"SEED"

"SEED"

Medium - Granite ( approx 2 feet hight, 2.1/2 feet width 1 feet depth.

 an attempt to focus attention on disappearing local seeds. 

The very visual of a Germinating seed implies the meaning of life cycle. 

Resume

Resume.

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Johns Mathew - Painter& Sculptor

Pulikkottil,

Uppukandiyil, Parambil Post,

Cheruvatta. Kozhikode 673012

e-mail:   johnsmathew62@yahoo.com

               johnsmat@gmail.com

Education:  B.Com, B.FA, MFA (discontinued because of certain reasons)  Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Baroda, Gujarat. India

Work History:

Designer in Hand Painted Textile, New Delhi,. 1993-94.

Assisted for an Theater Art Director for a theatre play in Reunion Island, 2000.

Visiting Faculty for Basic Designs at National Institute of Technology Calicut, for Architecture, 2012

Project coordinator for students of Architecture, National Institute of Techniques, Calicut, 2013.

Project coordinator with students of National Institute of Technology, Calicut, at Social Welfare Centre

for physically and mentally challenged children 2013.

Solo Exhibitions:

‘Living Space’, Tinos Island, Greece 2000.

‘Journey Inward’ Durbar Hall Art Centre, Cochin, Kerala 2002.

Laithakala Academy Art Gallery, Calicut 2003.

‘Primavera’, Ambara, Bangalore 2003.

‘Consciousness’ Lalithakala Academy, Thrissur 2005

‘Water Trees and Other works’ Durbar Hall Art Centre,  preseted by Llithakala Akademi, Kerala 2007.

‘Exercise of Lies’ Media Study Centre, Calicut. 2011.

‘Exercise of Lies’ Whitewall Gallery, Ernakulam 2016.

Group Shows:

With Joseph.M.Verghese, Durbar Hall Art Centre, Cochin, Kerala 2005.

Chaitanya Art Gallery, Cochin, Kerala 2007.

Contemporary Indian Paintings, Patriot Hall Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland 2007.

Lalithakala Akademy at ChitrakalaParishath, Bangalore. 2008.

LalithakalaAkademy Art Gallery, Calicut 2008.

Durbar Hall Art Centre, Cochin, Kerala, 2012

Artist’s Workshop:

S.K. Pottakkad Cultural centre, Calicut 2006.

A.C.K. Raja Memorial Artist’s Workshop, Malapuram, Kerala 2007.

Artists Workshop organized by Peravoor Village Block Panchayath, Peravoor 2009.

Art work shop based on the novel of S.K. Pottakkad’s ‘Orutheruvintekatha’ 2010.

Senior Painters workshop, Lalithakala Academy South regional Centre 2011

Senior Painters workshop, AIFACS, New Delhi 2011.

National Granite Sculptors Camp, Calicut 2012.

Granite Carving Camp, organized by Department of Archaeology, Fort Cochin, Kerala. 2014.
Kabani Art fest and workshop Organized by SEW (Society for Elephants Welfare) Wayanad Kerala. 2014.

Commission works:

Worked for an Open Museum Project of Granite reliefs based on the novel of  O.V.  Vijayan’s Khasaakkinte Ithihaasam, by District Tourism Promotion Council, Palakad, Kerala. 2013.
Participated in constructing granite building with carving for Palvelicham Art And Craft Village, Near Kuruva Island, Palvelicham, Wayanad Dt, Kerala. India together with three other Sculptors.

Granite Sculpture commission work for a private resort at Kadathi, Moovvaattupuzha, Kerala. 2016.

Short Video films:

Production, Direction, Script, Photography, Editing and Graphics of   “Happy Lolita “, a

14 minute digital video film about a deaf Cat (in Malayalam and English ) 2010.

Other Activities.
Participant in creating Kalakar Keralam Organization.

http://johns-mathew.blogspot.com

At present : Visiting Faculty at MES College of Architecture, Devakiyamma Memmorial College of Architecture. Kozhikode. Kerala. India.

Nutmeg

A new try with Granite.

This enormous Nutmeg is created at Kadathi village, Muvvattupuzha, kerala, India along with two other small sculptures were a try to create attention on the local produce and seeds. 

" Dying Flower "

                                                               
 " Dying Flower "   Gouache and Acrylic on paper. 2016


Death is a physical reality of all living beings on Earth. But the moment someone start talking among friends or acquaintance a strange silence and sadness prevails. I wish to catch that very feeling of sadness and silence in this painting using an unreal flower as a theme. 

" Woman "

                                                       
                                                                           "Woman "

Acrylic, Gouache and crumbled paper on paper.

A symbolic representation of a torn woman's cloth to suggest disrespect, brutal manipulation, atrocities, sexual harassment against women etc.