As an artist, I want my landscapes to convey reminiscences of my feelings and senses - touch, smells and sounds, collected from the places where I have lived. After exploring different subjects like streets, figures, I found a calling for nature. Consequently, large volume of my work covers widespread, vast landscapes with land, water bodies and skies. My leitmotif – “‘The Tree” has remained constant as part of my oeuvre over the years in my career as a painter, this is because of deep and innate bond with trees that I cherish, which grew along with me in a rural Indian hamlet. In India, trees enjoy a seminal place in mystical and spiritual realm, going beyond functional domain of just giving fruits and shade. They stand tall as sentinels, saving us even when our greed destroys them.
Education :
1999 – 2001 - M.F.A (Painting) from University of Hyderabad (Central University), Hyderabad
1995 – 1999 - B.F.A. (Painting) from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, A.P
Solo Shows :
2012 - Icon Art Gallery, Hyderabad. 2013 - Icon Art Gallery, Hyderabad. 2017 - The International Artist Salon of A.R.T, Taiwan 2018 - The International Artist Salon of A.R.T, Taiwan 2019 - The International Artist Salon of A.R.T, Taiwan
Two Men Show :
2014 – Gallery Space, Hyderabad.
Group Shows :
Year 2020 :
- Covid -19 charity show at Shrishti Art Gallery - Group show at anyahh art gallery Delhi - AAGHAZ, the new beginning at Creativity Art Gallery, New Delhi - India art festival.... Mumbai - HT Imagine Fest, Nehru Park, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi
Year 2019 :
- EXPLORING COLORS Group show at Artpilgrim, New Delhi - “Confluence of Aesthetics” Feb 2019 at Reves Art Gallery, Bangalore. - Kynkyny group show ‘The Road Less Travelled’ is on view at Bangalore International Centre, Bangalore. - ArtDias Presents INTONATIONS, at State Gallery of Art, Hyderabad - Autumn group group show at kynkyny, Bangalore…. - Glory of nature at karnataka chitrakala parishath. Bangalore - Group show at x-power gallery, Taipei,Taiwan. - Group show at Mahua art gallery Bengaluru.... - “Soulmate 2019”a group Art Exhibition at Visual Art Gallery (IHC) new Delhi - Group show Get Art Museum, Taipei ,Taiwan. - HT Imagine Fest, Nehru Park, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi February 2019
Year 2018 :
- Rangrez curated by Easel Art gallery at ICCR Kolkata - The India Art Festival Nov 2018 – Delhi Edition by ART ZOLO - 'The Silent Tree' for the year 2018. At Art Houz, Coimbatore - Waves Across International Art Show At State Art Gallery, Hyderabad. - Journey through Art’ JW Marriott Mumbai by Asian Art House
Year 2017 :
- The India Art Festival Nov 2017 – Delhi Edition by ART ZOLO - Art Out of the Box curated by Daira art gallery , Hyderabad - Affordable Art Fair, curated by Studio3 At Singapore - Journey through Art, Contemporary Indian and Vietnameae art curated By Asian Art House. At the Ritz Carlton, Bangalore - The Taj Mahal Plalace,Mumbai, A charity show for Tata memorial hospital. - HUNAR- Ashoka Hotel, New Delhi - Goods of Desire, Visakhapatnam - Art Out of the Box by Daira Centre for Arts and Culture - Bindu matra-Silver Star Mercedes Benz showroom, Hyderabad. - The International Artist Salon of Art- Revolution Taipei - Taiwan - World art Dubai-Cross Borders Art Gallery- Dubai - Phoenix Arena - Hyderabad - Gallery Art Tree – Indore - Beyond Boundaries, Mahua Art Gallery, Bangalore, INDIA. - Art for a cause, Ashray Akruti & Gati Muskaan foundation @ Hyderabad - Kala Ghoda festival, Mumbai - India Art Festival, New Delhi - Beyond the contours, Mon Art Gallerie, Kolkata - West Bengal, India - Taj art gallery, The Taj mahal palace, Mumbai, India
Year 2016 :
- "Hyder-Ahmed Travels" Kanoria Art Centre, Ahmadabad - India Art Festival, held at Nehru Centre, Mumbai - Shades of Asia, Sheraton, Hyderabad - India Habitat Centre, New Delhi - Index Show, Cross Borders Art Gallery, Dubai - Art Revolution Taipei, Taiwan - Art Annual , Mahua Gallery, Bangalore - Hunar Art Gallery, New Delhi - Art for a Social Cause, Taj Krishna, Hyderabad
Year 2015 :
- India Art Festival, held at Nehru Centre, Mumbai - *Identical Notions* (Easel Art Foundation) @ Space Art Gallery, Hyderabad - 'Raining Consciousness and Delight' at Ailamma Arat Gallery, Hyderabad. - Colours of Novotel, an Evening with Artists at the Novotel Hyderabad - Rhapsody, Coumarswamy Hall, Mumbai
Year 2014 :
- “Art for a cause” (aid of the Hudhud victims) at Gallery Space, Hyderabad - Inaugural group exhibition at STUDIO SIANA, Pune - Group Exhibition, 5th Edition of Art Bengaluru, Festival of Contemporary Art and Culture in Bangalore in association with 'THE ASIAN ART HOUSE’ at UB City, Bangalore. - Group Exhibition organized by Advaita Gallery, Hyderabad. - ‘Watch out’ Group Exhibition organized by Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi. - Second structures, August CREATIVE NATURE Group Exhibition organized by Icon Art Gallery, Hyderabad. - Ginger Lily - Lifestyle Gallery, Hotel Radisson Blu, Hyderabad. - India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. - Tamkanat Art Gallery, Hyderabad. - Group show, Gallery Space, Hyderabad.
Year 2013 :
- Art for Concern’s Annual Show of Indian Art -Taj Deccan, Hyderabad - Ailamma art gallery, Hyderabad - The Absolut Art Jamboree, conceived and curated by Daira Centre for Arts and Culture, Taj Deccan, Hyderabad - 3 Man show, Gallery space Hyderabad Year 2012 :
- Group Exhibitions: Icon Art Gallery, Shilparamam, Salarjung Museum, State Art Gallery on Biodiversity Summit, Organized by Icon Art Gallery, Hyderabad. - Fremde Blicke group exhibition by Indian artists, Munich, Germany. - Gallery Space, Hyderabad.Year 2011 :
- Group Exhibition organized by Gallery Space Art Gallery, Hyderabad and Delhi Year 2010. - 2010 - Freedom through Art- Group show organized by Icon Art Gallery, Hyderabad. - Tiranga Group Exhibition organized by Icon Art Gallery, Hyderabad. - Kalpavriksha Group Exhibition organized by Icon Art Gallery, Hyderabad. - Group shows organized by Arterio Gallery, Chennai. - Utsav Group Exhibition organized by Daira Art Gallery, Hyderabad.
Year 2009 :
- Group Exhibition organized by Gallery Space Art Gallery, Hyderabad and Delhi. - Group Exhibition organized by Icon Art Gallery, Hyderabad.
Year 2008 :
- Group Exhibition organized by Scribble Organization, Hyderabad. - State Art Exhibition conducted by Potti Sriramulu Telugu University, Hyderabad.
Year 2007 :
- Group Exhibition State Art Gallery, Hyderabad.
Year 2005 :
- Group Exhibition by Visakha Art Society, State Art Gallery, Hyderabad.
Year 2004 :
- A Group Exhibition by Visakha Art Society, Kshetra Art Gallery, Vizag.
Year 2003 :
- State Art Exhibition conducted by A.P.State Council and PottiSriramulu Telugu University, Hyderabad. - A Significant Difference” Group show Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata.
Year 2002 :
- 61st All India Art Exhibition 2002, by Hyderabad Art Society, Andhra Pradesh. - All India Exhibitions of Drawings by Punjab Lalit Kala Academy, Chandigarh.
Year 2001 :
- A Group Exhibition by Lakshna Art Gallery, Hyderabad.
Year 1999 :
- All India exhibition of Art on small format, organized by Chitra Kala Parishad, Visakhapatnam. - 13th All India Art Exhibition in South Central Zone Cultural Center, Nagpur.
Year 1998 :
- 3 Men show in curiosity Art Gallery, Visakhapatnam. - Expressions "Waltair Club, Visakhapatnam. - “Expressions" Department of Fine Arts Andhra University, Visakhapatnam.
Workshops / Camps :
• An Yahh Organised art camp at Bhutan-2019 • "Trupthi Art conclave " art camp at Rajam , Srikakulam, Andhrapradesh.... • Divisional Railway Manager, Guntur & Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation- February - 2019 • A step forward art camp curated by gallery one at Goa- November 2018 • Kaaya’s Artists’ Residency, Dehradun at Uttarakhand….2018 • Ekaant, artists residency,bhavanagar, Ahmadabad.2018 • Art residency and Camp collaboration with dhoomimal art gallery, New Delhi • Artist Residency organized by Easel stories At New Delhi • Art for Impact", A three day art camp organized by Dr. Reddy's Foundation in 2016 • Art for a Social Cause, curated and sponsored by Mytrah @ Saptarani, Hyderabad in 2015 • IGRMAS, Bhopal – 2014 • VIJAP, Art camp curated and participated, Om Farms, Hyderabad-2014 • Blue storm Art camp at Visakha Museum Visakhapatnam 2012 • Artist Residence programme at Icon Art Gallery 2012 • Icon art gallery conducted four days Art workshop on watercolors 2011 • Icon art gallery conducted a one day art workshop at Charlapalli Jail 2010 • Southern Artist Workshop in Chitrangan Art Gallery at Visakhapatnam by Lalitkala Academy, Regional Center, Chennai – 2004 • Two Day Artist Camp at Kalagramam, Visakhapatnam, – 2004 • Tribal Artist Workshop in Department of Fine Arts by LalitKala Academy, Regional Center, Chennai - 1999 • Artist painting workshop at International Educational Academy, Hyderabad
Achievements :
• participated in the India-Russia ART Festival in St. Petersburg, Russia - April -2019, ANPO St. Petersburg Center for Humanitarian Programs St. Petersburg GBUK Museum-Institute of the Roerich Family • Selected into "The International Artist Salon of A.R.T 2017, 2018 and 2019" Art Revolution Taipei, Taiwan • Junior Fellowship from (H.R.D) Ministry of Tourism & Culture, Government of India, New Delhi, 2001-2003 • Prafullafoundation Award • State level painting award received from Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University on -2013