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{{Infobox Artist
| name = Suresh Kumar Nair
| image = Suresh K. Nair.jpg
| image_size = 220px
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1971|1|30}}
| birth_place = [[Adakkaputhur]], [[Kerala]], India
| nationality = [[India]]n
| institution = [[Banaras Hindu University]]
}}

'''Suresh K. Nair''' (born 1971 in Adakkaputhur, [[Kerala]], India) is an artist based in [[Banaras]]. Nair obtained his national diploma in mural painting from the Institute of Mural Painting Guruvayur, Kerala under the guidance of [[Mammiyur Krishnan Kutty Nair|Mammiyur Krishnan Kuty Nair]]. He was inspired by the works of Rabiindranath Tagore, [[Nandalal Bose]], Benode Behari Mukherjee and [[Ramkinkar Baij|Ramkinker Baij]] and continued his studies at the Department of Painting, [[Visva-Bharati University|Viswabarati University]], Santiniketan. Nair has acquired a presence in the Indian and international art scene over the last decade with several shows organized by regional and international galleries and museums, and created many murals in India and abroad. His early works are based on Kerala murals, both in terms of technique and ideas.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Adbhutam : rasa in Indian art|year=2011|publisher=Centre of International Modern Art|location=Kolkata|isbn=978-8187977087|oclc=829233640}}</ref> One of his modern paintings, ‘Cosmic Butterfly" is owned by Essl Museum, [[Vienna]], Austria since 2010.<ref>{{Cite book|title=India awakens : under the banyan tree|author=Pande, Alka|author2=Essl, Karlheinz|date=2010|publisher=Edition Sammlung Essl|isbn=9783902001566|location=|pages=|oclc=780451990}}</ref> His works were exhibited in the US, Spain, and Canada, and his awards include the Elizabath Green Shield Foundation Scholarship (1999) of Canada; [[Fulbright Fellowship]] ( 2006–07) for an Educational Exchange Program at [[Tyler School of Art]], [[Temple University]], Philadelphia under Professor Nicholas Kripal; and the State Award of [[Kerala Lalithakala Akademi|Kerala Lalithkala Akademi]], Ministry of Culture, Government of Kerala.

Since 2007, he teaches art at the Department of Painting, Faculty of Visual Arts, [[Banaras Hindu University]], Varanasi, India. In the last decade, among his other projects, he is making experimental drawings inspired by music.

== Early life and education ==
He was brought up in the culturally diverse Valluvanadu region in [[Vellinezhi]], Palakkad District in Kerala, South India, and observed the living traditions of performing arts like ''[[Kathakali]], [[Bharatanatyam]], [[Mohiniyattam|Mohiniyatam]]'', ''[[Theyyam]]'' and ''Thira''. He was fascinated by the temple murals of the region, book illustrations, contemporary paintings and photographs. He acquired his basic art education at the Silpa Chithra College of Art, Pattambi. From a young age, he was making sketches of moving figures, especially ''kathakali'' dancers. On one of these occasions. he met the French artist, Brigith Revelli, who commissioned him to draw postures and hand gestures of Katakhali dancers and exhibited his drawings and paintings at the French Cultural Center of Trivandrum, New Delhi and Paris.

== Career ==
He studied Kerala mural painting for five years at Guruvayur Temple under the famous mural maestro, Mammiyoor Krishnan Kutty Nair, and continued his education at [[Visva-Bharati University|Viswabharati University]], [[Santiniketan]], West Bengal. Bengali artists like [[Rabindranath Tagore]], [[Nandalal Bose]], [[Benode Behari Mukherjee]], [[Ramkinkar Baij|Ramkinker Baij]] and the filmmaker [[Satyajit Ray|Satyajith Ray]], had a great impact on his art practice, and he started learning contemporary performing arts as well. After completing his studies, he worked as a lecturer at Sri Sankaracharya Sanskrit University in [[Kalady]], and he spent six months at [[Tyler School of Art]], [[Temple University]], [[Philadelphia]] after he received a [[Fulbright Fellowship]] in 2005. In 2007, he joined [[Banaras Hindu University]] as a faculty member. Since then he is an assistant professor of painting at the Department of Painting, Faculty of Visual Arts.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/spotlight/A-unique-wall-mural-near-the-Wagah-Border/articleshow/40253224.cms|title=A unique wall mural near the Wagah Border - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-09-12}}</ref>

== Wall of Peace ==
The Wall of Peace is a public art project initiated by Suresh K. Nair, and executed with the help of his students of Benares Hindu University in January 2019 in Cherpulassery, Kerala.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/peace-is-writ-large-on-this-wall/article25874990.ece|title=Peace is writ large on this wall|last=Shaji|first=K. a|date=2018-12-31|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-04-05|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> The images created on the boundary wall of the Government Vocational Higher Secondary School are related to local history and tradition in order to promote peace and harmony.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://artsoullifemagazine.com/articles/a-professor-carving-peace-in-kerala/|title=A Professor Carving Peace in Kerala {{!}} Art Soul Life Magazine|website=artsoullifemagazine.com|access-date=2019-04-05}}</ref> The project was completed with the support of Dr. Shehen P. V., Hamsa P. V., the SPACE Project (School Project Aiming at Excellence) and the local people of Cherpulassery. The 7,000-sq-ft wall is divided into 25 panels depicting local history, culture and tradition,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/174448/kerala-art-carvings-wall-of-peace-mural-cherpulassery/|title=Meet The Art Professor & His Students Carving Some 'Peace' In A Kerala Town|date=2019-03-08|website=The Better India|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-05}}</ref> and it is framed as a story-telling scroll starting with a Moon and finishing with a Sun made of mirrors. There are portraits of Mozhikunnath Brahmadattan Namboodiripad, an eminent figure of the 1921 Malabar rebellion; Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, a political leader fighting for independent India; Gandhi talking to the people of Cherpulassery; P. T. Bhaskara Panicker, a great scientist and educator of Kerala; Kannattil Ramanezhuthachan, the well-loved clerk of the school, who planted the banyan trees, and many others. Images of local tradition include a figure of traditional shadow puppetry, the Tholppava Koothu; temple dancers during Teyyam and Thira.<gallery mode="slideshow">
File:The Saint by SKN.jpg|alt=The Saint|The Saint
File:Torture of Brahmadattan Namboodirippad.jpg|alt=Wall of Peace|Wall of Peace
File:Water by SKN.jpg|alt=Water|Water
File:Art class in Varanasi.jpg|alt=Art Class for Children|Art Class for Children
</gallery>

== Website ==
[https://wallofpeace.in www.wallofpeace.in]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==

*https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/art/small-is-beautiful/article34952173.ece
*https://vimeo.com/559689510
*<nowiki>http://kochimuzirisbiennale.org/students-biennale/</nowiki>
* https://crackbd.org/2019-curator%E2%80%8B-suresh-k-nair/
* <nowiki>https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2020/oct/16/4th-edition-of-students-biennale-from-feb-21-2210833.html</nowiki>
* <nowiki>https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/students-biennale-to-be-held-online-in-feb-next-year/article32864803.ece</nowiki>
* <nowiki>https://topnewswood.com/india/students-biennale-to-be-held-online-in-feb-next-year/</nowiki>
* <nowiki>https://m.timesofindia.com/city/kochi/students-biennale-to-open-as-virtual-expo-in-feb/articleshow/78724957.cms</nowiki>
* <nowiki>https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/puducherry/painting-exhibition-myriad-hues-of-life-during-lockdown/article32878575.ece</nowiki>
* http://newindianexpress.com/magazine/City-as-a-canvas-for-mural-art/2013/08/25/article1746039.ece

* http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/when-music-flows-golden/article4861660.ece
* http://newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/Mystical-hues-of music/2013/06/28/article1656266.ece?service=print
* https://www.temple.edu/temple_times/february07/Nair.html
*http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2019/jan/14/on-this-wall-history-retold-peace-spread-1924749.html
*https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/700-foot-long-peace-wall-art-kerala-tells-local-history-and-more-98181

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