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Nationality
  
Indian

Spouse(s)
  
Priya Gopakumar


Name
  
Gopakumar P.

Role
  
Artist


Full Name
  
Ramakrishna Pillai Gopakumar

Born
  
1972-05-17
Changankulangara, Oachira, Kollam, Kerala, India

Education
  
Raja Ravi Varma College of Fine Arts Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) Duke University

Known for
  
Painter, Digital Art, Motion Photography, Sedition art Collector

Awards
  
Scholarship Kerala Lalithakala Akademi1992

Website
  
www.gopakumarartgallery.com

Gopakumar R is an Indian artist who is pioneer in digital art and collects Digital art.

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Biography

Gopakumar was born in Changankulangara, Oachira, Kerala, India. He obtained a Five Year National Diploma in Fine Arts (specialized in painting) from Raja Ravi Varma College of Fine Arts (1990 -1995), Kerala, India.

Kerala Lalithakala Akademi presented him a scholarship for his education.

Notable exhibitions

In 2014, his motion photography GIFs were shortlisted by the Saatchi Gallery and Google+ for their inaugural Motion Photography Prize.

His exhibitions include:

  • 2015 Vastu – Dialogues on Post-Performance Object, Nanappa Art Gallery, Kochi, Kerala, India
  • 2015 Sofia Underground International Performance Art Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria.
  • 2014 Critical Juncture, Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Kochi, India (exhibition and residency).
  • 2014 Tate Britain, UK – Source Spotlight Display – Texture & Collage Exhibition
  • 2014 The Saatchi Gallery, Saatchi Art and Google+ The Motion Photography Prize Exhibition, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK.
  • 2012 Art Meets Lawrence Ferlinghetti's Poetry Exhibition – Arte Città Amica, Turin, Italy.
  • 2011 Exhibition on the 150th Anniversary of Italian Unification – Homage to Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Arte Città Amica, Turin, Italy.
  • 2010 "Nature & Nurture", Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction Art Gallery, US, as part of the fall exhibition.
  • References

    Gopakumar R. P. Wikipedia