Prof. Dr. Gipin Varghese
HOD, Dept. of Painting
Email: gipinvarghese@gmail.com

Education
2010: PhD in Fine Arts (Murals and Altar Paintings in Christian Churches of Kerala: A Critical Study), School of Letters, M.G. University, Kerala
2004: MFA Painting, Hyderabad Central University
2002: BFA Painting, University of Kerala
Solo Exhibitions
2017: Commonly Caught Species, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
2014: Lifetimes - Solo Show, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
2013: Four works about resistance-Rossligasse, HSLU, Luzern
2012: Surveillance on the other end of the spectrum - Sakshi Art Gallery, Mumbai
2006: Mangalam School of Letters Campus, M. G. University Group Exhibition
2021: Lokame Tharavadu-The world is one family-Thrissur
2021: Far Away, someone sings, Lalith Kala Academy, Thrissur
2017: A body of flows-Vyloppilly Samskrithi Bhavan, Thiruvananthapuram
2017: Indian Art Fair, February 2017, New Delhi
2016: Indian Art Fair, January 2016, New Delhi
2015: Impulses in Drawing, July, D-53 Defence Colony Gallery
2015: Indian Art Fair, January 2015, New Delhi
2013: The Embedded Landscapes-in Religare Art Gallery, New Delhi
2013: Idea of the Sublime - Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi
2013: Reading Between the Lines - Kalakriti Art Gallery, Hyderabad
2012: Confluence - David Hall, Fort Cochin
2010: On View - Sakshi Art Gallery, Mumbai
2003: AIFACS Gallery (related to National students camp), New Delhi
2000: Degree Show, College of Fine Arts, Thiruvananthapuram
Books, Published Works
2011: 'Keralathile Christian Devalayangalile Chuvar Chitrangalum Althara Chitrangalum' - Book Published by Kerala Lalitha Kala Academy, Thrissur.
Awards, Scholarships, Camps, Residencies
2013: 3-month residency in Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland
2012: FICA Emerging Artist Award (Swiz Art Council, Vadehra Art Gallery)
2003: Samhitha-National Camp for PG Students, College of Arts, New Delhi
2003: Scholarship for PG students, Hyderabad Central University
2001: Kerala Lalithkala Academy Award for BFA Students
Paper presented in National Seminars
2014: Presented a paper on 'Christian art in Portuguese Kerala: Construction of a Universal Language and Localisation of Imageries' in a two-day National Seminar on The Global and the Regional in Indian Contemporary Art, Department of Painting, Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit.
2014: A paper on Murals and altar paintings in Christian churches of Kerala in a National Seminar on Emerging Trends in Tourism, Department of Tourism, Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit.
2013: A paper on Folk influences in Church murals in Kerala in a Three-Day National Seminar on The Art of Painting in Folk Culture by the Department of Malayalam, Krishna Menon Memorial Govt. Women's College.




