TV Santhosh is an artist based in Mumbai

Mumbai

Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

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Santhosh was born in Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. His paintings are based on images taken from the news media which Santhosh renders in solarised

Solarisation

Solarisation is a phenomenon in photography in which the image recorded on a negative or on a photographic print is wholly or partially reversed in tone. Dark areas appear light or light areas appear dark...

 colour schemes, in reference to photographic negatives

Negative (photography)

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. His images of choice document war

War

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, terrorism

Terrorism

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 and violence.

Santhosh began as a sculptor but turned to painting after spending time at the Kanoria Centre for Arts in Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad

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Born in Kerala, T.V.Santhosh obtained his B.F.A in painting from Santiniketan and Masters in Sculpture from MS University, Vadodara. T V. Santhosh has acquired a major presence in the Indian and International art scene over the last decade with several successful shows with many international art galleries and museums. Santhosh’s recent sculptural installation from ‘Passage to India’ is in the Frank Cohen collection at Initial Access. Some of his prominent museum shows are ‘Aftershock’ at Sainsbury Centre, Contemporary Art Norwich, England in 2007 and ’Continuity and Transformation’ Museum show promoted by Provincia di Milano, Italy.

He lives and works in Mumbai.

Biography

• 1968 Born in Kerala
• 1994 B.F.A in Sculpture, Kalabhavan, Santiniketan, West Bengal.
• 1997 M.A. (Fine) in Sculpture, Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S.U, Baroda.

Museum Shows

• 2011 4th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art “Rewriting Worlds”, curated by Peter Weibel
• 2011 In Transition New Art from India, Surrey Museum of Art, Canada
• 2011 Collectors’ Stage: Asian Contemporary Art from Private Collections, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore.
• 2011 Crossroads India Escalate, Prague Biennale 5, 2011.
• 2011 Collectors’ Stage: Asian Contemporary Art from Private Collections, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore.
• 2010 The Silk Road, New Chinese, Indian and Middle Eastern Art from The Saatchi Gallery at Tri Postal, Lille, France.
• 2009 Vancouver Biennale
• 2009 Dark Materials curated by David Thorp, G S K Contemporary show, at Royal Academy of Arts, London.
• 2009 India Xianzai, MOCA, Shanghai, China.
• 2009 Passage to India, Part II: New Indian Art from the Frank Cohen Collection, at Initial Access, Wolverhampton, UK
• 2008 Passage to India, Part I: New Indian Art from the Frank Cohen Collection, at Initial Access, Wolverhampton, UK
• 2008 Where in the World, Devi Art Foundation, Delhi
• 2007 Continuity and Transformation, Museum show, exhibition promoted by Provincia di Milano Italy.
• 2007 Anupam Poddar Collection at Daimler Chrysler Contemporary, Berlin.
• 2007 After Shock, curated by Yasmin Canvin in collaboration with Sainsbury Centre Museum, Norwich.
• 2006 Lekha and Anupam Poddar collection at The Chrysler Museum, Germany.
• 2004 Zoom!, Art in Contemporary India, Curated by Nancy Adajania & Luis Serpa, Culturegest Lisbon.
• 2003 Crossing generations: diVERGE, curated by Geeta Kapur
  Geeta Kapur
  Geeta Kapur is a noted Indian art critic, art historian and curator based in New Delhi. She was one of the pioneers of art critical writing in India , and who as Indian Express noted, has "dominated the field of Indian contemporary art theory for three decades now"...
  
   & Chaitanya Sambrani, presented by Chemould Gallery, NGMA Mumbai.
• 2003 NGMA Annual Show, NGMA Mumbai.

Solo exhibitions

• 2011 The Land, Solo Show, Nature Morte, Berlin in collaboration with The Guild Mumbai.
• 2010 Burning Flags Solo Show, Aicon Gallery, London in collaboration with The Guild.
• 2009 - 10 Blood and Spit. Solo Show, Jackshainman Gallery in collaboration with The Guild.
• 2009 Living with a Wound, Solo Show, Grosvenor Vadehra, London in collaboration with The Guild.
• 2008 A Room to Pray At Avanthay Contemporary, Zurich, in collaboration with The Guild, Mumbai.
• 2008 Countdown, Nature Morte Delhi, in collaboration with The Guild Art Gallery Mumbai.
• 2006 Scars of an Ancient Error, Singapore Art Fair presented by The Guild Art Gallery Mumbai.
• 2005 False Promises, Grosvenor Gallery London, in collaboration with The Guild Art Gallery Mumbai.
• 2004 Unresolved Stories, Nature Morte Delhi, in collaboration with The Guild Art Gallery Mumbai.
• 2003 One Hand Clapping/Siren, Jehangir Art Gallery Mumbai presented by The Guild Art Gallery Mumbai.
• 1997 At Faculty of Fine Arts Gallery, MSU, Baroda.

Selected group shows

• 2011 Iconoclasts & Iconodules,curated by Ombretta Agro Andruff. Religare Art Gallery, New Delhi.
• 2011 Art Dubai, by The Guild, Mumbai.
• 2011 India Art Summit, New Delhi by The Guild, Mumbai.
• 2011 Art Stage Singapore, by The Guild, Mumbai.
• 2010 Inside India, A journey through contemporary Indian Art,curated by Marco Marrone and Margherita Artoni, Palazzo Saluzzo.Torino and Luce Gallery
• 2010 The 11th Hour: An Exhibition of Contemporary Art from India / Diaspora, curated by Shaheen Merali. Tang Contemporary, Beijing.
• 2010 'The Empire Strikes Back: Indian Art Today', The Saatchi Gallery, London
• 2010 Looking Glass, The Existence of difference curated by Gayatri Sinha, Religare Arts Initiative Ltd., New Delhi.
• 2010 Indian (Sub) Way, curated by Yashodhara Dalmia, Grosvenor Vadhera, London.
• 2010 I think therefore graffiti…, The Guild, Mumbai.
• 2010 Art Taipei, by The Guild, Mumbai.
• 2010 ARTPARIS+GUESTS by The Guild, Mumbai.
• 2010 41st edition of Basel Art Fair 2010 With Nature Morte+Bose Pacia.
• 2010 'Size Matters or Does it?', Latitude 28, New Delhi
• 2009-10 'Evidentia', Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore
• 2009-10 'All That Is Solid Melts Into Air: Indian Contemporary Art in Global Times', Lakeeren, Mumbai
• 2009-10 'Sculpture', The Guild, Mumbai
• 2009 'Expressions at Tihar', Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi2009 'Vicissitudes of the Constructed Image', Tangerine Art Space, Bangalore
• 2009 'Recycled', Bose Pacia, Kolkata
• 2009 'Mining Minds', Chaitanya Art Gallery, Kochi
• 2009 'Re-Claim/ Re-Cite/ Re-Cycle', presented by Latitude 28 at Travancore Art Gallery, New Delhi; Bose Pacia, Kolkata
• 2009 'Multitudes', Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan, Bangalore in collaboration with Zen Studio Gallery and Artflute.com
• 2009 'My Little India', Marella Gallery, Beijing
• 2009 'Life is A Stage', Institute of Contemporary Indian Art (ICIA), Mumbai
• 2009 'In The Mood For Paper', F2 Gallery, Beijing
• 2009 'Threshold: Forging Narratives in South Asian Contemporary Art', Aicon Gallery, New York
• 2009 Spectrum curated by Saryu Doshi and Firoza Godrej, presented by ADACH with the Indian Embassy Abu Dhabi
• 2009 Failed Plot, curated by Gayatri Sinha, India Special Exhibition at KIAF 09, Korea International Art Fair.
• 2009 Purple Wall Project curated by Gayatri Sinha at India Art Summit, New Delhi.
• 2009 The Armory Show, New York
• 2009 ARCO 09, Madrid.
• 2009 Progressive to Altermodern: 62 Years of Indian Modern Art, Grosvenor Gallery, London
• 2009 In the Mood for Paper, F2 Gallery, Beijing
• 2008-09 'Signs Taken for Wonders: Recent Art from India and Pakistan', Aicon Gallery, London
• 2008-09 'Hot Shots', The Viewing Room, Mumbai
• 2008 Art Amsterdam 08.
• 2008 Basel Art Fair, with Nature Morte.
• 2008 ShContemporary, Shanghai.
• 2008 101 Tokyo: Contemporary Art Fair, Tokyo.
• 2008 Signs Taken for Wonders: Recent Art from India and Pakistan, Aicon Gallery, London
• 2007-08 ‘Similarities’, Lansdowne Gallery, Mumbai
• 2007 Year 07, London, presented by Grosvenor Vadehra
• 2007 Basel Art Fair, with Nature Morte.
• 2007 Kashi Art Gallery, 10th Anniversary show, Kochi.
• 2007 India 20, organized by Alekhya Foundation, Vadodara.
• 2007 ‘Young Guns’, Institute of Contemporary Indian Art (ICIA), Mumbai
• 2007 ‘Year 07’, London, presented by Grosvenor Vadehra, London
• 2007 ‘India 20’, a Group Show that Coincided With the Release of the Book ‘India 20’, at Rabindra Bhavan, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
• 2006 Here and Now: Young Voices From India, Grosvenor Vadehra London.
• 2005 Kaam, Arts India New York.
• 2005 Change of Address, The Guild Art Gallery Mumbai.
• 2005 Paths of Progression, Saffronart and Bodhi Art Delhi, Mumbai, New York and Singapore.
• 2005 Endless Terrain, Yashodhara Dalmia, Rabindra Bhavan New Delhi.
• 2005 Whose Space is it anyway? Curated by Gallery Espace Delhi in collaboration with The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai
• 2005 Are We Like This Only? Vadehra Art Gallery Delhi.
• 2005 ‘Ways of Seeing’, Art Alive, New Delhi
• 2005 ‘Endless Terrain’, Rabindra Bhavan, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
• 2004 Bombay Boys, Palette Art Gallery Delhi.
• 2004 A Tribute to Bhupen Khakhar, Tao Art Gallery Mumbai.
• 2004 Generation I, Saffron Art Gallery in collaboration with The Guild Art Gallery Mumbai.
• 2004 Red at Palette Art Gallery Delhi.
• 2004 Viart Gallery, New Delhi
• 2004 ‘Zoom!’, Art in Contemporary India, Culturegest, Lisbon
• 2004 ‘Looking Back, Looking Forward’, Sarjan Art Gallery, Baroda
• 2003 The Dual Path of Indian Art Today, Galerie Mueller & Plate Munchen.
• 2003 Highlights, Sakshi Mumbai.
• 2003 ‘Crossing Generations : diVERGE’, presented by Gallery Chemould at National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai
• 2003 Works on Paper, Saffronart Online Show
• 2002 Trans-Figuration, Curated by Yashodhara Dalmia, Presented by Art Inc, India Habitat Centre Delhi.
• 2002 Words and Images, by The Guild Art Gallery, NGMA Mumbai.
• 2002 The Contemporary Asian Art Fair, by The Guild Art Gallery in Singapore.
• 2002 Mela- A Carnival of Indian Art, Curated by Anupa Mehta, RPG Show, at Jehangir Art Gallery.
• 2002 Tribute to Picasso, The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai
• 2002 'Art Edge', presented by Fine Art Company, at National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai and India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
• 2002 'Quotable Stencil', Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai.
• 2002 'Cross Currents', Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
• 2002 'Creative Space', organized by Sakshi Gallery at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
• 2002 'Tribute To Picasso’, The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai
• 2002 The Human Factor, by The Guild Art Gallery at Jehangir Art Gallery.
• 2001 Excerpts from my Diary Pages, Curated by Sasha Altaf, Fine Art Company Gallery.
• 2001 Engendering Images of Women, The Guild Art Gallery Mumbai.
• 2001- 2004 Harmony Show, at Nehru Center Mumbai.
• 2000 Exile and Longing, Lakeeren Art Gallery Mumbai.
• 2000 Kala Ghoda Show on Functional Objects, by The Guild Art Gallery Mumbai.

Scholarships and awards

• 2009 Padmini Award, Kerala Lalit Kala Academy
• 1997 Kerala Lalit Kala Academy State Award
• 1997 Inlaks Foundation (Indian)
• 1997 National Scholarship
• 1997 Kanoria Scholarship
• 1994 Ramkinker Award
• 1990 to 94 Visva Bharati Merit Scholarship

External links

• TV Santhosh on ArtNet.com
• Further information and images from the Saatchi Gallery
• More information at ArtFacts.net
• http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/artsales/4435563/Art-Sales-TV-Santhoshs-Living-With-a-Wound.html