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{{short description|Indian painter}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox artist
| name = T. K. Padmini
| image = Photo of T.K. Padmini.jpg
| caption =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1940|5|2}}
| birth_place = Kadancheri, [[Ponnani]], [[Malappuram]], [[Kerala]], India
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1969|5|11|1940|5|2}}
| death_place =
| nationality = [[India|Indian]]
| movement =
| field = [[Painter]]
| training = {{ubl|A. V. High School, [[Ponnani]]|[[Government College of Fine Arts, Chennai]]}}
| works = {{ubl|''Burial Ground''|''Dreamland''|''Dawn''|''Growth''|''Women''|''Girl Flying Kite''}}
| spouse = K. Damodaran
}}
'''T. K. Padmini''' (2 May 1940 – 11 May 1969)<ref name="Mair">{{cite web|last1=Mair|first1=Edasseri Govindan|title='Our Padmini' translation|url=http://www.edasseri.org/tk_padmini/memoir_1.htm|website=Artist T.K. Padmini (1940 - 1969)|accessdate=21 October 2017}}</ref> was an Indian painter from the south India state of [[Kerala]]. A recipient of multiple awards from the Chennai centre of the [[Lalit Kala Akademi]], she was one of the prominent Indian woman painters. Her paintings have been displayed at [[The National Art Gallery (Chennai)|The National Art Gallery]], [[Salar Jung Museum]], Hyderabad and the [[Durbar Hall Ground|Durbar Hall Ground Art Gallery]] of [[Kerala Lalithakala Akademi]]. She died on 11 May 1969 at the age of 29.

==Biography==
Padmini was born on 2 May 1940 at Kadancheri, a small village near [[Ponnani]], a coastal town in the [[Malappuram district]] of the south Indian state of [[Kerala]]<ref name="T.K.Padmini, a memoir by Poet Edasseri Govindan Nair">{{Cite web |url=http://www.edasseri.org/tk_padmini/memoir_1.htm |title=T.K.Padmini, a memoir by Poet Edasseri Govindan Nair |website=www.edasseri.org |access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref> to Kinattinkare Damodaran Nair, a government clerk.<ref name="T.K.Padmini, a memoir by T.K. Divakara Menon">{{Cite web |url=http://www.edasseri.org/tk_padmini/memoir_2.htm |title=T.K.Padmini, a memoir by T.K. Divakara Menon |website=www.edasseri.org |access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref> After early schooling at the local in Kadancheri, she did her higher school education at Basel Mission School, Ponnani and later at A. V. High School, Ponnani; it was during this time, her talent in arts was discovered by her arts teacher at school, K. L. Devassi. Her uncle, Divakara Menon, urged the poet, [[Edasseri Govindan Nair]], who accepted the girl in his house so that she could continue art studies under Devassi. After passing the [[Secondary School Leaving Certificate]] examination in 1956, she continued her training in art under the noted artist, [[Namboothiri (artist)|Namboothiri]], who taught her without any remuneration.<ref name="KeralaWomen">{{cite web|title=Padmini|url=http://www.keralawomen.gov.in/index.php/painters-sculptors/152-padmini|website=Kerala Women|accessdate=21 October 2017}}</ref>

Padmini joined the [[Government College of Fine Arts, Chennai]] in 1961, with assistance from Edasseri, Devan and [[Akkitham Narayanan]], who was a student at the institution during those days.<ref name="T.K.Padmini, a memoir by T.K. Divakara Menon" /> Here, she had the opportunity to study under [[K. C. S. Paniker]] who was the principal at that time.<ref name="T.K.Padmini, a memoir by Poet Edasseri Govindan Nair" /> She completed the six-year diploma in four years by securing double promoton twice, passing with a first rank in 1965<ref name="T.K. Padmini, the artist with a feminine touch">{{Cite web |url=http://www.edasseri.org/tk_padmini/the_artist.htm |title=T.K. Padmini, the artist with a feminine touch |website=www.edasseri.org |access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref> and stayed in Chennai, joining Vidyodaya Girls School in 1966; she also worked at [[Adarsh Vidyalaya Higher Secondary School|Adarsh Vidyalaya Matriculation School]] and Children’s Garden Matriculation School. Her marriage to K. Damodaran, an artist and a fellow student at the College of Fine Arts, was in May 1968. She died on 11 May 1969, at the age of 29, succumbing to the complications developed after childbirth;<ref name="Tracing an artistic journey">{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/tracing-an-artistic-journey/article2974036.ece |title=Tracing an artistic journey |last=Nagarajan |first=Saraswathy |date=2012-03-08 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref> her child, too, did not survive.<ref name="T.K.Padmini, a memoir by T.K. Divakara Menon" />

== Legacy ==
{{quotebox|align = right|width=22em|''She was an introvert who astonished us with the genius of her paintings. Her work won the praise of [[K. C. S. Paniker]], who was then Principal of the college,'' says [[C. N. Karunakaran]], artist and Padmini's contemporary at [[Government College of Fine Arts, Chennai]]<ref name="Tracing an artistic journey" />}}
The first exhibition of Padmini's paintings were at [[Kozhikode]] where she had gone to visit, carrying a few of her own works; [[M. V. Devan]], the noted artist, on seeing her pictures, arranged for two of the charcoal drawings to be exhibited in the event.<ref name="T.K.Padmini, a memoir by T.K. Divakara Menon" /> Her paintings featured the landscapes of her native place, village life and rural people, mixed with the anxieties and forebodings of her own mind.<ref name="T.K.Padmini, a memoir by her husband K. Damodaran">{{Cite web |url=http://www.edasseri.org/tk_padmini/memoir_3.htm |title=T.K.Padmini, a memoir by her husband K. Damodaran |website=www.edasseri.org |access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref> She participated in several exhibitions in [[Mumbai]], [[Kolkata]], [[Hyderabad]], [[Bengaluru]], [[Kochi]] and [[Chennai]], including a ''One-Man Show'' held in Chennai in 1968 and at the National Exhibition, held in [[New Delhi]] in 1969. Eighty-six of her paintings Padmini have been displayed at the [[Durbar Hall Ground|Durbar Hall Gallery]] of [[Kerala Lalithakala Akademi]] in [[Kochi, India|Kochi]] and a few drawings are in the archives of the Akademi in [[Thrissur]]. Her paintings viz. ''Portrait'' and ''Burial Ground'', are on display at the [[The National Art Gallery (Chennai)|National Art Gallery, Chennai]], and a few others are at [[Salar Jung Museum]], Hyderabad; besides private collections in India and abroad. The last of her works, ''Girl who flies the Kite'', was on display at the British Council, Chennai, organized by the Creative Art Forum.<ref name="T.K.Padmini, a memoir by T.K. Divakara Menon" />

== Awards and honours ==
Padmini won her first honour in the form of a certificate of commendation from the Madras State [[Lalit Kala Akademi|Lalithakala Akademi]] for her painting ''Growth'' in 1963.<ref name="T.K. Padmini, the artist with a feminine touch" /> The Association of Young Painters and Sculptors (AYPS) awarded her their annual award in 1965 for the painting, ''Women''. She received two more awards from the Madras State Lalit Kala Akademi in 1967, her paintings ''Dreamland'' and ''Dawn'', earning her the awards.<ref name="KeralaWomen" />

Malayalanaadu weekly published a [[festschrift]] on Padmini, on the occasion of the first anniversary of her death.<ref name="T.K.Padmini, a memoir by her husband K. Damodaran" /> [[Kerala Lalithakala Akademi]] published a book on her, titled ''T. K. Padmini, a Monograph'', in 2005,<ref name="Publications - Kerala Lalithakala Akademi">{{Cite web |url=http://www.lalithkala.org/content/publications |title=Publications - Kerala Lalithakala Akademi |website=lalithkala.org |access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref> which featured a foreword by [[Kanayi Kunhiraman]], and reminiscences by T. K. Divakaran, her maternal uncle and mentor, K. Damodaran, her husband and [[Edasseri Govindan Nair]], one of the guiding figures in the artist's life, besides the colour reproduction of 28 Paintings and 8 drawings.<ref name="Releasing of the book published by Kerala Lalithakala Akademi">{{Cite web |url=http://www.edasseri.org/tk_padmini/release_function.htm |title=Releasing of the book published by Kerala Lalithakala Akademi |website=www.edasseri.org |access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref> In 2012, The Information and Public Relations Department of the Government of Kerala produced a 30-minute documentary on the life of Padmini under the title, ''Pattam Parathunna Penkutty''.<ref name="Tracing an artistic journey">{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/tracing-an-artistic-journey/article2974036.ece |title=Tracing an artistic journey |last=Nagarajan |first=Saraswathy |date=2012-03-08 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref><ref name="Memories revisited">{{Cite news |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/2012/mar/05/memories-revisited-346207.html |title=Memories revisited |date=16 May 2012|newspaper=The New Indian Express |access-date=7 September 2019}}</ref><ref name="Film on T K Padmini to be Released">{{Cite web |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2012/mar/23/film-on-t-k-padmini-to-be-released-351513.html |title=Film on T K Padmini to be Released |website=The New Indian Express |access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref> The film, directed by Walter D'Cruz received three awards viz. Kerala State Television Award for the best documentary in 2012,<ref name="Kerala State television awards for 2012 were distributed">{{Cite web |url=https://www.vinodadarshan.com/2013/10/kerala-state-television-awards-for-2012.html |title=Kerala State television awards for 2012 were distributed |website=Vinodadarshan |access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref> International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala (IDSFFK) special jury award in 2013 and best documentary award at the Female Film Festival in 2013.<ref name="Pattam Parathunna Penkutti - T K Padmini - documentary">{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WguEdhMV7SQ |title=Pattam Parathunna Penkutti - T K Padmini - documentary |last=W Media |date=2018-05-03 |website=YouTube |access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref> Kerala Lalithakala Akademi have also instituted an annual award in her name, ''T. K. Padmini Puraskaram''.<ref name="State Awards - Kerala Lalithakala Akademi">{{Cite web |url=https://www.lalithkala.org/content/state-awards |title=State Awards - Kerala Lalithakala Akademi |website=www.lalithkala.org |access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref>

== In popular media ==
''T. K. Padmini Memorial Trust'', an eponymous organization, has undertaken to produce a biopic, [[Padmini (film)|Padmini]], based on the life of the artist.<ref name="Padmini on IMDb">{{Cite web |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5933582/ |title=Padmini on IMDb |date=2019-03-14 |access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref><ref name="Anumol plays painter TK Padmini in biopic">{{Cite web |url=https://newsable.asianetnews.com/entertainment/biopic-on-painter-tk-padmini-to-be-released-soon |title=Anumol plays painter TK Padmini in biopic |website=Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd |access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref> The film, a directorial debut for writer, [[Susmesh Chandroth]], features [[Anumol]] in Padmini's role.<ref name="Anumol to portray artist Padmini in Susmesh Chandroth's debut directorial">{{Cite web |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/movies/anumol-to-portray-artist-padmini-in-susmesh-chandroth-s-debut-directorial-english-news-1.1278404 |title=Anumol to portray artist Padmini in Susmesh Chandroth's debut directorial |website=Mathrubhumi |language=en |access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJMD0Q6WRKs |title=T.K. Padmini (Artist) - Yathra 25 Sep 2016 |last=asianetnews |date=2016-10-07 |website=YouTube |access-date=2019-03-14}}
* {{Cite video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WguEdhMV7SQ |title=Pattam Parathunna Penkutti |last=W Media |type=Documentary |language=Malayalam |year=2012 |trans-title=The Girl Flying Kite |place=Kerala |access-date=2019-03-14 |quote=full video}}
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVEfvf-fnXQ |title=Padmini (movie trailer) |last=Anu Yathra |date=2018-10-17 |website=YouTube |access-date=2019-03-14}}
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4pp1zn |title=Artist T K Padmini's Life Story To Be Filmed |website=Dailymotion |language=en |access-date=2019-03-14}}
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2cihKZp2l8 |title=Making of the Movie - PADMINI |last=PADMINI The Movie |date=2018-03-10 |access-date=2019-03-14}}

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