Education/Teaching Experience :
1952-57 Studied at College of Fine Arts and Architecture, Hyderabad. 1963-65 Diploma in Mural Art, under guidance of K.G. Subramanyan, Faculty of Fine Arts, MSU, Baroda. Head and Teacher, Sarojini Naidu School of Performing Art, Fine Art and Communication, Hyderabad.
Landmark Events/Awards :
1962 Award, Annual Exhb., LKA, Andhra Pradesh. 1966-70 Award, Annual Exhb., LKA, Andhra Pradesh. 1968 Silver Medal, Hyderabad Art Society, Hyderabad. 1969 Gold Medal, Hyderabad Art Society, Hyderabad. 1971 Gold Medal, Annual Exhb., LKA, Andhra Pradesh. 1981 Mural for Grindlays Bank Ltd., Madras. 1997 Curated exhb. of Indian Contemporary Art, commemorating 50 years of Indian Independence, Lima.
Selected Exhibitions :
1965, 67 Exhb., Kala Bhavan, Hyderabad. 1973 Exhb., Ansdell Gallery, London. 1974, 75 Figurative Indian Artist\'s, Warsaw, Budapest, Belgrade Goethe Institute, Munich. 1975 Exhb., Gallerie Surya, Freinsheim. 1975, 76 Exhb., Griffei Kunst, Hamburg. 1977 Sao Paulo Biennale, Brazil. 1982 Contemporary Indian Painting, Festival of India, Royal Academy of Art, London. 1983 India in Print, Koninklijk Institute Vorde, Amsterdam. 1985-86 Festival of India, USA. 1986 Contemporary Art of India, The Herwitz Collection. 1987 Contemporary Indian Art, Festival of China, Geneva. 1992 Journeys Within Landscape, Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay. 2004 Solo exhb., Akar Prakar, Kolkata.
Selected Collections :
NGMA, New Delhi. Art Heritage, New Delhi. Jehangir Nicholson Collection, Mumbai. Salarjung Museum, Hyderabad. Glenbarra Art Museum, Hemeji. Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi.