Kalamandalam Bindhulekha
Kalamandalam Bindhulekha | |
|---|---|
| Born | Bindhulekha 18 October 1978 (age 46) |
| Occupation(s) | Mural painter ,Dancer |
| Years active | 2001-till date |
| Spouse | Madhav Ramadasan |
Kalamandalam Bindhulekha is a mural painter and Mohiniyattam, Bharathanatyam dancer from Kerala state, India.[1] She is the first woman mural painter in temple drawing from Kerala state.[2]
Early life and background
Kalamandalam Bindhulekha is a diploma holder in Mohiniyattam and Bharathanatyam and has graduated from Kerala Kalamandalam.She took up mural painting, after having been attracted by the work of her brother-in-law, Sadanandan, a disciple of Mammiyur Krishnan Kutty Nair[3] and got trained in the genre for six years.
Style
Bindhulekha’s work is mainly about blending the traditional mural painting and the contemporary art to give it a modern feel.Some of her mural works sport new styles and unusual colours such as blue.
Art career
Her debut work in Tiroor Vadakurumbakaavu temple in Thrissur is considered as the first mural painting to be done in a Kerala temple by a woman artist.It took two years to complete the mural painting which consisted of three forms of Devi - Saraswati (in shades of white), Bhadrakali (in shades of dark blue) and Mahalakshmi (in shades of red).The painting was based on the theme “Rajas tamas satva”.[4] Her first solo show exhibition of mural paintings was conducted in 2004 at Kerala Lalithakala Akademi Art gallery in Trichur.She has also been part of group exhibitions conducted in Bangalore and Mumbai.
Personal life
Kalamandalam Bindulekha is married to Malayalam film director Madhav Ramadasan.
List of major works
- Manoyanam – The Voyage of Dream
- Tradition and Beyond
References
- ^ "Breaking into another male bastion". The Hindu. 2004-10-09. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
- ^ "A Dancer's Tryst With Colours". The New Indian Express. 2014-09-19. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
- ^ "The mural of the story". Deccan Chronicle. 2013-07-22. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ "Mural artist to display her paintings". The Hindu. 2011-08-11. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
- 1978 births
- 21st-century Indian painters
- Painters from Kerala
- Malayali people
- Living people
- Indian women painters
- Women muralists
- Indian women contemporary artists
- Indian contemporary painters
- 21st-century Indian women artists
- Mohiniyattam exponents
- Bharatanatyam exponents
- Indian female classical dancers
- Performers of Indian classical dance
- People from Thrissur district
- Dancers from Kerala
- Women artists from Kerala
- Indian muralists