Valsan Koorma Kolleri

Date of Birth 1953, Pattiam, Kerala, India

Education:

1985-86 Ecole Nationale Superior Des Beaux Arts, Paris
1976-79 Faculty of Fine Art, M.S. University, Baroda
1971-76 College of Art and Crafts, Chennai

Solo Shows:

2007 ‘New Clearage: Retrospective as Artwork’, Talwar Gallery, New York
2005 ‘Retrospective as Artwork’, Colab Gallery, Bangalore
2005 ‘Retrospective as Artwork’, B.Q. Gallery, Koln, Germany
2004 ‘Drainage: Rain Harvesting Sculpture’, Khoj, Delhi
2004 ‘Retrospective as Artwork’, Project Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2003 ‘Draw’, National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
1998 ‘Draw’, Art Inc. Gallery, Delhi
1998 ‘Sculpture Show, Egmore Museum, Chennai, Alliance Francaise, Bangalore
1998 ‘Sculpture Age’, Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
1990 ‘Bronze Age’, Center for Contemporary Art, Delhi
1989 ‘Stone Age and Bronze Age’, British Council Gallery, Chennai
1986 ‘This Time Ceramics’, Sakshi Gallery, Chennai

Honours & Awards

1996 Sixth Bharat Bhavan Biennale of Indian Contemporary Art Grant Prize
1990 National Academy Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, Delhi
1986 French government scholarship to study at Ecole Nationale Superieure Des Beaux Arts and to work as a resident artist at The Cite Des Art
1983 Kerala Lalit Kala Academy Award, Kerala