Born in 1956 at Onakkoor, Kerala, in 1981 finished Diploma (Painting), from College of fine Arts, Trivandrum, Kerala, in 1982 B.F.A. (Painting), College of fine Arts, Kerala & 1986 Post Diploma (Print Making), Faculty of Fine Arts, MS University, Baroda. In 1992 has won the Artist in Residence: Ruskin School of Drawing and fine arts, Oxford, on a Charles Wallace Grant & in 1996 the Artist in the community: U.W.S. Macarthur and Casula Power House in Sydney, Australia award. Has held many solo exhibitions: 1996 Graphic Prints, Kerala Lalit Kala Academy, Ernakulam, 1989 "Landscapes & Other Drawings", Vithi, Baroda & Drawings, Graphics & Paintings, CMC Art Gallery, New Delhi, 1991 Paintings & Drawings, Gallery 7, Mumbai, 1995 Paintings & Drawings, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, 1996 "The Labyrinth of Eternal Delight", Campbeltown City, Bicentennial Art Gallery, Sydney & Casula Power House, 1997 "The Labyrinth of Eternal Delight", Nazar Gallery, Baroda. He has participated in numerous group shows: 1986 Exhibited Graphic Prints at joint exhibition with sculptor, N.N.Rimzon, Gallery 7, Mumbai, 1987 "India in Switzerland" an exhibition of works on paper at the Centre Genevois De Gravure Con temporain, Geneva; 1991 "Nest for Sparrow" Artist Centre, Mumbai; 1991-92 "Images & Words" a travelling exhibition organised by SAHMAT for communal harmony; 1992 "Journeys within Landscapes", Sakshi Gallery, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai; 1994 "Postcards for Gandhi", an exhibition organised by SAHMAT in six different cities; 1996 6th Biennial of Contemporary Art, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal & "The New South" Deliphina Studio Gallery, London; 1996-97 "Fire & Ice", Faculty of Fine Arts Gallery, Baroda, Chemould Art Gallery, Mumbai and Monash University Gallery in Melbourne; Exhibition of Works made during "The Exchange Residency Project" organised by Asia Link with Jon Cattapan in India and Australia; 1997 "Rediscovering the Roots", Musee de la Nocion Lima/Peru, curated by Laxma Goud & "gift for India" exhibition organised by SAHMAT, New Delhi. Has attended many workshops from 1985 Graphic Woodcut Workshop organised by URJA Faculty of fine Arts Baroda; 1986 IPCL, all India Printmakers Workshop Baroda; 1987 "India in Switzerland" a workshop of drawing, lithography and dry point at the Centre of Genevois De Gravure Contemporian, Geneve; 1989 Attended a painting and drawing camp organised by Rekha Rodwittiya for Lakhanpal Ltd at Goa; 1994 attended a seminar and workshop on printmaking at the Faculty of Fine Arts, MS University Baroda. His works are in various public and private collections in India and abroad. Currently lives and works in Baroda. STATEMENT My recent works: are probably the results of a thinking process on two levels. On the one hand I am attempting to negotiate a problematic present in the realm of the imagination. On the other hand, the images are connected with Indian art history. From the late 19th century until the 1980s, one of the dominant and recurring themes in art history is the question and inquiry into identity and its relationship with tradition and modernity. Different groups as well as individuals were engaged with these issues, consciously or otherwise I am interested in how these groups and individuals evolved different trajectories and in the myths that were created. How critical were they of the traditions they were evoking? In that sense, the search for me is about identifying / addressing one%u2019s often precarious relationship within the dynamics of a cultural space.