Born in 1991, Unnikrishnan’s practice draws upon idiomatic cultural artifacts and hyperlocal textual references such as visual metaphors culled from stories told by his grandmother. Its during the long stints away from home,
Born in 1991, Unnikrishnan’s practice draws upon idiomatic cultural artifacts and hyperlocal textual references such as visual metaphors culled from stories told by his grandmother. Its during the long stints away from home, Unnikrishnan realized the inspiration he drew from the landscapes and geographical structures of the surroundings. His local interventions related to environmental conservation and the ordeal he underwent subsequent to it, deeply influenced his thought process and nature started appearing in different forms in his works. Unnikrishnan documents events and images from his rapidly changing surroundings. And taken together, they offer not only a personal archive but a critical description of possible encounters among tradition, belief systems and modernity. These interventions can be as subtle as his choice of materials like weaved baskets and terracotta bricks. Unnikrishnan C lives and works in Pezhumpara, Kerala.
Academics
Graduated in Fine Arts from the Government College of Fine Arts, Thrissur.
Born in 1991, Unnikrishnan’s practice draws upon idiomatic cultural artifacts and hyperlocal textual references such as visual metaphors culled from stories told by his grandmother. Its during the long stints away from home, Unnikrishnan realized the inspiration he drew from the
Born in 1991, Unnikrishnan’s practice draws upon idiomatic cultural artifacts and hyperlocal textual references such as visual metaphors culled from stories told by his grandmother. Its during the long stints away from home, Unnikrishnan realized the inspiration he drew from the landscapes and geographical structures of the surroundings. His local interventions related to environmental conservation and the ordeal he underwent subsequent to it, deeply influenced his thought process and nature started appearing in different forms in his works. Unnikrishnan documents events and images from his rapidly changing surroundings. And taken together, they offer not only a personal archive but a critical description of possible encounters among tradition, belief systems and modernity. These interventions can be as subtle as his choice of materials like weaved baskets and terracotta bricks. Unnikrishnan C lives and works in Pezhumpara, Kerala.
Academics
Graduated in Fine Arts from the Government College of Fine Arts, Thrissur.
Exhibitions
Group Exhibtions:
Lokame Tharavadu (the world is one family) Contemporary Art, an exhibition featuring the works of 267 artists, Alappuzha, Kerala, India in 2021.
Kerala Lalit Kala Akademi’s 49th State exhibition of Art in 2019-20
Unraveling Dissonances, Solo Exhibition, Curators: Preema John & Reha Sodhi, Blum & Co, Zug, Switzerland in 2018.
The Past, the Present, the Possible; Curator: Eungie Joo, Sharjah Biennial, 12, Sharjah, U.A.E in 2015.
Three Projects; Abir Karmakar, Sunil Padwal, Unnikrishnan C, GallerySKE, New Delhi, India in 2015.
Whorled Explorations, Curator: Jitish Kallat, Kochi-Muziris Biennale, in 2013
Hanging Terraces, Curator: Dr. Kavitha Balakrishnan, Gallery Veda, Chennai, India in 2014.
