Murali Nagapuzha

Education:

B.Sc (Zoology)

Self taught Artist

Exhibitions:

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

1991 Mahatma Gandhi Mandir, Kannur, Sponsored by Kerala Lalit Kala Akademi

1995 Lifescapes, sponsored by Cube kannur

2002 Joy of colors Lalit kala academy Contemporary art gallery. Kochi

2003 Chitrasala Thrissur sponsored by Lalit kala Akadami.

2004 Yousef gallery, Mattancherry Kochi.

2004 Kerala Lalit Kala Akadami Gallery Calicut. Colors of joy. Sponsored by Bank men's club

2005 Kasthuri Sreenivasan Trust Art Gallery. Coimbatore. Sponsored by KS trust

2006 Galerie Romain Rolland New Delhi. Of Elephants Spices and Everyday. Sponsors’ Alliance

Francaise. New Delhi, Embassy of Poland and State Government of Kerala, Curated by Dr, Alka

Pande

2007 Garden of Eden. Visions from Kerala Taj Gateway hotel. Bangalore. Celebration series.

Curated by Jayamony Ambara Sponsored by Taj Residency

2011 April Indian Embassy Muscat. Sponsored by the Embassy of India…Fictions of a Landscape.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

1985,86,87, 88,89,90,91, 92, 93, 2002,2003,2004 Kerala Lalit Kala Akademi Annual shows

2003 AIFACS New Delhi Show. Contemporary Art Gallery Kochi.

1993 Kelakam, Kannur, Sponsored by Kerala Lalit Kala Akademi

1997 National exhibition by National Lalit Kala Akademi, Bangalore

2004 Apparao Galleries. Triveni Kala Sangam New Delhi

2004 Gallery East, New York

2005 Colors of Joy. Chitrasala Thrissur. Sponsored by Kerala Lalit Kala Akademi

2005 Kerala Lalit Kala Akadami. Show in aid of Tsunami victims Kochi, Trivandrum

2005 Turning the wheel. Traditions unbound. Contemporary to past Curated by Dr. Alka Pande

Visual Art Gallery, Habitat Centre New Delhi, Sponsored by United Nations.

2007 Triveda Fine Arts, Early to Contemporary, New Delhi. Oberoi hotel. Ballroom

2007 Landscapes and cityscapes, Galleria New delhi February

2007 National Gallery of Modern Art. Moscow. Contemporary Indian Art in 21st Century. 25 Indian

artists Curated by David Baudrillard London. Sponsored by Indian Embassy.

2008 Triveda fine art Ltd. Indian Art, Early to Contemporary. New Delhi. Sheraton Hotel. Ballroom

2007 A selection of Indian Contemporary Art. The Art of Investment Ashvita Galleries Chennai, and

Coimbatore.

2008 Red Earth Monsoon Festival, New Delhi

2009 Cross Country. National Exhibition of Art, Travancore Art Gallery, New Delhi

2009 Seeing is Believing. India Consortium Project Gallery, New Delhi

2009 Beating heart of Kerala. Contemporary Art from gods own country Gallery Noble Saga.

London

2009 Contemporary art for home. Lalith Ashok Bangalore. Gallery Time and space

2009 David hall fort kochi Contemporary art of kerala.

2010 November. First Impressions. A celebration of contemporary south Asian art. Indian Embassy.

Muscat Art Select gallery. Dubai

2010 Verse on canvas. Academy of Fine Arts Kolkata Curated by Buddhadev Mandal

2010 May 1 to 8, South Asian Show Santa Monica California

2010 August 27 to 29 Kolkata Art house, Brush Lines, Aid for Disha foundation, curated by Urmila

Mitra

2010 Between Imagination and Reality. Galleria New delhi oct 27

2011 Tree of life Habitat centre New Delhi by Ambara gallery Bangalore

Poster and collage exhibitions In all city centers of Kerala on various social issues

2011 Cry Charity Auction, New york

Award & Recognition:

1986 National fellowship from Ministry of Human Resources. Govt. of India for research work.

Kalamezhuthu. Traditional floral painting in Kerala.

1992 Kerala Lalit Kala Akademi Award. Highly commended certificate

1995 Kerala Lalit kala Akademi Award. Highly commended certificate

1998 Raja Ravi Varma Birth Centenary Award. Kilimanoor

2010 Jackson pollock Krasner grant