Artist Name:
M Sashidharan

Reference Number:
60

Education

• National Diploma, College of Fine Arts, Trivandrum, Kerala, 1978-79 to 1982-83 April
• B.F.A. in Painting, College of Fine Arts, Trivandrum, Kerala, 1983-84
• MA. (Fine) Painting (Mural Design), Faculty of fine Arts, M.S. University, Baroda, 1985-86 to 1987-88
• Guest student at the Academy of Fine Arts, 'Stockholm under Cultural Exchange between India and Sweden on a Scholarship from the Swedish Institute, Hogskolan, Stockholm, Sweden in 1989.
• Charles Wallace Fellow at Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, studying Glass, 1996. Exhibitions

Solo and Group

• 1987 - Selected as one of the 'Six Young Artists' to participate in the Group Exhibition in Sweden, during the Festival of india in Sweden
• 1989 - Solo Exhibition at Gallery 7, Bombay
• 1992-93 -'Crossing the Blackwaters' a touring Exhibition of Asian and British Asian Artists in U.K.
• 1993-94 - Solo Exhibition at Sophia College Art Gallery Bombay 1996 -All India Drawing Exhibition AIFACS, New Delhi
• 1997 - Solo Exhibition of paintings at Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay
• 1997-98 - "Black boxes and Glass" solo exhibition of works in Glass at Lakeeren Art Gallery, Bombay
• 1999 - 'Edge of the Century", group show at Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
• 1999 - "Creative Process" a group show at Guild Art Gallery, Bombay
• 2000- "Southern Paradigm" a group show at Lakeeren Art gallery Mumbai
• 2001 - East, West, North, South - a group show, Tao Art Gallery Mumbai
• 2002 - "Two Painters" a two person show of Paintings Artist's Centre Mumbai
• 2004 - "Tribute to Bhupen Khakhar" a group show at Tao Art Gallery
• 2005 - "Mobile immobile" a group show at Sarjan art gallery, Baroda
• 2005 - "Chair Project" a group show curated by Sandhya Bodekar at Sarjan art gallery Baroda.
• 2005 -'Double Enders', traveling show-Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Kochi Artists in residency/ collaborative projects/camps
• 2000 -University of Lancashire, Dept. of glass. In this residency collaborated with a British glass artist and done two site-specific works in glass in a mosque, Preston, Part of 'Year of the artist' project, Arts Council U.K.
• 2004 - "Glass Sambanch" a collaborative project between Swedish and Indian glass artists Sweden.

Award

• 1996-97 -Awarded Charles Wallace Scholarship to U.K.
• 2000 - Kerala State award for Painting Collections
• Kerala Lalit Kala Akademi, Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi, Proctor & Gamble Collections, Chester & Davida Herwitz Collection of Indian Art in U.S.A., and Swedish Institute, Stockholm. Department Glass, University of Lancashire works are part of various private collections in India and Abroad.