Artists Directory > Adimoolam K.M

His thick strokes streaming across the canvas evokes a feeling of space - like objects flying across the galaxies. Adimoolam also does drawings - he is famous for his series on Gandhi. His favoured medium is oil on canvas. His drawings are mainly black and white - both abstract and figurative - on paper.

"Child or Middle-Aged man, my heart and mind are filled with Nature, at every moment. It is a wonderful experience; this love and awe that provoke my ever creative and anxious mind to penetrate the Reality that lies beyond our vista. Thus my canvases mirror my mind's journey through Nature - not as realistic landscapes or sea-scapes but planes of colors creating an esoteric aura on a transcendental level. For two decades, my concept has been evolving unilaterally with mere technical innovation and a different exploitation of hues. Titled SPACE, MYSTIC LAND, REFLEX AND NATURE, they are the essence of nature in its totality. I interpret it through colours without focusing on any aspect. No preconceived imagery has impeded my spontaneous interplay of colours. They create the life, verve, void and texture, and inherent sense of energy. My innate optimism permeates through the colours as the joie de vivre."

Born in 1938, he received a Diploma in Advanced Painting and Design from the Govt. College of Arts and Crafts, Chennai. From 1963 to 1985, he has held several solo exhibitions and took part in several important exhibitions of the National Gallery of Art, New Delhi, Kala Yatra, Bangalore in 1986 & 1989, the 19th Sao Paulo Biennale Art Exhibition, Brazil.

Recipient of many honors and awards including the one-man jury for the Annual Exhibition of the All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society, New Delhi held in Chennai in 1997, Lalit Kala Akademi Awards in 1965 and 1978 and recently the "Kalai Chemmal" Award. 

His works are in the collection of various public and private institutions including the NGMA - New Delhi, Birla Academy - Calcutta, Larsen & Toubro Ltd., Bombay, Micro land - Bangalore, Titan Watches Ltd., Bangalore & Chennai, BPL Showroom - Mumbai and many more in India and abroad.

The nature around him has been his major source of inspiration. It also provides the rhythm for his gestural play of colours. He says, "My canvases are neither representative of nature nor the perception of my mind. My works are not binded with words; they are purely concerned with vision. A vision that tries to reveal some untold truths from "NATURE".

Untitled, Oil on Canvas

Style

Adimoolam's works are a galactic experience with asteroids zooming across the sea of change and if I were Beeblebrox I would row away in the ocean of infinity and enjoy the show at the restaurant at the edge of the universe.

Bio-Data

Date Of Birth

1938 - Karampur ,Trichy,Tamil Nadu

Education

1960-66

Government College of Arts & Craft, Madras

Exhibitions

1963-85 National Exhibition of Art, New Delhi 1966 First one-man show, Chennai 1969 100 Drawings on Gandhiji to mark his birth centenary 1969 One-man show, Sarala Art Centre, Chennai 1972 25 Years of Indian Art, New Delhi 1973 Seven South Indian Painters, Australia 1981 One-man show, Jehangir Art Gallery. Mumhai 1983 Art Heritage Show, New Delhi 1983 & 84 'Sketch Book Series' (drawings) Sarala Art Centre Chennai and Kritika Art Gallery, Bangalore 1986 Sixth Triennale India. New Delhi 1986-89 Kala Yatra Show, Bangalore 1987 One-man show, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai 1987 19th Sao Paulo Biennial. Brazil 1988 Sakshi Gallery, Chennai 1989 'Nature and Environment', exhibition organized by L.K.A., New Delhi 1990 Sakshi Gallery, Chennai 1990 Dhoomirnal Art Centre, New Delhi 1990 & 91 'Touch Stone' shows by Sakshi Gallery Chennai a Bangalore 1991 Joint show, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai 1991 '9 Indian Artists' by Walk-in-Gallery, Singapore 1991 'Rimbaud-91 ', group exhibition by Alliance France De Chennai, in Chennai and France 1992 Sakshi Gallery, Bangalore 1992 Southern Region Art Exhibition by Birla Academy, Kolkata 1993 'Wounds', exhibition at Kolkata and Delhi, by ClMA Gallery, Kolkata 1993 Joint show at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai 1993 One-Man show, Crimson Art Gallery, Bangalore 1994 One-man show presented by British Council at Chennai 1995 'Save the Children', charity exhibition at Mumbai 1995 Group show of Indian Artists by Sarala's Art Centre at Tokyo, Japan 1995 Three Indian artists show May Gallery Honp Kong 1995 'Gandhiji in Postcard', Exhibilion toured at various cities in India 1996 'Madras-An Emotion', a major group exhibition by Values Art Foundation. Chennai 1996 Group exhibition to raise funds for Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai 1997 Retrospective Exhibition of Drawings (1962-1996) by Values Art Foundation, Chennai 1997 The same exhibition was jointly sponsored by Crimson Art Resource and Maxmuller Bhavan at Bangalore 1997 'Major Trends', group show to commemorate 50 years of India's Independence by L.K.A., New Delhi 1999 One man show of small formats at Crimson, Bangalore 1999 Small Formats, group show of 6 artists at Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai & Hyderabad, by Art in Crafts, Bangalore 1999 Group show of 6 Indian artists at: London by Maya Art Gallery 2000 One-man show by Art Heritage, New Delhi 2001 Joint show at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai 2001 Group show by Art-Motif, New Delhi 2002 Group show on 'Landscapes', Art-Motif, New Delhi 2002 3 artists' show by gallery Anant, New Delhi. 2003 Major group of Indian and Korean artists at Korea 2003 Joint show, Forum Art Gallery, Chennai 2003 One-man show by Crimson Art Resource with Windsor Sheraton, Bangalore

Honours & Awards

1963 Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai - Award 1963 Chitra Kala Parishad, Bangalore - Award 1964 Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai - Award 1965 Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai - Award 1965 & 66 Mumbai Art Society's Award 1965 & 66 Hyderabad Art Society's Award 1973 Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata - Award 1978 Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai - Award 1979 Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi - National Award

Address: 
Studio and Residence:
2/157 - East Coast Road,
Injambakkam,
Madras - 600 041