K. M. Madhusudhanan

Madhusudhanan
Born1956
Occupation(s)Film director, painter
SpouseAnuradha Madhusudhanan
Children1
Awards
Websitewww.madhusudhananstudio.com

Madhusudhanan (born 1956 in Alappuzha, Kerala, India) is an Indian film maker and artist, also known as K. M. Madhusudhanan.[1][2] His debut feature film was Bioscope (2008).

Early life and education

K. M. Madhusudhanan was born in 1956 in Alappuzha, Kerala.[3] He studied painting at College of Fine Arts Trivandrum, Kerala, and print making at the Faculty of Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda.

Work

Feature film : Bioscope (2008 film)

Exhibitions

Solo

  • 56th Venice Biennale, Italy: 'All the World's Futures', Curated by Okwui Enwezor: 9 May 2015 - 22 November 2015[5]
  • Kochi Muziris Biennale, Noida, India: 'Whorled Explorations', curated by Jitish Kallat: 12 December 2014 - 29 March 2015[6]
  • Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, Noida, India: Pond Near the Field: 25 November 2015 - 29 February 2016[7]
  • Delhi Art Fair, Vadehra Art Gallery: 28 January 2016 - 31 January 2016[8][9]
  • 2016 Penal Colony, Vadehra Art Gallery[10]
  • 2016 Meanwhile, What About Socialism? Solo booth at AV Festival, New Castle, UK[11]
  • 2018 Granite lamp and mirror, Vadehra gallery, New Delhi[12]

Group

  • 2021 Lokame tharavadu- curated by Bose Krishnamachaari, organised by Kochi Muziris biennale, Alappuzha, Kerala[13]
  • 2020 Abudhabi Art fair, 1+1 gallery, Dubai [14]

Filmography

  • Balamaniyamma- Documentary, English, Malayalam, 1997[15]
  • O.V. Vijayan- English, Malayalam, Documentary, 2000[16]
  • Self Portrait- Short Fiction, Hindi, 2001[17]
  • History is a Silent Film, Short Fiction, Silent, 2006[18]
  • Mayabazaar- Documentary, Telugu, English, 2006[19]
  • Razor, Blood and Other Tales- Short Fiction, Silent, 2007[20]
  • Bioscope, Feature Film, Malayalam, Tamil, 2008
  • [21] Theeppanakkam, Short Documentary, Malayalam 2024

Awards and recognition

Books and articles

  • A Turning Point, Interview, Screen India[22]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Confessions of a Creative Mind". 11 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Giving artistic expression to Malabar rebellion". The Hindu. 15 March 2015 – via www.thehindu.com.
  3. ^ "KM Madhusudhanan - Bio". Vadehra Art Gallery. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  4. ^ "See Madhusudhanan's interpretation of the Wagon Tragedy of 1921". Hindustan Times. 30 December 2016.
  5. ^ "Biennale Arte 2019 - Homepage 2019". La Biennale di Venezia. 1 February 2018.
  6. ^ "The Kochi-Muziris Biennale". 20 November 2012.
  7. ^ "Jansatta (New Delhi edition) Today in Delhi - Kiran Nadar Museum of Art - Kiran Nadar Museum of Art". www.knma.in.
  8. ^ "India Art Fair 2016 : Delhi abuzz with art – Part I". Times of India Blog. 28 January 2016.
  9. ^ "Homepage". India Art Fair.
  10. ^ "'In Touch' presents its fifth edition with galleries from India and Dubai". Architectural Digest India. 15 January 2021.
  11. ^ "London gets a glimpse of South Asian art". Mintlounge. 8 June 2022.
  12. ^ "The Red Palette". 23 December 2016.
  13. ^ Roy, Vaishna (4 September 2021). "'Lokame Tharavadu': Birthing an art ecosystem in Kerala". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
  14. ^ "1X1 at Abu Dhabi Virtual Art Fair 2020". Islamic Arts Magazine.
  15. ^ "Balamaniyamma, Documentary, English, Malayalam, 1997". Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
  16. ^ "O.V. Vijayan, English, Malayalam, Documentary, 2000". Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
  17. ^ [Self Portrait, Short Fiction, Hindi, 2001]
  18. ^ "Calendar - MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art.
  19. ^ "Mayabazaar, Documentary, Telugu, English, 2006" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
  20. ^ "Razor, Blood and Other Tales, Short Fiction, Silent, 2007" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
  21. ^ "NFDC: Cinemas of india". www.nfdcindia.com.
  22. ^ A Turning Point, Interview, Screen India