Ganesh selvaraj was born in 1976, Chennai. He studied Masters in fine art At Government college of Arts and craft, Madras University. Also he received a prestigious Charles walls India Trust Award to study in United Kingdom from British council India. Received Junior Research Fellowship from Art & Culture, India. Art residency in UDK Berlin, German. Asia pacific international Art Award Seoul, South Korea. He has a Participated many national and international exhibition and Fairs. He is among the few intensely reflective and sensitive of the younger artist in the country with outstanding multimedia strengths and high degree of competence in Printmaking, painting and sculpture. He constantly contributes to the contemporary Indian art movement.
Education
1998 Bachelors of Fine Art, Chennai, India.
2000 Master of Fine Arts, Chennai, India.
2004 Print Making at Edinburgh Print Makers, Scotland,UK
Awards, Residency, Scholars & Camp
2011 Junior Research fellowship, Art & Culture, india
2010 North East interactive camp by Lalith Kala Academy, Chennai.
2007 Art residency in UDK Berlin, German.
2006 Chennai artists camping in Mumbai.
2004 Charles Wallace India Trust Arts Fellowship Award, U.K.
2004 Artists in residency at Hyderabad. Srishty art gallery
2000 Asia Pacific International Art Award, Seoul, South Korea.
Lalith Kala Academy Research Scholar.
1998 Litho Graph Camp in Chennai.
Tamil Nadu State Awards, Chennai.
1997 South Zone Cultural Centre art camp.
1996 Arikamedu Art Academy in Pondicherry.
1994 Tamil Nadu Arts & Crafts Improvement Association.
Solo Exhibition
2004 Edinburgh Print Makers, Scotland, U.K.
Public Art Projects
2012 Mumbai International Airport, Mumbai.
2010 HYATT Regency Chennai.
Group Shows
2021 “SHARED GEOMETRIES” at The Lodhi, Exhibit 320 with Apparao Gallery, Delhi.
2020 India Art Fair- New Delhi- Gallery Veda Chennai/ Exhibit 320, New Delhi.
2019 “DELHI CONTEMPORARY ART WEEK” – Exhibit 320, New Delhi.
“Persistence of memory” at Gallery Art Positive, New Delhi.
India Art Fair- New Delhi- Gallery Veda Chennai/ Exhibit 320, New Delhi.
2018 “DELHI CONTEMPORARY ART WEEK” – Exhibit 320, New Delhi.
“PAPIER” Gallery Art Positive, New Delhi.
“ Journey With In” @ Art Houz- Chennai
London Art Fair- Brown Easel Gallery .UK.
India Art Fair- New Delhi- Gallery Veda
2017 “Art Corridor” The Taj West End, Bangaluru
2015 56th National Exhibition of art, New Delhi.
2014 Small format at Sumukha art Gallery, Bangaluru.
KINETICS @ kalakriti Art Gallery , Hyderabad
“THE ATTACHMENT” By Girish Sahane-Art Chennai
2011 “TWO POSITION” Two person show at Seven Art Gallery, New Delhi.
2010 “DIFFIRENT STROKS” Organized by Association of British scholars, Chennai.
“GOING, GOING, GONE” at Gallery Espace, New Delhi.
“JOURNY OF THE LINE” at Apparao Gallery, Chennai.
2009 52nd National Exhibition of art Kolkatta.
2009 “MISSING LINKS” at Sumukha art Gallery Bangalore.
THE LINES Small format at Sumukha art Gallery, Chennai.
2008 Nobel Sage at Manhattan, New York.
“MISSING LINKS” at Sumukha art Gallery Chennai.
“IN THE FORE” Noble sage art gallery, London.
2007 “CHENNAI CHART” Forum Art Gallery, Chennai.
2006 “Take Two” Chennai chapter at sumukha art gallery Chennai.
Genesis 8, Forum Art gallery, Chennai.
“Entrusted” an exhibition of 25th year of charles Wallace trust. New Delhi.
2005 peacock visual arts A5 exhibition in Aberdeen, UK
2004 “BA 142-a Return Journey”. An exhibition of work by the CWITS awardees 2004-05,
Genesis 7, Lalith Kala Academy, Chennai.
International Cultural Exchange, Exhibition, Oslo, Norway.
2002 Tamilnadu State Exhibition of Art, Chennai.
Lalit kala akademi working artists’ exhibition, Chennai.
2001 44th National Exhibition of Art, Chennai.
Art Exhibition – Working Artist in Lalith Kala Academy, Chennai.
2000 Annual Art Exhibition in Kerala organized by Lalith Kala Academy.
Nokia National Art Exhibition in New Delhi.
Asia Pacific International Art Exhibition, south Korea (Seoul).
International Print Exhibition in Barcelona.
1999 Genesis 6 Lalith Kala Academy, New Delhi.
Genesis 5 Lalith Kala Academy, Chennai.
Genesis 4 Chitra Kala Parishath, Bangalore.
50th Independence of India, organized by Lalith Kala Academy, Chennai.
International Mini Print Exhibition in Spain.
Mini Print wing field England.
19th International Mini Print Exhibition in Cadaques.
1998 Best of the Year 98 organized by Lalith Kala Academy, Chennai.
Tamil Nadu State Exhibition, Chennai.
1997 Genesis 3 Lalith Kala Academy, Chennai.
Genesis 2 (Print Show), GCAC, Chennai.
39th National Exhibition of Art, New Delhi.
1996 Genesis 1 Lalith Kala Academy, Chennai.
Lalith Kala Academy, New Delhi.
AIFACS Painting Exhibition, Chennai.
AIFACS Print Exhibition, New Delhi.
Arikkamedu Art Academy, Pondicherry,
Chitra Kala Parishad, Bangalore
1994 Tamil Nadu Arts & Crafts Improvements Association, Chennai.
Tamil Nadu Ovia Nunkalai Kuzhu at Lalith Kala Academy, Chennai.
Collections
Madurai Government Museum.
Tamil Nadu Ovia Nunkalai Kuzhu, Chennai.
National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.
City Bank, Bangalore.
Hotel Park Sheraton, Chennai.
Art Kansult, New Delhi.
And Many Private & public Collections.