

Born 18 august 1985, Kerala, India. He finished his BFA visual communication, in Govt. College of fine arts, Chennai 2008. He participated in several private camps. He has been honored with the Lalit Kala Akademi research grant(2010). He has taken part in the group show “About looking” at Lalit Kala Akademi in Chennai 2007, “Shades of delight” at gallery Square circle Auroville in Pondicherry 2008, “Photo stories from thousand lights” at Max Mueller Bhavan in Chennai 2007, “Between the lines'' an aid for Srilankan refugees at Lalit Kala Akademi in Chennai 2008.‘SIGN’ presented by KINETICS a group show at Gallery Laburnum & Indigo, Cholamandal artist village, Chennai, April (2011)project art|next(2011), United art fair, Sept (2012), The portrait project presented “Dialogues with the self”(2014). He currently lives and works in Bangalore.

Lynn Bennett-Mackenzie

My upbringing and life in the rural Scottish Highlands have given me a unique perspective on the landscape as a living, working, evolving environment. My art focuses on transience and permanence and understanding various natural lives in their environments. I use a variety of media, including drawing, photography, and found materials, appropriate to the spaces and subjects in which I am working and which draw me to them. My awareness as an artist has also developed through my work with other creatives, especially from India and South East Asia. I have exhibited widely, collaborated, coordinated, and participated in many projects locally and globally.

Marcia Neblett

Works with drawing, printmaking, and painting. An active art educator, Marcia taught at the Government College of Fine Arts, Chennai in 2007, and Stella Maris College, Chennai in 2014 as a Fulbright Scholar. She has exhibited her work at Lalit Kala Akademi in Chennai, The Nehru Centre in Mumbai, Art Space Dubai, The Bronx Museum of the Arts in New York City, The Everson Museum of Art, the Muscarelle Museum of Art, The New York IFPDA Printfair, Brent Sikkema Gallery, The Lower East Side Print Shop and the AIR Gallery. Marcia studied at The Arts Students League of New York, Cornell University, SUNY Purchase College and Stony Brook University. Born in New York City, she lives and works in Norfolk, USA.

Sameer Rao

Born in 1985, Bangalore, Karnataka. Master’s Degree in Printmaking from Bangalore University. Bachelor’s Degree from Ken School of Art, Bangalore. Some of the participation includes Piramal Art Residency ‘Iterations in Wood’ 2019. ‘SOLILOQUY, Solo exhibition of Woodblock prints, supported by Department of Kannada & Culture, Government of Karnataka, Venkatappa Art Gallery, Bangalore, 2017, 16^TH Triennial of small graphic prints Lodz, Poland 2017, International Print Exchange Program 2016, ‘Regional Art Exhibition’, Lalit Kala Akademi, Regional Art Centre, Chennai 2014, Lalit Kala Akademi Research Grant Awardees, Group Show at Regional Centre Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai 2012, ‘Drawing Connections’, Siena Art Institute Italy 2011.

Shinod Akkaraparambil

Received his diploma in ‘Fine Arts’ from the Universal School of Fine Arts in Kozhikode in 1995. He is a recipient of The Pollock-Krasner Foundation fellowship from the US in 2013 and received the Honorable Mention Award instituted by the Kerala Lalithakala Akademi in 2017. He was a delegate at the International Art Symposium ‘The Breath of Epos’ 2010 held in Yelabuga, Russia. Some of his major works were exhibited at the ‘International Art Collective’ at Durbar Hall Art Gallery in Kochi in 2016, ‘Rustic Footmarks’, Durbar Hall Art Centre, Kochi in 2019, National Gallery of Canada in 2014, City Arts Factory Magic Gallery/ Orlando, Florida, US in 2014 and International Art Exhibition, Poland in 2011. Born in 1975 in Koduvally, he lives and works in Kozhikode, Kerala.

Sujeeth Kumar Sree Kandan

Completed his BFA and MFA at the Government College of Fine Arts, Chennai, and currently teaches Art at American International School Chennai. "Transgress'’ at Spaces, Chennai was his debut curatorial venture (2020). Group show participations include ‘Poka-yoke’ and ‘Drawing Index, Cholamandal Cultural Centre, Chennai (both in 2019), ‘Scaffold,’ exhibited at Art Houz, Chennai (2017), ‘Group Show’ by Gallery Veda, at Park Hyatt Chennai (2016), ‘When boundaries begin to fade,’ by Art Houz Gallery, at IIT Chennai (2015), ‘Alterations,’ Art Houz Gallery, Bangalore (2015), ‘False Alternatives,’ curated by Meenakshi Thirukode, Park Hyatt, Chennai (2015), ‘Scaffold’ at Lalit Kala Akademi and Dakshina Chitra, Chennai (2014), ‘Is Human recyclable,’ an installation for Chipko Movement at Forum Mall, Chennai (2014), and ‘Emerging Idioms,’ Apparao Galleries, Chennai (2012). He lives and works in Chennai.

Tamara de Laval

My work deals with life experience, ongoing conflicts in the world, and feminism. I find inspiration in Deleuze and Guattari's theories of rhizomatic, non-hierarchical and non-chronological ways of thinking, collaborating, making connections, and disseminating ideas. My first visits to Chennai were in 1969-70 when I lived temporarily in Pondicherry. In 1994 I was introduced to artists in Cholamandal Artist Village and Lalit Kala Studios, where the artist community reminded me of my childhood in an artist commune. I had several exhibitions in Chennai and at Dakshinachitra in the years that followed. I am a founder of artist group Meteor which makes art projects in public space. I received The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award (2014-15). I have an MFA from the Royal College of Art, Stockholm, Sweden (1981), and previously studied at Konstfack College of Art, Stockholm, and Lund University. I live and work in Malmö, Sweden.

Vasundhara Shankari

Recently selected for the Useful & Beautiful artist commission by Urban By Nature, London, Vasundhara’s show participations include ‘Stacking dreams,’ London Festival of Architecture at Wood Street Studios, London (2019), ‘Poka-yoke’ and ‘Drawing Index,’ at Cholamandal Artists Village, Chennai (2019). She is on the MA Fine Art course at City & Guilds of London Art School (2019-21), received a BA in History of Art from Goldsmiths’ (2013), studied Architecture at the Architectural Association (2009-2011), and Foundation at Chelsea College of Arts (2008) in London. Born in Coimbatore, she was brought up in Chennai, and currently lives and works in London.

Vijay Pichumani

With a BFA and MFA from Government College of Arts and Crafts, Chennai, Vijay has received several awards including the 56th National Award for Woodcut Printing 2015, Participant at India Art fair since 2015, Chandra Ilango Art Foundation Award, 2014, Arnawaz Vasudev Foundation Award, 2014, and the Lalit Kala Akademi Scholarship Grant, 2012–2013. Solo shows include (Im)Possibilities, 2019, and Dot, 2016, at Art Houz Gallery, Chennai. Selected group shows include The Emerging Canvas II – a Korea India Young Artists Exhibition, Seoul, 2013; A search, Venkatappa Art Gallery, Bengaluru, 2013; Sound of Chennai, Gallery Veda, Chennai, 2013; JFMAMJJASOND, Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai, 2013; Indo-Russian Friendship Society, Russian Cultural Centre, Chennai, 2011; From India with Ink, Asa H Gordon Library, Savannah, USA, 2009 and 40/40, Savannah College of Art, Georgia, 2007.