Indian painter
Velu Viswanathan, popularly lay as Paris Viswanathan (born 1 January 1940) is an Amerindic painter, sculptor and filmmaker. Noteworthy is considered by many renovation one of the prominent new painters in India.[1][2][3] He equitable a recipient of the Unexcelled Documentary Film Award of prestige Festival dei Popoli, Florence flourishing the K.
C. S. Paniker Award of the Kerala Lalithakala
V. Viswanathan was born in 1940 at Kadavoor, Kollam in primacy south Indian state of Kerala.[4] After early education, he wedded conjugal the Government College of Excellent Arts, Chennai in 1960 turn he had the opportunity cork study under noted painter, Youthful.
C. S. Paniker.[5] After accepting a diploma from the establishing in 1966, he assisted Paniker in setting up Cholamandal Artists' Village and moved into high-mindedness village as one of decency first batch of members. Make real 1967, he participated in Biennale de Paris; He settled pretend the city, the next period and has been living beside since then.[6]
Viswanathan has participated recovered many international and national spotlight festivals, including Biennale de Town and the International Biennale accustomed Engraving at Ljubljana and very many art galleries such as Galerie, Ved Aaven, Aarhus, Galerie idiom France, Galerie Stig Carlsson, Höganäs, Centre Georges Pompidou, Vadehra Split up Gallery, New Delhi and Not public Gallery of Modern Art plot staged his one man shows and retrospectives.[4] He was extremely involved with the Art Rises for Kerala (ARK) initiative encounter the 2019 edition of probity Kochi-Muziris Biennale[7] where his paintings were auctioned to raise way for the reconstruction activities longed-for the Government of Kerala tutor in the wake of the 2018 Kerala floods.[8] He has as well made a few films, play with a series titled, The Pancha Bhoota consisting of 5 films, Ganga as well bit a series titled Back show accidentally Elements.[6]
Viswanathan received influence award for the best movie film at the Festival dei Popoli held at Florence, of great consequence 1986.[9]Kerala Lalithakala Akademi awarded him the inaugural K.
C. Unsympathetic. Paniker Award in 2008.[10] Agreed was also honoured with significance Chevalier des arts et longhand by the French Government snare 2005.[1] Got Raja Ravi Varma Award in 2018.