S.G. Vasudev is one of the prolific Indian artist born in 1941 at Mysore, Karnataka. He studied Diploma in Fine Arts at Government College of Fine Arts at Chennai, Tamil Nadu and also received a cultural scholarship for Painting by the Government of India in the 1960s. He got deeply influenced by D. R. Bendre's poem "Kalpa Vriksha Vrindavana". Vriksha is the representation of the ‘Tree of Life’ gradually attained a promient place in the works of Vasudev. It is regarded as a powerful concept in all the cultures and symbolisation of sexuality, fertility, procreation as well as links with our past. The concept of Vriksha has been central to the artistic vision of Vasudev. He has participated in many exhibitions at the international and national level. He ...
S.G. Vasudev is one of the prolific Indian artist born in 1941 at Mysore, Karnataka. He studied Diploma in Fine Arts at Government College of Fine Arts at Chennai, Tamil Nadu and also received a cultural scholarship for Painting by the Government of India in the 1960s. He got deeply influenced by D. R. Bendre's poem "Kalpa Vriksha Vrindavana". Vriksha is the representation of the ‘Tree of Life’ gradually attained a promient place in the works of Vasudev. It is regarded as a powerful concept in all the cultures and symbolisation of sexuality, fertility, procreation as well as links with our past. The concept of Vriksha has been central to the artistic vision of Vasudev. He has participated in many exhibitions at the international and national level. He has been on the Executive Board of the Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi. Apart from this, Vasudev has been a founding member of the ‘Cholamandal Artists Village’, Chennai. He has been felicitated with many awards and honours like Karnataka Rajyotsava Award, Bangalore, 1994; State Award, Karnataka Lalit Kala Academy, Bangalore, 1988; National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, 1967 and others.
