Achuttan Kudallur was born in 1945 in Palghat, Kerala. He is a self taught artist with a degree in civil engineering. He was a part of Madras Art Club, which functioned within the Government College of Art, Chennai.
Achuttan Kudallur has been felicitated with many awards both in India and abroad. He was also the National Award winner in 1988. He has widely exhibited in India, Nepal, Dubai, Japan, Hongkong, and in Europe. Achuttan Kudallur has had solo exhibitions in India and Japan, He has participated in Ravi Jain Annual show at Dhoomimal Galley since 2003. He has also participated in the Nehru centenary show in New Delhi. He finds place in many prominent collections such as National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, Gallerie Mueller and Plate, Germany as well as many other important individual and institutional collections.
Achuttan Kudallur’s works are instinctive and emotional in an intriguing sort of way. The works seems to be an embodiment of beautiful and surprising paradoxes, they seem to have a strong expressionist strain and at the same time seem like they are also the result of systematic thought. His works are almost algebraic decipherment and recreation of colour on the canvas where the dots, dashes, brackets and crosses are still visible in the final work.
He is known for his typical style of abstract landscaping- usually well structured and engaging. His brightness of colours such as reds and yellows attract as much attention as his strong abstract expressions. His work has received much acclaim. He lives and works in Chennai.
Education
Self-Taught
Exhibitions
2012 'Small is Beautiful', Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2012'Synergy...
2012 'Small is Beautiful', Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2012 'Synergy 2012', 12th Anniversary Show, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2011 'Melange', The Harrington Street Arts Centre, Kolkata
2010 'Black is Beautiful', India Fine Art, Mumbai
2009 'Indian Harvest', presented by Crimson- The Art Resouce, Bangalore at SG Private Banking, Singapore
Group shows
2019
Harvest 2019
, Arushi Arts, New Delhi
2018
Abstraction from South Indian - Selected works by Achuthan Kudallur, T. Athiveerapandian and Ganesh Selvaraj
, The Noble Sage Collection, London
South Asian Contemporary Art @ Camden Image Gallery
, The Noble Sage Collection, London
2015
101 Months of The Noble Sage
, The Noble Sage Collection, London
2013
LUSH: Art from India and Sri Lanka in green and brown
, The Noble Sage Collection, Online
2010
Clifford Chance Diwali Exhibition
, The Noble Sage Collection, London
2008
In the Fore 2008
, The Noble Sage Collection, London
2006
Chennai Excite: New Work from South India
, The Noble Sage Collection, London, UK
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