Born in 1939 in Kerala, Akkitham Narayanan received a Diploma in Painting from the Government School of Arts and Crafts, Chennai

Chennai

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, India

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. 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 Kerela Lalithakala Akademi in 2009 "in recognition of his assiduous art practice that has won him and his country international acclaim".

Famous Malayalam poet Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri

Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri

Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri , popularly known as Akkitham, is a Malayalam poet. He was born in 1926 at Kumaranallur in Palakkad District, Kerala and lives there. He is a well known Malayalam poet, essayist, editor and a highly decorated literary personality among contemporary Malayalam writers...

 is his elder brother.

Bio Data

• 1939 - Born in Kerala
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• 1961 - Diploma in Fine Arts from School of Arts, Chennai
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• 1962 - 64 - Government of India Scholarship
• 1967 - 70 - French Government Scholarship "Ecole des Beaux-Arts", Paris
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• 2006 - Founder member of Artists Handicrafts Association & Cholamandal Artists' village, Chennai.

Solo Echibitions

• 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 Le 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
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• National Art Gallery, Chennai
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• Ahmadabad Museum, India
• Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Paris
• Prefecture de Paris, Paris
• Museum of Wilhelmshaven, Germany
• National Library, Paris
• Museum Bangalore
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• 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