‘Head-Lines of Karnataka’ caricature show in city from tomorrow
Mysore :
To commemorate the 68th Independence Day celebrations, ‘Head-Lines of Karnataka,’ a Caricature Show by Naveen Kumar, Caricature Artist, has been organised at Sri Kalaniketan Art Gallery in Vijayanagar 2nd Stage in Mysore from Aug. 12 to 17 between 10 am and 7.30 pm.
The show will be inaugurated by MLC G. Madhusudhan tomorrow at 11.30 am. Indian Institute of Anthropology Association Mysore Vice-President Dr. Subrahmanya Bharathi Konale, Journalist Amshi Prasannakumar and Hampi Kannada University Anthropology Asst. Professor Dr. L. Sreenivas will be the chief guests on the occasion.
About the artist: Born to Ananda Acharya and Parvathy couple with a traditional art background in 1979 at Puttur in Dakshina Kannada, Naveen took up Caricature as a hobby, which developed into a more prominent passion and interest.
“It all started by posting a friend’s caricature in Facebook and later went onto specialise as a Spot Event Caricature artist,” says Naveen, who has participated in many cartoon workshops and events and is a Member of Karnataka Cartoon Association.
The artist has done several spot caricature of well-known writers, poets and other personalities including former CM B.S. Yeddyurappa.
He has conducted caricature and water colour painting workshop at Manjeshwara, Kerala for school kids with Vishwaniketana Academy and has the credit of doing on-spot 36 caricature characters (full size) in 35 minutes on a A0 size paper at the workshop.
Naveen is interested in Photography and his 18 photos have been selected in National and International level competitions in a period of one year. He has also won many accolades and awards in company level competitions.
Naveen, who has completed his BFA (Fine Art) from CAVA, Mysore and worked as a Graphic Artist for leading newspapers, is currently working at HP, Bangalore and pursuing his MFA in painting at Sri Kalaniketana School of Art, Mysore. The artist can be contacted on Mob: 90083-91674 or e-mail: naveee@gmail.com
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / August 11th, 2014