Artists Directory >M Senathipathi

"It should be evident to consider my work, as a continuation of age old and ancient forms, evolving out of the Hindu Pantheon or Iconography. The gap has been bridged with perhaps only the subject matter as its variation. While the method of treatment has significantly changed, the occidental imagery has remained constant. The novelty in the treatment and the subject matter is contemporary. But, what might be interesting is the change from the myth to the present that exists in the day to day life. While the metal was reduced to images in bronze and brass, as in stone sculptures or as relief's, that remained to adorn the temple walls, pillars, floors, doorways and the ceiling, it continues to remain, an excellent work of the past even today. In my work I have never ceased to be a mythologist, but the present has held in my thoughts, a certain concern for the human condition. To voice this mood I have depicted in my Metal Reliefs, as also my paintings, concepts, which relate to insecurity in life. In depicting these expressions, I also deal with beauty and the human behaviour such as affection, that makes life more meaningful today."

An alumni of the Govt. College of Arts & Crafts, Madras, he has received the British Council Visitorship  Grant, the Senior Fellowship from the Govt. of India (1984 – 86) & the State Award in 1981. Eight Solo Exhibitions and numerous exhibitions of regional & national importance such as – at the Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta; State & National Exhibitions of Art & at the Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta, are to his credit. International exhibitions worthy of mention are the Kala Yatra Show in Kuala Lumpur; The Asia & Pacific Museum Show in Poland; International 27th Annual Art Exhibition in Sydney (1982); the Cholamandal Artists Exhibition by ICCR in Morocco (1985); the 6th Triennale, New Delhi (1986) and the Gate Foundation, Denhague, Holland (1989) and in Amsterdam (1990). A member of the Central & Regional Lalit Kala Akademi, he is on the panel of the Jury.

Exhibitions

1996 - Madras: An Emotion, Madras.
1995 - 28th Anniversary Celebrations of the Brila Akademi of Art and Culture, Calcutta
1994 - Reflections, An Exhibition of works by Leading Artists, Madras
1992 - Silver Jubilee Exhibition of the Birla Akademi of Art and Culture, Calcutta
1980 - Lalit Kala Akademi, Kerala.
1979 - Karnataka Lalit Kala Akademi, Bangalore
1979-82 - Exhibitions of Painting and Sculptures of Contemporary India, Madras, Bombay, New Delhi, Calcutta.
1976-91 - Tamil Nadu Lalit Kala Akademi, Madras
1976 - 96 National Exhibition of Art, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1976 - All India Arts Exhibition arranged by Indian Pugwash Society, on the occasion of the 25th International Conference on Science and World affairs, Madras
1973 - 77 - Akademi of Fine Arts, Calcutta.

International Exhibitions

1996 - Quay Gallery, Cambridge Geshire, England.
1990 - GATE Foundation, Amsterdam, Holland.
1989 - GATE Foundation, Denhague Museum, Holland.
1986 - VI Triennale India, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
1985 - Cholamandal Artists Village, exhibition by Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Morocco.
1982 - Exhibition of Paintings and Sculptures of Contemporary India, Kala Yatra, at Wimsa Loke Art Gallery, Kolalumpur, The Asia and Pacific Museum, Poland.
1982 - Robin Hood International 27th Annual Art Exhibition, Sydney, Australia.

One Man Shows

1996 - Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay
1995 - Cholamandal Artist's Village, Madras
1993 - Galerie 88, Calcutta
1992 - Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay
1991 - The Chola Art Gallery, Madras
1988 - The Grindlays Art Gallery, Madras
1984 - Max Mueller Bhavan, Bangalore
1982 - Regional Centre, Lalit Kala Akademi, Madras
1977 - Max Mueller Bhavan, Madras

Group Shows

1996 - Three Decades of Cholamandal Exhibition, Madras
1995 - Three Decades of Cholamandal Exhibition Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay
1985 - Two Decades of Cholamandal Artist's Village, Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay, Madras
1983 - Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay
1979 - Venkatappa Art Gallery, Bangalore
1975 - Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay
1974 - Sridharani Art Gallery, New Delhi
1965 - Museum Gallery, Madras

Camps

1977 - Attended Camps at Ezumalai, Kerala
1982 - Tamilnadu Lalit Kala Akademi, Kodaikanal
1982 - Regional Centre, Madras
1985 - South Zone Cultural Centre, Madras.

Commissions: Executed murals for Tamilnadu Tourism Development Corporation, Guest House, Mahabalipuram, 1973

Distinctions

1987 - 88 Member of the Jury, Lalit Kala Akademi, Madras
1995 - Lalit Kala Akademy, Regional Centre, Madras
1996 - President, Artist's Handcraft Association, Cholamandal Artists' Village, Madras.
1984 - 88 - General Council Member, Central Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi and Committee Member, Lalit Kala Akademi Madras

Awards

1984-88 - Senior Fellowship, Dept. of Culture, Govt. of India New Delhi
1981 - Tamilnadu Lalit Kala Akademi Madras

Style

He is popularly recognised for his gods and goddesses in pen and coloured inks on paper. He also does metal relief work in copper and silver enamel on the same subject.

Collections

National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi; Central and State Lalit Kala Akademis; Govt. Museum, Madras; The Asia and Pacific Museum, Poland.; Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi; Fertilizers and Chemicals, Travencore, Kerala; Best and Company, Madras, Calcutta; Taj Mahal Hotel, Bombay; The Pugwash Society, London; Government Museums of Tamilnadu, Madras; Karnataka Govt., Bangalore
UNICEFF, New Delhi; Colour Chem.Ltd, Bombay; Ashok Leyland, Madras; Sandoz (India) Pvt. Ltd., Bombay; Citi Bank, Madras; Hindustan Motors, Bombay; Bank of America, Madras; MRF Ltd., Madras; 'Sanskrut' Ahmedabad; AUDCO India Ltd., Madras; Times of India, Bombay; IGGI Resorts International Ltd., Madras; XS Financial Service (P) Ltd.; H.R.H. Princes WIJDAV ALI, The Harhlnite Kingdom of Jordan Pvt. Ltd. Bombay; Many Private and Public collections in India and Abroad.

Address: Cholomandal Artists Village, Injambakkam, Madras - 600 041. Tel: 492 6092