K. A. Soman
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K. A. Soman | |
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| Born | 5 June 1953 Ochanthuruth, Kerala, India |
| Other names | Somji |
| Occupation | Artist |
| Website | Art of Somji |
K. A. Soman (born in 1953), also known as Somji, is an artist from Kerala, India.
Early life[edit]
His earlier creations include the pieces Defloration, The Ruin of Hitler, The Revolution, S.G. Bila, the Comet.[1]
Celebrity Syndrome Series (2008)[edit]
"Celebrity Syndrome" was the subject of a solo exhibition at Kerala Lalithakala Akademi Art Gallery, Kozhikode in June 2008.[1]
"Our Concerns over Time and Space"- 2009)[edit]
This series premiered at the artist's solo exhibition held at Regional Lalitkala Akademi Art Gallery, Chennai in April 2009. Solo exhibitions with the same title were on display in August 2009 at Kerala Lalitha kala Akademi Art Gallery, Durbar Hall Art Centre, Cochin; at Kerala Lalithakala Akademi Art Gallery, Thrissur, in December 2009; at Vyloppilly Samskrithi Bhavan Art Gallery, Thiruvananthapuram, in April 2010;[2] at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai in Sept. 2010; at Kala Academy Art Gallery, Panaji, Goa in Jan 2011[3] and at Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, in Oct 2013.[4][5][6][7]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Kerala News : When paint charts its course". The Hindu. 25 June 2008. Archived from the original on 29 June 2008. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
- ^ "Art exhibition from today". The New Indian Express. 6 April 2010. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013.
- ^ Nita Sathyendran (9 April 2010). "Art for thought". The Hindu. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
- ^ Harshini Vakkalanka (25 October 2013). "Of the human condition". The Hindu.
- ^ "Article in Mathrubhoomi (Malayalam language)". Mathrubhoomi. 22 October 2013.
- ^ "The cultural identity crisis". The New Indian Express. 26 October 2013.
- ^ കാലത്തെ ക്യാന്വാസിലാക്കി സോംജി [Somji's exhibition at Bangalore, Somji trapping Time on Canvas] (YouTube) (in Malayalam). AsianetNews. 2013. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021.