Artists Directory >R B Bhaskaran

"Indian painting should look Indian, said my teacher. I battle with ideas, challenging the self which rushes out on to the canvas, to integrate into a sympathetic form."

Very few artists suggest that ultimate harmony between their personality and their work. Bhaskaran is one of them. As a man he is rugged, pleasantly rakish and unusually dynamic. His drawings and paintings also claim this quality. Those who know him experience a unique feeling when they look on his Cats and his Nudes. They realise that these could be created only by the man they know as Bhaskaran. We do so in the case of very few artists; but in this case, it is an unusual feeling.

Selected Exhibitions

One man shows
Chennai - 1966, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1981, 1984 and 1993
Mumbai - 1968, 1973, 1977, 1984, 1986, 1990 and 1992
Bangalore - 1978,1981, 1986 and 1991
Calcutta - 1989
Delhi - 1992
Tel Aviv, Israel - 1968
Jerusalem - 1968
Suva Fiji Islands - 1971
United Kingdom and Holland - 1977

Group shows

1986 : Dhoomi Mal Art Centre, New Delhi
1989 : Self-Portraits of Artists Exhibition at the Village Art Gallery, New Delhi
1990 : Sarla Art Centre, Chennai
1991 : Rimbaud - Indian Artist' show, Alliance Francaise de Chennai; Images of Rural India, Max Mueller Bhavan, Hyderabad; Miniature Format Paintings show, Lalit Kala Akademi, Mumbai; Sound and Picture Archives for Research on Women, Mumbai
1991 - 1992 : Rotary Club of Chennai South West Charity show, Chennai and Bangalore
1992 : Birla Academy of Art and Culture Silver Jubilee show, Calcutta; Gallery'88 Group show, Bangalore. 

Camps and workshops

1978: All India Print-making Workshops at Garhi Studios, New Delhi
1979: All India Painter's Camp, Ooty, Tamil Nadu Ovia Nunkalai Kuzhu
1980: College of Fine Art, Kerala, Lalit Kala Akademi and USIS
1983: Urja Art Gallery, Baroda; Bharat Bhavan First Anniversary Print-making Camp, Bhopal
1987: South Indian Artists' Camp, Tamil University, Thanjavur
1990: SAARC National Artists' Camp, Bangalore

Important Collections

Karnataka Chitra Kala Parishath, Bangalore
Sarla's Art Centre, Chennai
Contemporary Art Gallery, Government Museum, Chennai
National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
Jammu and Kashmir State Art Akademi, Srinagar
Kerala State Lalit Kala Akademi, Thrissur
Ernakulam Art Gallery, Karnataka State Lalit Kala Akademi
Tamil University, Thanjavur
South Zone Cultural Centre, Thanjavuv
Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal
Air India, Mumbai
Urja Art Gallery, Baroda
Regional Centre, Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai
Tamil Nadu Ovia Nunkalai Kuzhu, Chennai
Chandigarh Museum
British Council, London and Southampton
Portsmith Polytechnic Museum
Dugit Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, Lim Kibutz Gallery, Israel
Artists Centre, Jerusalem
Bank of Baroda, Fiji
San Diego State University, California, USA
Kansas State University, USA
Library of Congress, USA.

Currently Principal, Govt. College of Arts and Crafts, Madras

Address: 15, Javad Hussain Street, Rajaji Nagar, Pallavaram, Madras - 600 043. Tel: 238 18 18