K. S. Radhakrishnan

K.S. Radhakrishnan is one of the most notable among the new generation of sculptors who has successfully brought about a definitive resurgence in Indian sculpture. Like many of his contemporaries, he is a figurative sculptor, but his preference for modeling and bronze casting over new materials sets him apart from the rest of them. Recharging age-old sculptural processes with a new sensibility thus is the singular challenge he brings to modern Indian sculpture. And this makes him a modernist - who approaches his work with discernable ambition and considerable aplomb while steering clear of brinkmanship.
With the celebration of sensuality as one of its running themes, his works are at once both intimate and universal in its appeal. A personal commemorative sculpture, with a scale and presence that holds well in natural settings, his work has found a permanent home in a number of public collections all over the world.

Features

Name

K. S. Radhakrishnan
Known for

Artist, Sculptor
Schooling / Education

1981 Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) from Vishwabharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India
Group Shows

1956
Born on 7th February, the third of four
children of P.N. Sreeman Unni and K.
Savithrikutty in Kuzhimattom, Kottayam,
Kerala, India.
1970
Took to painting inspired by uncle P.N.
Narayanan Kutty and worked till 1973.
Completed SSLC and leaves NSS High
School, Chigavanam, Kottayam.
1971-73
Studied pre-degree course at St. Berchmans
College, Changanacherry, Kottayam.
1973-74
Studied degree course at NSS College,
Changanacherry.
Joined Kala Bhavan Vishwabharati
University, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India.
Participated in an exhibition titled ‘Transition’
featuring young artists at Academy of Fine
Arts, Kolkata, India.
P N Narayanan Kutty, 2000
Radhakrishnan with Sarbari Roychoudhury,
Hirabai Barodekar (seated),Yunus Hussain Khan
and others, Santiniketan, 1979
With students of Kalabhavan, sculpture
workshop, Kashmir, 1978
With Ramkinkar Baij, 1979
With friends at Kalo’s Tea stall, Santiniketan, 1978 With one of the sculptures at Kalabhavan, Santiniketan, 1979 Mimi, 1978 With portrait of Ramkinkar Baij, 2004
Apu, 1979 Study of a nude, 1978
Musui, 1977 Buddhist Monk, 1979 Nairji, 1978
Radhakrishnan with R. Siva Kumar, Santiniketan, 1978
1
1980
Invited to participate in Miniature Sculpture
Show in connection with the Silver Jubilee
Exhibition organised by Lalit Kala Akademi,
New Delhi.
Participated in National Exhibition organised
by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
Awarded for the Best Sculpture from Annual
Exhibition of Birla Academy of Art and
Culture, Kolkata, India.
1982
Participated in National Exhibition, Lalit Kala
Akademi, New Delhi.
1984-85
Worked on a sculpture for Orthodox Centre,
New Delhi.
Worked at Lalit Kala Studios at Garhi, New
Delhi.
1986
Attended a sculpture workshop in Banaras
Hindu University, Varanasi.
Installed sculpture at Tel Bhawan, Dehradun.
Executed two open air sculptures at Bikner,
Rajasthan.
Son-Trinanjan was born.
Family, 1986
Radhakrishnan receiving Birla Academy Award from
well known Bengali writer Aahpurna Devi, 1980
Performing Forms-I,
1980
Married to Suchismitha (Mimi), 1983
Stage Figure 1, 1984 Stage Figure 2, 1984 Stage Figure 3, 1984 Stage Figure 4, 1984 Stage Figure 5, 1984
Stage Figure 6, 1984 Stage Figure 7, 1984 Woman on the Step,
1986
Evocation, 1985 Mother and Child,
1987
Woman on the Step,
1983
With Sarbari Roy Choudhury,
1983
Mithun, 1981 Performing Forms-II,1980
Movement and
Evocations, 1978
With Siva Kumar and Sarbari Roy Choudhury,
1978
Characters from famous Bengali writer Sukumar Ray’s rhymes, 1987 Radhakrishnan, 1987
2
1988
Installed sculpture at India House, London.
Executed monumental sculpture at
Raebareilly, Uttar Pradesh.
1989
Travel to London and Paris sponsored by
Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India.
1990
Sculpture workshop at Kanoria Centre for
Arts, Ahmedabad.
Shifted the studio to Khirkee Village, New
Delhi.
1991
Worked at Studio Obsonvile, France.
Participated in Triennale, organised Lalit
Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
1992
Worked on Method and Wisdom, Women
with the Bird at Khirkee studio.
1993
Durga, 1988
Whirlwind, 1989
Woman with a Bird,
1989
Self-portrait, 1990
Woman on the
Rock 2, 1993
Demon, 1992 At Khirkee studio, 1993 With ‘Woman with the
Bird’, 1994
Carving ‘Woman and the Owl’, 1992
Italian ambassador and Ramu Katakam at
opening of exhibition, studio, Khirkee, 1992
Hanuman, 1991 The Pull, 1991 Woman and the Bow,
1992
Woman with Cactus, 1992 Worshiping Ganga, 1992
Shri. R.Venkataraman, President of India, honouring K.S. Radhakrishnan, 1990
With friends, sculpture workshop,Ahmedabad,
1989
Margaret Thatcher with bust of Indira Gandhi,
India House, London, 1989
On the Split Base, 1990 On the Solid Base, 1990 Falling Woman, 1990
Portal, 1989 Woman on the Rock, 1989 Chandela Rider, 1990
3
1994
Solo exhibition at Khirkee Gallery, New Delhi.
Exhibition organised by Salon International,
de la Sculpture Contemporaine, at Nouveav
Forum des Halles, Paris.
Hippodrome de Longchamp, Paris.
Espace Michel Simon-Noisy le grant, France.
1995
Installed sculpture at TMI (Time Manager
Internationsl) campus, Cotignac, France.
1996
Worked on the large bronzes for TMI,
Denmark.
Solo Shows

1983
Married to Suchismitha Chakravarty (Mimi).

1993
Solo exhibition at Centre des Bords de
Marne, LePerreux-Bry sur-Marne, Paris,
France.
Shifted the studio to Chattarpur Hills, New
Delhi.
At Obsonville, France, 1991 At the opening of the show in Paris,

Solo exhibit

1993
Solo exhibition at Centre des Bords de
Marne, LePerreux-Bry sur-Marne, Paris,
France.
Shifted the studio to Chattarpur Hills, New
Delhi.
1994
Solo exhibition at Khirkee Gallery, New Delhi.
Exhibition organised by Salon International,
de la Sculpture Contemporaine, at Nouveav
Forum des Halles, Paris.
Hippodrome de Longchamp, Paris.
Espace Michel Simon-Noisy le grant, France.

1997
Solo Exhibition at Hotel Park Royal, New
Delhi.
‘Porta’ - Apeejay Lawns, Kolkata, sponsored
by Apeejay Surendra Group, Kolkata.
2004
Travel to Mauritius at attend artists
workshop.
Solo exhibition ‘The Ramp’ at Shridharani
Art Gallery organised by Art Alive Gallery,
New Delhi.
‘The Ramp’ at Bayer ABS Limited Gallery,
Vadodara.
1978
Awarded National Scholarship offered from
Government of India.
1997
Solo Exhibition at Hotel Park Royal, New
Delhi.
‘Porta’ - Apeejay Lawns, Kolkata, sponsored
by Apeejay Surendra Group
Awards And Achievement

Awarded the research grant from Lalit Kala
Akademi, New Delhi to work at Garhi

Awarded the research grant from Lalit Kala
Akademi, New Delhi to work at Garhi
Studios, New Delhi.
Studios, New Delhi.
Additional And extra details

K S RADHAKRISHNAN
Radhakrishnan with parents, 1983
1956
Born on 7th February, the third of four
children of P.N. Sreeman Unni and K.
Savithrikutty in Kuzhimattom, Kottayam,
Kerala, India.
1970
Took to painting inspired of uncle P.N.
Narayanan Kutty and worked till 1973.
Completed SSLC and leaves NSS High
School, Chigavanam, Kottayam.
1971-73
Studied pre-degree course at St. Berchmans
College, Changanacherry, Kottayam.
1973-74
Studied degree course at NSS College,
Changanacherry.
Joined Kala Bhavan Vishwabharati
University, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India.
1978
Awarded National Scholarship offered from
Government of India.
1979
Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) from
Vishwabharati University, Santiniketan, West
Bengal.
Participated in an exhibition titled ‘Transition’
featuring young artists at the Academy of Fine
Arts, Kolkata, India
1980
Invited to participate in Miniature Sculpture
Show in connection with the Silver Jubilee
Exhibition organised by Lalit Kala Akademi,
New Delhi.
Participated in National Exhibition organised
by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
Awarded for the Best Sculpture from Annual
Exhibition of Birla Academy of Art and
Culture, Kolkata, India.