Style : Known for his skills in portraiture, his subject matter comes in a mix of landscape and a photo-realistic rendition. The colourful imagery on paper and canvas, often in a large format, focuses on issues of displacement, capturing posing protagonists, often women and children, in their newfound domains against a background of made-up environment of thick foliage interspersed with bright flowers. Their socio-political and gender realities are highlighted by the dress they wear or the sharpness or softness of the background and foliage in the work.
About the Artist and his work :
Born : Born in Kerala, 1966.
Education : Binoy did his National Diploma in Fine Arts from R.L.V College of Fine Arts, Kerala.
He was the artist-in-residence at Aicon gallery,new york in 2007; Banff Centre for Arts, Alberta, Canada in 2000 and Cholamandal Artists Village, Chennai during 1994-98.
Shows :
He has held Six one-man shows at New Delhi, Canada, Chennai. He has also participated in three Two-men shows and many group shows which include Reading Paint, Bangkok in 2007; Definitively Provisional II, Copenhagaun, Denmark; 11th Asian Art Biennale, Bangladesh in 2004; Miami Art Festival, Sponsored by Jacob Karpio Gallery Costa Rica in 1999; 41st National Academy Exhibition, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi in 1998.
Award :
1998 – National Award, National Academy of Arts, New Delhi, India.
1997 – Kanoria Centre for Arts, Ahmedabad, India.
1996 – Artist of the Month, Max Muller Bhavan, Chennai, India.
1995 – Kerala Lalith Kala Academy, India.
1994-95 – Arnawaz Vasudev Trust, Chennai, India
1993 – Madhavan Nair Foundation, Kochi, India
Collections :
Featured in India Art Fair, and auctions, his work is held in important collections including National Gallery of Modern Art, and Apollo Hospital in Delhi. He has also designed a stamp for the Postal Department, Government of India.
