My Biography

 

 Johns Mathew - Sculptor/ Painter/ Writer

             

Born, 1962

Education:  B.Com, University of Calicut, Kerala.

                    B.FA, MFA, Faculty of Fine Arts, (discontinued) M.S. University, Baroda. Gujarat. 1986 – 1992

 

Work History:

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

Art Director for theater in Reunion Island, 2000.

Techniques in Hand Painted Garments, Class and Demo, Paris, France 2000.

Private commissions for murals and paintings (India & abroad) from 2000 to present.

 

 Work experience:

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

Project work for students of Architecture, National Institute of Technology ,Calicut, 2013.

Project work 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, Cochin, Kerala 2007.

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

‘Lock Down Games” At LKA Art Gallery, Kozhikode, Grant my LKA of Kerala. 2021.

 

Group Shows:

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. Chennai 2011

Senior Painters workshop, AIFACS, New Delhi, 2011

 

 

National Granite carving Camps:

 

Shilpanagaram, National Granite Sculptors Camp, Calicut 2012.

Granite Carving Camp, organized by Department of Archaeology, Fort Cochin, Kerala, 2013.

Commission works:

Participated in commission work on granite relief carving based on the novel of  O.V.  Vijayan’s Khasaakkinte Ithihaasam, by District Tourism Promotion Council, Palakad, and Costford, Trichur, Kerala.

 

Participated in commission work to construct granite building with carvings at Palvelicham, near Kuruva island for Palvelicham Art and craft Village. 2015

 

Short Video films:

 Production, Direction, Script, Photography, Editing and Graphics of  ‘Happy Lolita’, a 14 minute digital video film about a deaf Cat (English) 2010.

 

Presently working as Visiting Faculty at DG College of Architecture and MES College of Architecture, Kozhikode.

 

 

Lives and works in India and Greece.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Johns Mathew Sculptor/ Painter/Writer

 

 e-mail: johnsmathew62@gmail.com

             

Born, 1962

Education:  B.Com, University of Calicut, Kerala.

                    B.FA, MFA, Faculty of Fine Arts, (discontinued) M.S. University, Baroda. Gujarat. 1986 – 1992

 

Work History:

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

Art Director for theatre in Reunion Island, 2000.

Techniques in Hand Painted Garments, Class and Demo, Paris, France 2000.

Private commissions for murals and paintings in India & abroad.

 

 Work experience:

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

Project work for students of Architecture, National Institute of Technology ,Calicut, 2013.

Project work with students of National Institute of Technology,Calicut, at Social Welfare Centre for physically and mentally challenged children 2013.

 

Solo Exhibitions: in Kerala, Bangalore, Greece, Germany.

 

Group Shows: Kerala, India, Edinburgh, Scotland,

 

Artist’s Workshop: New Delhi, Kerala, India.

National Granite carving Camps: Shilpanagaram, National Granite Sculptors Camp, Calicut 2012. Granite Carving Camp, organized by Department of Archaeology, Fort Cochin, Kerala, 2013.

Commission works:

Participated on granite relief carving based on the novel of  O.V.  Vijayan’s Khasaakkinte Ithihaasam, by District Tourism Promotion Council, Palakad, and Costford, Trichur, Kerala.

 

Participated in commission work to construct granite building with carvings at Palvelicham, near Kuruva island for Palvelicham Art and craft Village. 2015.

 

Short Video films:

 Production, Direction, Script, Photography, Editing and Graphics of ‘Happy Lolita’, a 14 minute digital video film about a deaf Cat (English) 2010.

 

'Exodus to the village'

'Exodus to the village'

12/04/2020

Unexpected lock down due to Covid 19 created panic among migrant labors to return back to their far away villages.

Without enough food, money, shelter or water they walked a long way back home unattended by media or gossip channels. 

My attempt to place the exodus of migrant labors in a created landscape to evoke the harsh reality using few motifs. 

Corona Time

It's the time of Corona virus threat.

Threat to human existence on Earth. In particular those who are weak, poor, aged and lives in insecure conditions. The fear of the virus is added up on top of political fear. 

The title of the sculpture is 'Selfie of 2019' medium ' granite and wood.

Life after Flood

Titile : Life after Flood.
Acrylic on canvas. 56 cm / 36 cm

The recent flood in Kerala hit the normal life of many as well as mine.
Instead of representing flood hit visuals or tragedies I try to depict the life after flood as a visual poetry with Hope, Love, Magic of Nature and distractive actions of human.

                       Titile : 'Life cycle'. Medium : Black tea and water color on paper.

                                   Title:  'Prajapathi winks at his creations' Mix Medium on paper.

                      Every thing sprouted from One as I learned. But that one perhaps winks at those who sprouted out of 'It' seeing the present.

Temporary Sculpture with Natural Found Objects

This is a Temporary Sculptures with Found Natural Objects created by students of Govt. School at Prakritheeyam Charitable Society,

Trivandrum, Kerala, India. 2016.

The students were asked to collect natural objects from the surrounding where the workshop was held. With little instructions they created astonishing temporary sculptures.