Archer Art Gallery, Ahmedabad, India

Thota Vaikuntam Biography

Thota Vaikuntam was born in Andhra Pradesh and studied at the college of Fine Arts and Architecture, Hyderabad. In 1971, he won the Lalit Kala Akademi Fellowship to study at the M. S. University Baroda. He has had several Solo Shows in Delhi, Mumbai and cities in South India. His works have also been exhibited in NewYork, London, Dubai, Birmingham and Kassel. His work was shown at the VII Triennale, Delhi and he has also exhibited with Saffronart in Los Angeles & Hong Kong 2001. He won the Bharat Biennale Award Bhopal in 1988, as well as the National Award for Painting from the Government of India in 1993. He lives and works in Hyderabad.