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M.N. Murthy’s

PGD in Vishwa Bharathi Shanthiniketan.

Murth’s paintings are lyrical yet sturdy, contain a miniaturesque wash effect of colour rendering, yet the distinction between the soothing background and the divine figure has clear distinction. Whatever contrasting set of pictorial elements the artist presents to us; it is the lines and colours that compete to reach out to your sight. Also, the iconographical norms are visually arrested, not because he has created a new set of iconography (note the irony between creating and iconography), but visually provides a contemporary anxiety in dealing with icons. His gods are truthful to who they are: they do not agree to be visible beyond the bounds of the artist’s expression.

PGD in Vishwa Bharathi Shanthinikethan.

Solo Exhibitions:

·       Alankritha art gallery Hyderabad-2009,

·       Colour crew art gallery pondichery-2011,

·       Karnataka sangha Newdelhi-2016,

·       National level painting exhibition lucknow-2005,

·       Kynkyny art gallery Bangalore-2007 2008,

·       Graphic camp KLA Bangalore 2004,

·       National painting camp Mukthi art centre pondicherry-2005

·       Traditional painting camp KLA Badami-2005,

·       Suvarna Karnataka artist camp Bangalore-2006

·       Alvas virasath national art camp Mudbidre-2012

Awards:

·       All India art & craft exhibition (SCZCC) Nagpur 2000 & 2004,

·       National scholarship (HRD) New Delhi 2003,

·       33rd annual art exhibition K L A Bangalore 2004,