V.HARIRAAM

BORN
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1948 Alwaye, INDIA

EDUCATION
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1974 Academic Degree in economics, University of Mysore, Mysore

1975-80 DFA [painting], Kalamandir School of Art, Bangalore

1988-90 Specialised in printmaking at Regional Centre, Lalit Kala Akademi Graphic Studios, Chennai

2008 Specialised in printmaking [non-toxic material] at, New Grounds Print Workshop, Albuquerque,
New Mexico, Albuquerque

NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
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2011 Art & Luxury, Show & Charity Auction, UB City, Bangalore

2011 New Grounds Print Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico, at Art Fair, New York, USA,

2011 Serigraphs from India - New Grounds Print Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico

2011 ’7 Indian Artists, Gallery Art & Soul, Chennai

2010 New Grounds Print Workshop Artists, Albuquerque, NM-2008’ at, Art World, Sarala’s Art Centre, Chennai

2005 Contemporary Indian Art, Prakrit Arts, Chennai, at Hong Kong Visual Arts Trust, Hong Kong

2005 Turning the Wheel: Tradition Unbound, Curated Show, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
& Gallery Time & Space, Bangalore

2005 Palette Passion, Apparao Gallery, New Delhi

2003 International Small Engraving Salon, Carbunari, Romania

2003 The Sacred & The Secular, Gallery Time & Space, Bangalore

2002 Drawn Memories & Painted Shadows, Vimonisha Art Gallery, Chennai

2001 International Biennial, Part of International Festival of Graphic Arts, National Museum of Arts, Cluj, Napoca

2000 Gems 2000, Multiple Sclerosis Society of India, Park Sheraton, Chennai

2000 Art Access, Brila Academy of Art & Culture, Mumbai

2000 Monsoon in the Millennium, Gallery Sans Tache for contemporary art, Mumbai

1999 Graphic Expressions, a projection of Indian Contemporary Printmaking, Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai

1998 The Southern Stars, Art World, Sarala’s Art Centre, Chennai

1998 Human Form & Art, a cross-section of figurative art since 50 years of Indian Independence, Curated
show, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi

1996 Chennai Four, Gallery Art Today [India Today], New Delhi

1996 Diverse Perceptions, Surya Art Gallery, Hyderabad

1996 Contemporary Indian Artists’, Chitram Art Gallery, Cochin

1996 Three Decades, Cholamandal Artists’ Village, Cholamandal Artists’ Gallery, Chennai

1996 Miniature Format, Gallery Sans Tache for Contemporary Art, Mumbai

1996 The End of Silence, Mirage Art Gallery, New Delhi

1993 Shraddha Samarpan, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai,

1992 State Annuals, Rajasthan Lalit Kala Akademi, Jaipur

1992 Karnataka Chithrakala Parishath, Bangalore

1992 L’AUTRE VOYAGE, Une Rencontre voie de Telecopie entre Artists’ Indiens et Francais, Alliance Francaise
de Madras & France

1991-93 Southern Trends, Regional Centre, Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai

1990 16th International Independent Exhibition of Prints in Kanagawa, Japan

1990 Onze Mini-print Internacionale, Cadaques, Spain

1983-94 National Exhibition of Art, Lalitkala Akademi, New Delhi

1982 Centenary Show, Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Federation of British Artists’, London

1982 13th the South Eastern & International Federation of Art Societies, Guildhall Art Gallery, London

1980 Samyojitha, Graphic Art Show, Venkatappa Art Gallery, Bangalore

1979-83 State Annuals, Karnataka Lalit Kala Akademi, Bangalore

AWARDS
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1977 State Award: The Directorate of Archaeology & Museums in Karnataka, Bangalore

1991 Certificate of Merit: 5th International Biennial Print Exhibit [ROC], Taipei Fine Arts Museum,Taiwan

1995 State Award, ‘Tamilnadu Ovia Nunkalai Khuzu’, Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai

2003 International Triennial [Ioan Slavici], Arad, Romania

ONE-PERSON SHOWS
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2009 Enigmatic Equations, Gallery Time & Space, Bangalore

2006 Untitled, Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai

1999 Spaces, Upper Gallery, National Museum, Monuments & Art, Galleries, Gaborone,
Botswana

1998 Human form in astral space, The Easel Art Gallery, Chennai

1994 Gallery Katayun, Calcutta

1982 Brad Shaw Room, The Mall Galleries Administration, Federation of British Artists, London

1981 Metempsychosis, Venkatappa Art Gallery, Bangalore

1979 Transmigration, Max Muller Bhavan, Bangalore

1978 An inspiration from the book, ‘Transformation of Nature in Art’, by Anand Coomaraswamy,
AIFACS Gallery, New Delhi

1976 An inspiration from the book, The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupery, Alliance Francaise de Bangalore

1975 Nature: an abstract expression, Alliance Francaise de Bangalore

ARTISTS CAMPS
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2013 Iris Art Galleria painters camp, Chennai

2010 Painters’ camp, Lalit kala Akademi [Regional Centre], Chennai, in collaboration with Pace Foundation & Global
Education Multiversity, Pune

1996 Graphic printmaking camp, Lalit Kala Akademi,Regional Centre Print Studios, Chennai

1992 International tapestry weaving camp’, Max Muller Bhavan in collaboration with TASARA Centre for weaving,
Beypore, Calicut

1977 South Indian Artist’s Camp, Karnataka Chithrakala Parishad, Bangalore

COLLECTIONS
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National Gallery of Modern Art [NGMA], New Delhi

National Museum & Monuments, Gaborone, Botswana, Central Africa

The Directorate of Archaeology & Museums in Karnataka

Government Museum & Venkatappa Art Gallery, Bangalore

Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan

National Museum of Arts, Cluj, Napoca

Museum of Arad, Romania

Stad Museum of Graphic Art, Brunico, Italy

Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery, Japan

Valluvar Kottam, Government of Tamilnadu

National Akademi of Art, New Delhi

Regional Centre, Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai

Karnataka Lalit Kala Akademi, Bangalore

Babcock Graduate School of Management, Wake Forest University, North Carolina
Tapong Visual Arts Trust, Gaborone, Botswana

Cluj County ‘Octavian Goga’ Library, Cluj, Napoca

Windsor & Newton, Harrow on the Hill, London

Taj Mahal, Taj, Mumbai

State Bank of India, Mumbai

Ranbaxy Laboratories

Sterling Holiday Resorts, India

Hindustan Aeronautics, Bangalore

Bharath Electronics, Bangalore

Nettur Technical Training Foundation, Bangalore

Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore

Deepam Silks International, Bangalore

State Bank of Mysore, Bangalore

Reserve Bank of India, Bangalore

Falcon Tyres, Bangalore

IBM, Bangalore,

Biocon, Bangalore

Ca Technology Centre, Hyderabad

South India Carbonic Gas Industries, Chennai

W.S Industries, Porur, Chennai

Sudson Housing Development, Chennai

Body Focus, Non surgical aesthetic clinic, Chennai

Coromandal Software, Chennai

Vetri Software, Chennai

Ashley House, Ashok Leyland, Chennai

Quality inn Aruna, Chennai

Taj Residency, Calicut,

Taj Malabar, Wellingdon Island, Cochin

Taj Garden Retreat, Varkala

Taj Garden Retreat, Madurai

Taj Garden Retreat, Kumarakom

Taj Garden Retreat, Thekkady

Taj Residency, Vishakapatinam

Pace Foundation & Global Education Multiversity, Pune

Contact me at:
Email: hariraam14@gmail.com
Mob : 9840165978

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