Full Name Bindhulekha Spouse Madhav Ramadasan Name Kalamandalam Bindhulekha | Years active 2001-till date Occupation Mural painter ,Dancer | |
Born 18 October 1978 (age 45) ( 1978-10-18 ) | ||
Kalamandalam bindhulekha a mural artist from kerala part2
Kalamandalam Bindhulekha is a mural painter and Mohiniyattam, Bharathanatyam dancer from Kerala state, India. She is the first woman mural painter in temple drawing from Kerala state.
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- Kalamandalam bindhulekha a mural artist from kerala part2
- Kalamandalam bindhulekha
- Early Life and Background
- Style
- Art career
- Personal life
- List of major works
- References
Kalamandalam bindhulekha
Early Life and Background
Kalamandalam Bindhulekha is a diploma holder in Mohiniyattam and Bharathanatyam and has graduated from Kerala Kalamandalam.She took up mural painting, after having been attracted by the work of her brother-in-law, Sadanandan, a disciple of Mammiyur Krishnan Kutty Nair and got trained in the genre for six years.
Style
Bindhulekha’s work is mainly about blending the traditional mural painting and the contemporary art to give it a modern feel.Some of her mural works sport new styles and unusual colours such as blue.
Art career
Her debut work in Tiroor Vadakurumbakaavu temple in Thrissur is considered as the first mural painting to be done in a Kerala temple by a woman artist.It took two years to complete the mural painting which consisted of three forms of Devi - Saraswati (in shades of white), Bhadrakali (in shades of dark blue) and Mahalakshmi (in shades of red).The painting was based on the theme “Rajas tamas satva”. Her first solo show exhibition of mural paintings was conducted in 2004 at Kerala Lalithakala Akademi Art gallery in Trichur.She has also been part of group exhibitions conducted in Bangalore and Mumbai.
Personal life
Kalamandalam Bindulekha is married to Malayalam film director Madhav Ramadasan.