Murali Cheeroth

Artville artist of the day: Murali Cheeroth

Title: Saint Clinique 2

Medium: Oil On Canvas

Size: 12 X 12 Inches

Year: 2009

Born in Thrissur, Kerala, Murali Cheeroth's art education include a BFA in 1992 and MFA 1995 from Shantinikethan, West Bengal and an advanced computer diploma in digital media. To quote the artist himself "...my working process is a kind of extraction system, that draws on tiny concerns about uber urbanization, frenzied globalization and the visual/virtual stimulation therein, and folds and unfolds them into another reality to simplify their characteristics and relationships in order to build a new visual experience that is clear and vivid"

His solo exhibitions include'Habitus' Sumukha art gallery,Chennai and Bangalore in 2010; 'Unmarked' solo preview at Viart gallery, New Delhi in 2009; Some selected group shows include 'Surviving sagas' Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, presented by Ashna art gallery in 2010;'The masters corner' Museum gallery presented by the art journal, Mumbai in 2010;'If I Were A Saint' Shrine empire gallery, New Delhi in 2009; 'Ways of seeing' Galley soulflower and ICCR, Bankok , Thailand in 2009;

Murali Cheeroth has taught in CEPT- Ahmedabad, Kanoria Centre for Art- Ahmedabad, National Institute of Fashion Technology –Bangalore and Chennai. His engagement with these broad range of institutions is readable from his conceptual and figurative concerns. Among his collectors are many institutions, museums and private art collectors.He currently lives and works in Bangalore.

courtesy: shrineempiregallery.com

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