R.M. Palaniappan, born on June 03,1952 in Devattal, Tamil Nadu is a renowned Indian artist. He studied Post Diploma in Industrial Design (ceramic) and a Diploma in Fine Arts (Painting) at Government College of Arts and Crafts, Chennai. His interest in science and psychology has become the subject matter of his artistic expression and his thought process is well reflected through visual analysis. The work titled as “Dancing steps on my birth day” is one of his first creative composition through which he understood his deep fascination of the moving objects. His works are exhibited at both national and international platform. Some of them includes ‘Chasing the reality’, Apparao College, Mumbai. Chennai, 2006-07; ‘Reverse Reality’, Ga...
R.M. Palaniappan, born on June 03,1952 in Devattal, Tamil Nadu is a renowned Indian artist. He studied Post Diploma in Industrial Design (ceramic) and a Diploma in Fine Arts (Painting) at Government College of Arts and Crafts, Chennai. His interest in science and psychology has become the subject matter of his artistic expression and his thought process is well reflected through visual analysis. The work titled as “Dancing steps on my birth day” is one of his first creative composition through which he understood his deep fascination of the moving objects. His works are exhibited at both national and international platform. Some of them includes ‘Chasing the reality’, Apparao College, Mumbai. Chennai, 2006-07; ‘Reverse Reality’, Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore, 2004; ‘Time Space’, Sakshi Gallery, Chennai, 1988; ‘Time Space’, Jahangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, 1987; ‘The Southern Alternative’, Artist Circle, Kolkata, 2006; ‘A Harvest of Visions’, MEC Art Gallery, New Delhi, 2000 and many more. He is also felicitated with many awards and fellowships. These include Visitorship Program Invitation by Ministry of External Affairs, Government of Australia, 2003; Charles Wallace (India) Trust Grants to Work in Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Arts at Oxfor University, Oxford as an artist for Residency, 1996: Merit Mention Award, 1st International Bharat Bhavan Prints Biennial, Bhopal etc.
