Akkitham Narayanan

Akkitham Narayanan (born 1939, in Kerala) is an Indian painter. He received a Diploma in Painting from the Government School of Arts and Crafts, Chennai, India. He then studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris on a Government scholarship. He has won the Tamil Nadu State Lalit Kala Akademi Award thrice. He is the recipient of the IV International Festival of Painting Award, in Cagnes-sur-Mer, France. Narayanan's works have been exhibited widely in India and internationally. Akkitham Narayanan lives and works in Paris.

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• Bio data
• Solo exhibitions
• Group shows
• Awards
• Collections
• References

Akkitham Narayanan was awarded the "K. C. S. Paniker Puraskaram" by Kerala Lalitakala Academy in 2009 "in recognition of his assiduous art practice that has won him and his country international acclaim".

Famous Malayalam poet Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri is his elder brother.

Bio data

1939 - Born in present-day Kerala

1961 - Diploma in Fine Arts from School of Arts, Madras

1962 - 64 - Government of India Scholarship

1967 - 70 - French Government Scholarship "Ecole des Beaux-Arts", Paris

2006 - Founder member of Artists Handicrafts Association & Cholamandal Artists' village, Chennai.

Solo exhibitions

2015 - Art Works Paris Seoul Gallery, Seoul, South Korea (catalogue)

2011 - Gallery HUS, Paris

2010 - "Art and Religion in the Indian world", House of Researches, Paris Sorbonne

2009 - Indigo Blue Art Gallery, Singapore

2007 - Galerie Normand, Paris

2006 - Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi. KL Gallery, Kuala Lampur

2005 - Galerie "Mille Lieux du Monde" Servoz, Chamonix, Paris. Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai

2003 - Municipal Library, St. Pierre des Corps

2002 - Galerie M & R Kolbein, Garbsen, Germany

2001 - Espace Lino Ventura, Garges-les-Gonesse

2000 - 4th Festival of Art & Music, Cornservatoire Andre Navarra, Charenton-le-Pont

1998 - Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai

1995 - Chateau de Talcy, France

1994 - Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai

1991 - Galerie Seibu, Tokyo. Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai.

1990 - La Collegiale, Orleans

1988 - Galerie La Marge, Blois. Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai. Galerie Steintor Verlag, Hannover. Galerie Seibu, Tokyo.

1986 - Mukai Gallery, Tokyo

1984 - Galerie Seibu,Tokyo

1983 - Galerie Steintor Verlag, Hannover

1982 - Galerie La Marge, Blois

1981 - Galerie Seibu, Tokyo

1980 - Galerie Steintor Verlag, Hannover

1978 - Galerie Seibu, Tokyo. Gallery Miyawaki, Kyoto, Japan

1976 - Galerie du Haut Pave, Paris. Galerie Steintor Varlag, Hannover. Museum, Wilhelmshaven, Germany

1974 - Mukai Gallery, Tokyo. Galerie Steintor Verlag, Hannover

1973 - Galerie Steintor Verlag, Hannover

1972 - La Galerie, Paris

1970 - Galerie Transposition, Paris

1966 - Triveni Art Gallery, New Delhi

1965 - Max Muller Bhavan, Chennai

Group shows

2010 - "Made in India", Galerie Lipao-Huang, Paris. "Besides Paris", Birla Academy of Arts & Culture, Kolkata

2009 - "Think Small", Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi

2007 - "Art in Itself", Akar Prakar Gallery, Kolkata. "Made in India: 07 Spring", Opera Gallery, London. "Masters of Contemporary Indian Art", Indigo Blue Art Gallery, Singapore. "Abstractions: Rupa-Aurupa", Museum Gallery, Mumbai & Visual Art Gallery, New Delhi. "Abstract Visions Parallel Perceptions", The Annex, Bangalore

2006 - "Indian Artists", Gallery White Elephant, Paris. "Recueil d' Artistes", Maison Des Arts Louis Aragon: Garges-les-Gonesse, France. "A Collection of Indian Contemporary Art", KL Gallery, Kuala Lampur

2005 - "Artransport", Double Enders, Mumbai, New Delhi, Balgalore, Cohin

2003 - "Souvenir d'en France", Alliance Francaise, New Delhi. "Festival de I'Inde", L'Arc, Le Creusot. Galerie White Elephant, Paris

2001 - "L'Inde, Carrefour Des Arts", F&H Art Forum, Paris

1997 - "L'art a l'ecole", Paris. "Traits d'Union", Galerie du Haut Pave, Paris

1997 - 01 - Salon de Mai, Paris

1996 - Harmony Show, Mumbai

1993 - Harmony Show, Mumbai

1992 - Roopankar Print Biennale, Bhopal. Contemporary Indian Art, Sogo Museum, Yokohama, Japan. Centenary Exhibition, Birla Academy, Kolkata

1990 - International Methodology Show, Busan, Korea

1985 - Retrospective of the Galerie du Haut Pave, Paris

1983 - Grafik Biennale, Varna, Bulgaria

1975 - Triennale of India

1974 - Biennale of Menton

1970 - 72 - International Painting Festival, Cagnes-Sur-Mer, France

1961 - National Exhibition of Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi

Awards

2009 - K.C.S. Panicker Award, Kerala Lalita Kala Akademi, Kerala

1972 - National Award for India, 4th International Painting Festival, Cagnes-sur_Mer All India Print Exhibition, New Delhi

1966 - Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai

1965 - Association of Young Painters & Sculptors, Chennai. Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai

1963 - Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai

Collections

National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi

National Art Gallery, Chennai

Ahmedabad Museum, India

Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Paris

Prefecture de Paris, Paris

Museum of Wilhelmshaven, Germany

National Library, Paris

Bangalore Museum, India

Glenbarra Art Museum, Japan

Asia And Pacific Museum, Warsaw, Poland

Musee Gigaud, Perpignan, France