Artist Name:
K S Rao

Reference Number:
90

• 1961 First Class Diploma in fine Arts, Sir. J.J. School of Arts, Mumbai
• 1963 Joined as an Art Designer with Weavers Service Centre, Ministry of Textiles

Awards

• 1961 Bombay Art Society, Mumbai
• 1967 Hyderabad Art Society, Hyderabad
• 1969 Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
• Hyderabad Art Society, Hyderabad
• 1975 Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
• 1982 Tamil Nadu Lalit Kala Academy, Chennai
• 1985 National Award, Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi

Solo Exhibitions

• 1964 Shridharani Art Gallery, New Delhi
• 1966 Sarala Arts Centre, Chennai
• 1967 Coronet Art Gallery, Chennai
• 1968 Max Muller Bhavan, Chennai
• 1969 Max Muller Bhavan, Bangalore
• 1970 Taj Art Gallery, Mumbai
• 1973 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai

Group Exhibitions

• 1964 "Group Seven" Exhibition of Painting, Mumbai
• 1969 "Creative Form" sponsored by British Council, Chennai
• Sarala Arts Centre, Chennai
• South Indian Art Exhibition sponsored by Max Muller Bhavan, Chennai
• 1970 "Progressive Painters of Coastal Mysore", Bangalore
• South Indian Society of Painters Art Exhibition, New Delhi
• 1972 Contemporary Indian Art Exhibition sponsored by Nataraj Art Gallery, Texas, U.S.A
• 1985 Artists of Weavers Service Centre, Mumbai, New Delhi, Chennai & Kolkata
• 1986 Art Front 86, Group of Five Artists, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
• 1992 Group Show Drawings sponsored by "Crimson", Bangalore
• 1993 Seven Painters Group Show, "Young Design", Bangalore
• Two artists group show, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai

Camp Participations

• 1982 4th All India Artist Camp at Kodaikanal sponsored by Madras State Lalit Kala Academy, Chennai
• 1985 Artist Camp, Bangalore sponsored by the Karnataka Kala Mela, Bangalore
• 1988 All India Artist Camp, Cochin sponsored by The Lalit Kala Academy, Regional Centre, Chennai
• 1993 All India Artist Camp, Srirangapatnam
• Sponsored by Karnataka State Lalit Kala Academy, Bangalore
• 1997 Artist Circle, All India Artist Camp, Taj Group of Hotels, Chennai
• 1998 'Art in Industry", All India Artists Camp, Jamshedpur, sponsored by Tata Steel
• 1999 Art Camp at Hasta Silpa Manipal, sponsored by Vijayanath Shenoy
• 2000 All India Artist Camp, New Delhi, sponsored by Taj Palace Hotel Ltd., New Delhi & ArtWorld, Chennai
• 2001 All India Artist Camp, Pondicherry, sponsored by Rotary Club Pondicherry & ArtWorld, Chennai