Happy birthday Kanayi Kunhiraman (Malayalam: കാനായി കുഞ്ഞിരാമന് born 25 July 1937) is a sculptor from Kuttamath in Hosdurg Taluk in Kasaragod district of Kerala state, India. He is the Former Chairman of the Lalit Kala Academy. Kunhiraman is the first sculptor recipient of the Raja Ravi Varma Award, which includes INR 1 lakh in cash, a citation and a statue, sculptured by Kunhiraman himself. It was conferred by Keralas Chief Minister Oommen Chandy at Thiruvananthapuram. Recently, two of his creations, Melathara and Kalithara, were inaugurated with accompaniment from a violin concert by L. Athira Krishna in Quilon Sopanam Complex, Kerala. Kanayi was born on 25 July 1937 at Kuttamath in Kasaragod District of Kerala. After completing his schooling, he passed the SSLC examination in 1957. By then he had already found his vocation. He ran away from home when he was barely seventeen because the elders strongly disapproved of his creative pursuits. He felt stifled in the conservative atmosphere of the traditional joint family, where the primary role of the youth was to obey unquestioningly the instructions of the elders, predominantly the patriarch. Sculpture Diploma Course from Fine Arts College, Chennai - 1960 Slade School of Art, London - 1965[4] Awards: 1962 - Govt. of India Cultural Scholarship to study Sculpture at Govt. College of Arts and Crafts, Madras 1965 - Commonwealth Scholarship to study Sculpture at the Slade School of Fine Art, University of London 2005 - Raja Ravi Varma award by the Government of Kerala 2006 - Thikkurissy Award Source: Wikipedia upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Kanayi_kunjiraman.jpg/220px-Kanayi_kunjiraman.jpg
Posted on: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 19:51:00 +0000
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