Name: Raviram V R ( B 1973)
Self-Taught Copper n Brass sheet Sculptor, Trained and worked under my nephew of the Late Sri P.V.Janakiram better known for his works in contemporary Indian sculpture who attained considerable eminence as Sculptor.
Bio:
I have been working in this field for the past 25years.
Though I may not be able to express my thoughts in words, I work to bring them alive on welded copper sheet and brass sheet and wires have a classic touch about them and bring to life the various deities and animal and insect and fish and bird figures. I have also ventured into almost three dimensional sheet sculptures which have a very strong original quality about them. All this along with my passion for sculpting has helped me into becoming a potentially significant artist in southern India.
I have won Tamilnadu State Lalit Kala Akademi award, Chennai, 2000-01, Junior Fellowship of the HRD Ministry of Culture, Department of Culture, Govt. of India, New Delhi, 2002-04,
Senior Fellowship of the Department of Culture, Govt of India, New Delhi, 2015-17
Scholarship from Kanoria Centre for Arts, Ahmedabad, 1999.
A five-time participant in the National Exhibition of Art, New Delhi, Ahmedabad, Kochi, Bhopal & Kolkata 1998, 2001-02, 2003-04, 2006-07 & 2009-10 respectively.
I have also been part of many important exhibitions and art auctions and solo exhibitions, as a result of which my sculptures are in the collection of various public and private institutions in India and abroad.