Kattoor Narayana Pillai (born 1946) is an artist and former chairman of
Kerala Lalithakala Akademi
Kerala Lalithakala Academy for Fine Arts is an autonomous body which was established in 1962 to promote art and artistic heritage, based at Thrissur in Kerala. Murali Cheeroth is the newly appointed chairman of Kerala Lalitha Kala Akademi on 202 ...
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He has experimented with almost all media in painting during his three-decade-long career as an artist and art academician. He is the former principal of the College of Fine Arts,
Thiruvananthapuram
Thiruvananthapuram (; ), also known by its former name Trivandrum (), is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the most populous city in Kerala with a population of 957,730 as of 2011. The encompassing urban agglomeration populati ...
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Life
He was Born in
Mavelikkara
Mavelikkara is a taluk and municipality in the ''Onattukara'' region of Alappuzha district in the Indian state of Kerala. Located in the southern part of the district on the banks of the Achankovil River.
Etymology
The name Mavelikara ...
in 1946. Graduated from Raja Ravivarma School of Painting and Chennai Arts and Craft College. He has received the Junior Fellowship of the Central Department of Culture. He Authored a book called Rupa Parinamam in Chitrakala.
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Indian curators
Artists from Thiruvananthapuram
1946 births
Living people
Malayali people
Raja Ravi Varma College of Fine Arts alumni