Muralidas Pv

Born in Kerala,a southern state in India,I graduated in Fine Arts(painting) from Govt.College of Fine Arts, Thiruvanthapuram. I did my post graduate studies in printmaking from Faculty of Fine Arts,M.S.University,Baroda.

Since my college days, I have been actively engaged in art activities. I have participated in many group shows as well as a couple of solo shows.

I have been actively involved in graphics for quite a long time. On behalf of an international graphic workshop I visited Paris as one of the five eminent Indian printmakers. Since last year I have been trying to explore sculptures in wood as a medium of self-expression.

At present I am a teacher at Rishi valley School run by Krishnamurti Foundation India.

"Though overshadowed by self-defining images,the figures and forms that come in as impressions in my works are more important to me.They are the keepsakes from an inward journey through my own life as it goes forward.Woodcut as a medium has been prevalent for centuries.Its ability to revive itself matches the peculiar nature of forms and images in my mind.

My sculptures are also sort of woodcuts,with many contours that imprint themselves on the many layers of my own mind.

For me a completed work is the end of a search and the beginning of another".

· One among the five Indian Graphic Artists to participate in “Le Mois de l'Estampe” AFAA, Paris, 1997.
· Carol Summers (U.S.A) Woodcut Workshop, Baroda, 1994.
· Painting Camp organized by K.T.D.C. Trivandrum, 1990, 1991.