Krishna Reddy

Painter Sculptor | India

Born in 1925

Died in 2018

« Krishna Reddy traveled to Europe, where from 1951 to 1952 he studied art at the Slade School of Fine Arts, University of London.. »

Krishna Reddy studied art at the Vishwa-Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal. From 1947 to 1950 he headed the art section at Kalakshetra, Chennai. He also traveled to Europe, where from 1951 to 1952 he studied art at the Slade School of Fine Arts, University of London. Experience: Reddy has written a comprehensive reference on the art of color printmaking and the book doesn`t omit any technical detail. He talks about the necessity of simplification, of exploring the very essence of nature in one of the essays. His work gained recognition at several individual and group exhibitions. He also began to teach more widely, at the American University, Washington and Stout, University of Wisconsin, Menomonie. He has participated in the International Symposium of sculpture held at St Margarathain, Austria in 1962 and Montreal, Canada in 1964.

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Krishna Reddy traveled to Europe, where from 1951 to 1952 he studied art at the Slade School of Fine Arts, University of London.

Painter | Sculptor | India

Born in 1925

Died in 2018

Krishna Reddy
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Krishna Reddy studied art at the Vishwa-Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal. From 1947 to 1950 he headed the art section at Kalakshetra, Chennai. He also traveled to Europe, where from 1951 to 1952 he studied art at the Slade School of Fine Arts, University of London. Experience: Reddy has written a comprehensive reference on the art of color printmaking and the book doesn`t omit any technical detail. He talks about the necessity of simplification, of exploring the very essence of nature in one of the essays. His work gained recognition at several individual and group exhibitions. He also began to teach more widely, at the American University, Washington and Stout, University of Wisconsin, Menomonie. He has participated in the International Symposium of sculpture held at St Margarathain, Austria in 1962 and Montreal, Canada in 1964.

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Prizes
  • Honored by the Manhattan Graphics Center, New York 1999
  • Padma Shri, Government of India 1972
  • Lifetime Achievement Award by The Society of American Graphic Artists (SAGA) 2005
Solo Exhibitions
  • 'New Ways of Simultaneous Color Printmaking', presented by the National Education Association, the New York State for Culture and the Arts, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Bronx Museum
  • Retrospective, Birla Academy of Art and Culture (BAAC), Kolkata
  • 'Prints by Sculptors', Roy G.Biv Gallery, New York
  • Gallery Weintraub, New York
  • Retrospective exhibition presented by Printmaking Council of New Jersey at Somerville, New Jersey, and the Widener Gallery at Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut
  • Five Retrospectives in USA,Mexico,Canada & Bangalore
Group Exhibitions
  • 'Discerning Form', Aicon Gallery, New York
  • Retrospective Exhibition, Three Master Printmakers: Lee Chesney, Krishna Reddy, and Ken Kerslake at Campus Center Gallery, the University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hilo, Hawaii
  • 'Workshop and Legacy: Stanley William Hayter, Krishna Reddy, Zarina Hashmi', The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
  • 'Panoplism', Nature Morte, New Delhi
  • 'Natural Bodies, Subverted Canons', Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi

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