Artist Name:
M Sooriyamoorthy

Reference Number:
25

1944 Born in Neidavasal, Tamil Nadu.

EDUCATION

• 1963 G.D First Class, First Rank, Government College of Arts and Crafts, Chennai.
• 1963 - 1965 State Lalit Kala Academy Scholar.
• 1965 - 1968 National Scholar at the MS University, Baroda under Professor KG Subramanian and Mjyothi Bhat Specialized in Painting, Murals and Graphics.
• 1989 - 1991 Senior Fellowship, Government of India (Department of Culture)
• 1991 - 1992 Sri SH Daya Fellowship, Mumbai.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

• 1987 Sponsored by Alliance Francaise de Chennai, Raoul Follereau Foundation, Pondicherry (750 works); Regional Center, Lalit Kala Academy, Chennai.
• 1988 Kala Parishad, Bhopal, Government Museum, Chennai.
• 1990 Airport, Chennai.
• 1994 Rashtriya Kala Mela, Chennai, Regional Centre, Lalit Kala Academy, Chennai.
• 1995 Rashtriya Kala Mela, Bangalore.
• 1997 Easel Art Gallery, Chennai.
• 1998 Indrakannan Unique Art Gallery, Poompuhar.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

• 1990 International Association of Art, under the sponsorship of UNESCO, New Zealand.
• 1991 3rd Biennale International Pastel Exhibition, France.
• 1993 - 1994 Biennale Van De Kleingratiek of 1993, Sini-Niklas.
• 1994 International Poster Exhibition, Mexico.
• 1995 18th International Exhibition of Prints in Kannagana'95.
• 1999 International Art Exhibition, Romania.