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BIO-DATA Of
V.V.SWAMY, ARTIST
Artistic Achievements:
1. Paintings:
Did over 2,100 paintings in
water/oil/acrylic colours both in
Traditional/Modern styles on different
themes. Notable among the series of
paintings done are on the themes of
My Village · Rocks · Electric Power
(Graphics) · Nehru and his vision
Horses · Ganesha · Bull Fight ·50 years of
Indian Independence · Nature
2. One Man Shows participated:
· 1965 Organised by United States
Information Services, Guntur.
· 1966 One Man Show of paintings, Hyderabad.
· 1967 Organised by International Club,
Hyderabad.
· 1968 One Man Show of paintings at
Hyderabad.
· 1975 Graphics on “Panorama of
Power”,Hyderabad
· 1982 Paintings on “My Village” at New
Delhi.
· 1989 Paintings on “Nehru and his Vision”
at Hyderabad.
· 1993 Paintings on “Hyderabad—400 years” at
Hyderabad.
· 1995 One Man Show of paintings at
Hyderabad.
· 1998 50 years of Indian Independence at
Alliance Francaise, Hyderabad.
· 1999 One Man Show at “Art Folio”,
Chandigarh.
· 2000 - Paintings on “Hyderabad” at British
Library Art Gallery, Hyderabad
- One Man Show at Indus Ind Bank Art
Gallery, Chandigarh
- One Man Show at ANZ Grindlays Bank Art
Gallery, Mumbai.
- One Man Show at “Art Gallery”,
M.S.University, Baroda
- One Man Show at “Ravi Shankar Raval Kala
Bhavan”, Ahmedabad.
· 2001 - Painting show at Grad Kakatiya
Hotel, Hyderabad.
· 2005 - One Man Show at ICCR Art Gallery,
Kala Bhavan, Hyderabad.
3. Group Shows participated:
· 1972 Exhibition of paintings at BHEL Club,
Hyderabad.
· 1973 --do—
· 1974 --do—
· 1975 Three Decades of Art in Andhra
Pradesh.
· 1977 Second All India Contemporary
Miniature Biennial of A.P. Council of
Artists.
· 1980 International Exhibition of Cartoons
organized in Vamouri Sheibun, Japan.
· 1996 World Telugu Federation Exhibition.
· 1997 Telugu University – 2nd State-wide
exhibition.
· 1998 Annual Exhibition of Hyderabad Art
Society.
· 1999 Telugu University – 3rd State-wide
exhibition.
· 2000 - Annual Exhibition of Hyderabad Art
Society.
- Telugu University – 4th State-wide
exhibition.
- “Affordable Art Show” – Vinyasa Art
Gallery, Chennai.
2006 – Group Show at Lakshana Art Gallery,
Hyderabad
- group Show at Kalakruti Art Gallery,Hyd.
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4. Participation in Art Camps:
· Wood-cut print making workshop organized
by Mr.Paul Lingren under Max Muller Bhavan,
Hyderabad.
· “Encounter” – An Art Camp organized by
Hindustan Times at New Delhi.
5. Paintings in collection of :
· Mrs.Begum Abida Ahmed, New Delhi.
· Dr.N.M,.Chodnosky, USA.
· Ing John Ludvik, (CSSR).
· Mr.Fritzsche, West Germany.
· Hon’ble Mr.Michel Foot, U.K.
· Andhra Pradesh Lalit Kala Academi and many
other Indian and foreign dignitaries.
6. Illustrated a number of books and
designed a number of book jackets.
7. Interviewed on All India Radio several
times on artistic activity.
8. Egg-Shell Engraving:
· For the first time, developed an unique
craft of egg-shell engraving, in the
country.
· Engraved over thousand eggs so far and
presented them to important dignitaries in
India and abroad.
· Portraits like Sarva Sri R.Venkataraman,
Richard Nixon, President Reagan, Jawaharlal
Nehru, Lal Bahadur Shastry, Fakhruddin Ali
Ahmed, Dr.Gustav Husak, Breznev, V.V.Giri,
Edward Heath, Dr.S.Radhakrishnan, Dr.Zakir
Hussain and many more.
9. Honours:
· Received a number of awards in the field
of Fine Arts.
· Honoured by the Andhra Association, New
Delhi in the presence of Shri Pendekanti
Venkata Subbaiah, then Hon’ble Minister for
Home Affairs.
· Honoured by the Andhra Education Society,
New Delhi in 1982.
· Honoured with ‘Mega Citizen Award, 1997”.
· Honoured with “Ugadi Puraskar, 1998” by
the Delhi Telugu Academy, New Delhi.
· Honoured by Smt.G.T.Tumen Bava, External
Affairs Minister of Kirgia Soviet Socialist
Republic, and
· His Excellency Mr.Robert Arbuthnott,
Minister (Cultural Affairs), British High
Commission, British Council Division.
· Honoured by Salivahana Trust, Cherukuri
Group,Hyderabad
10. Mr.Swamy’s name has been listed in the
“Limca Book of Records, 1993”.
For more information about the artist,
contact directly :
E-mail:
venkatvalluri(at)yahoo.co.in
Phone:+91-040-23021795
Name : V.V.SWAMY
Father’s Name : V.VENKATESWARLU
Date of Birth : 2nd June, 1944
Address for communication : BHEL MIG-778
Near BHEL Township
Ramachandrapuram
HYDERABAD-500 032.
Andhra Pradesh, INDIA. |
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