Bose Krishnamachari

Bose Krishnamachari is an internationally acclaimed Malayali painter and Artist-Curator based in Mumbai, India. He was born in 1963 at Magattukara village near Angamaly, Kerala. He had done his early schooling at GHSS Puliyanam. He took his BFA from Sir J J School of Art, Mumbai in (1991), and then completed his MFA from Goldsmiths College, University of London in(2000). He was a recipient of the award of the Kerala Lalita Kala Akademi(1985), British Council travel award (1993), Mid America Arts Alliance Award(1996), Chales Wallace India Trust Award (1999–2000), Life Time Fellowship Award- Kerala Lalita Kala Academy and was first runner up for the Bose Pacia Prize for Modern Art, New York, 2001. His work comprises vivid abstract paintings, figurative drawings, sculpture, photography, multimedia installations and architecture. Since 1985 he lives and works in Mumbai. Bose is the founder member and President of Kochi Biennale Foundation and Biennale Director of international exhibition of contemporary art, Kochi-Muziris Biennale.

His paintings have been exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions internationally. He also actively curates exhibitions and projects of fellow artists around India.

2010 No, 1 × 1 Contemporary, Dubai 2009–10 LaVA, (Laboratory of Visual Arts), a Traveling Installation Project at Gallery BMB, Mumbai 2008–09 To Let – White Ghost, Kashi Art Cafe, Kochi 2008 Ghost, Aicon Gallery, London Bodhi Art, Mumbai 2007 LaVA [Laboratory of Visual Arts, a travelling installation project], Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Kochi, Baroda and New Delhi 2006 Ghost/Transmemoir (preview at Kitab Mahal, Mumbai), Aicon Gallery, New York 2005 Exist, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai 2004 Vanitas Vanitatum, Kashi Art Gallery, Kochi, later joined a group show in Mumbai 2003 De-Curating Indian Contemporary Artists, Sakshi Art Gallery, Mumbai, Sumukha, Bangalore and Durbar Hall, Kochi 1999 AmUseuM Memoirs, NGMA, Mumbai Field Sakshi, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai 1996 Dandy, Lakeeren and YB Chavan Centre, Mumbai 1995 Objects of Attention, inaugural show, Academy of Fine Arts and Literature, New Delhi 1993 AmUseuM, Park Sheraton, Chennai 1992 AmUseuM, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, Sakshi Gallery, Bangalore 1991 Music of the Cubes, British Council Gallery 1990 Sir JJ School of Art, Mumbai 1989 Kerala Kalapeethom, Kochi

2008 Af-fair, 1X1 Contemporary and 1X1 Gallery, Dubai 2007 Soft Spoken, NCPA, (organised by Bombay Art Gallery), Mumbai Spy, Museum Art Gallery, (organised by The Guild Art Gallery), Mumbai Everyone is a Camera, Talvin Singh, Bombay Art Gallery, Mumbai 2006 MaaRKERS, Bodhi Art Gallery, Mumbai 2005 Double-Enders, (curated) Jehangir Art Gallery and The Museum Gallery, Mumbai; Vadhera Art Gallery, New Delhi; Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore; Durbar Hall, Kochi)

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