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V. Nagdas

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Awards & Honours

  • National Awards at All India Print Exhibitions by Group8 (1982) and Graphics 82 (1983)
  • Ministry of Human Resource Development National Scholarship (1984–86)
  • Merit scholarships at Visva-Bharati (1982–84)

Biography

V. Nagdas was born in Palakkad, Kerala, in 1957. He completed the National Diploma in Painting at the College of Fine Arts, Trivandrum, in 1982 and the Post Diploma in Graphic Art at Kala Bhavana, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, in 1984. He received a National Scholarship for research under Sanat Kar from 1984 to 1986 and worked in Graphics at Indira Kala Sangeet Vishwavidyalaya, Khairagarh, from 1986 until retirement in 2022.

Exhibitions & Residencies

Selected solo exhibitions include Museum Auditorium, Trivandrum (1982), Nandan Art Gallery, Santiniketan (1984), State Lalit Kala Akademi Art Gallery, Cochin (1985), Cymroza and Jehangir Art Galleries, Mumbai, and Art Heritage Gallery, New Delhi (1986).

  • Rabindra Bhavan, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi (2006)
  • Impressions, Kaleidoscope Art Gallery, Vadodara (2007)
  • Current Impressions, Frank Museum of Art, Ohio (2008)
  • Earth and Water—Around the Globe, Goa (2008)
  • Xylon Österreich & Friends, Venice (2018)

Selected Works

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