KP Pradeepkumar
K P Pradeepkumar is an independent visual artist works between Kochi, Baroda and Delhi for a decade. Born in Kozhikode and did his BFA in sculpture stream from College of Fine Arts Thiruvananthapuram in early nineties, and currently pursuing MFA creative practice at Transart Institute New York .He had been working and exhibiting in and out the country and he has received many awards for his pursuit of perception. His solos shows were held at Gallery OED Kochi, BC Gallery Kochi, Media Study Center Kozhikode, NIV Art Centre New Delhi etc.
Solo exhibitions
2018 “Improbable suburban”, Gallery OED, Bazaar road, Kochi.
2016 ‘Wood of Suicides’, BC Gallery Bazaar Road, Kochi, Kerala.
2014 ‘Do not touch on the surface’ drawing exhibition at Media study center, Kozhikode, Kerala.
2013 NIV art centre,2010-Neb Sarai, New Delhi.
2011 “Transfigurations” paintings and drawings exhibition at the David hall, Fort Kochi.
2003 “Bare Images” at the Lalit Kala Academy Gallery, Kozhikode, Kerala.
2003 “Bare Images” at Kerala State Central Library Hall Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
2003 “Bare Images” BEMP High School, Thalasery, Kannur.
2006 ‘Recent works’ Space artist studio, Chaani, Baroda, Gujarat.
2001 “Paintings and Drawings” at Kerala Lalit Kala Academy ,Durbar Hall Art Gallery, Kochi.
1999 Paintings& Drawings at Kashi Art gallery, Berger Street, Fort Cochin.
Group exhibitions
2019 India Art Fair-2019 presented Art Centrics Space , New Delhi
2018 ‘Arikkmedu’ Art Centrics Space,Vasanth Kunj, New Delhi
2018 ‘ The Deliberate Nature of Things’,Art Centrics Space,Vasanth Kunj, New Delhi.
2017 “art humane” Triva contemporary, Thiruvananthapuram.
2017 ‘Again And Yet Again’ Gallery OED Cochin.
2017 10’Th anniversary show at Gallery Eka, Fort Kochi
2016 Gallery Beyond Malabar, Fort Kochi
2015 ‘Loose Affairs’, Transart Institute’s 2015 Summer Residency
SOMOS PROJECT SPACE Kottbusser Damm 95, Berlin, Germany.
2015 BC Gallery, Kochi, India.
2014 ‘Ordinary historian and wayward daughters’ at BC Gallery, Cochin
2014 Buddha Art gallery, Fort Cochin
2013 ‘fluid’ at Site Art space, Baroda, watercolor exhibition curated by Divakar Venkataraman
2013 ‘Interstices’, Artist from five continents, a collateral event to Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Kochi.
2012 “Paintings and Paper Works” at the David Hall, Fort Cochin (Kerala).
2012 Durbar Hall art gallery inaugural exhibition, Ernakulam.
2010 ‘I x I’ At the Faculty of Fine Arts, M S University, Baroda.
2009 “Multitude” at the Maxmullar Bhavan, Bangalore, collaborated by Artflute.com and the Goethe-Institute, Bangalore. 2008 “Representaion-3” Triva Art Gallery, Thiruvananthapuram.
2007 “De-sizing” at the Jahangir Nicolson Gallery of NCPA, by the Bombay Art Gallery, Mumbai.
2006 “Exhibition series-3,” at the OED Art Gallery, Kochi (Kerala).
2006 “The Annual Show” of the Shrishti Art Gallery, Hyderabad.
2006 “Pachmadi Camp 1 & 2” an art show at ABS Art Gallery, Baroda.
2006 ‘Gradations” Space artist studio, Chaani, Baroda, Gujarat.
2006 “Keralam” at Travancore House Art Gallery, New Delhi, by the Soorykanthi Art Gallery.
2006 “Double Enders” a traveling show conceptualized by Bose Krishnamachari at Jahangir Art Gallery, Mumbai which was coordinated by the Vadhera Art Gallery (New Delhi), Gallery Sumuka (Bangalore) and Durbar Hall Art Gallery Kochi.
2004 “National Art Exhibition” by National Lalit Kala Academy, Durbar Hall Art Gallery in Kochi.
2004 “Southern Region Art Exhibition” , by National Lalit Kala Academy’s Regional Centre at Chennai.
2004 “Padmatheertha”, with TR Sreedevi Sooryakanthi art gallery, Thiruvananthapuram.
2003 “Dedicated to Bhupan Ghakkar” at the Kashi Art Gallery, Fort Cochin.
2002 “State Exhibition of Art” by Kerala Lalit Kala Academy at Durbar Hall Art Gallery Kochi
Residency/ Camp /Award
2017 Artist residency at Kakkannanpara, Kannur, by Kerala Lalit Kala Academy
2016 Artist Camp at Poomala, Trissur by Kerala Lalit Kala Academy.
2015 Summer Residency Program in Berlin by Transart Institute New York.
2013 Artist residency “NIV STUDIOS- 2013 at Niv Art Centre , Neb Sarai, Near Ignou, New Delhi.
2014 Kerala painters residency organized by Kerala Lalita Kala Academy (Dept. of culture, Kerala Government) at Bekal Fort, Kasarkode, Kerala.
2012 National granite sculpture residency, Kozhikode by Kerala Lalita Kala Academy (Dept. of culture, Kerala Government)
2009 National artist camp by Kerala Lalitkala academy (Dept. of culture, Kerala Government) at Cocconut Lagoon, Kumarakam.
2006 Artist residency at Space Artist Studio, Chaani, Baroda.
2007 R P G International Artist Camp, Mumbai by The Art Trust India.
2006 Pachmadi Artist Camp at Pachmadi Hills, Madhya Pradesh, India.
2002 Kerala Lalit Kala Academy State Award for painting. (Dept. of culture, Kerala Government)