Kalamandalam Bindhulekha

Kalamandalam Bindhulekha
Kalamandalam Bindhulekha
Born	Bindhulekha; 18 October 1978 (age 45)
Occupation	Mural painter ,Dancer
Years active	2001-till date
Spouse(s)	Madhav Ramadasan

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Kalamandalam Bindhulekha is a mural painter and Mohiniyattam, Bharathanatyam dancer from Kerala state, India.^[1] She is the first woman mural painter in temple drawing from Kerala state.^[2]

Early life and background[edit]

Kalamandalam Bindhulekha is a diploma holder in Mohiniyattam and Bharathanatyam and has graduated from Kerala Kalamandalam. She took up mural painting, after having been attracted by the work of her brother-in-law, Sadanandan, a disciple of Mammiyur Krishnan Kutty Nair^[3] and got trained in the genre for six years.

Style[edit]

Bindhulekha’s work is mainly about blending the traditional mural painting and the contemporary art to give it a modern feel. Some of her mural works sport new styles and unusual colours such as blue.

Art career[edit]

Her debut work in Tiroor Vadakurumbakaavu temple in Thrissur is considered the first mural painting to be done in a Kerala temple by a woman artist. It took two years to complete the mural painting which consisted of three forms of Devi - Saraswati (in shades of white), Bhadrakali (in shades of dark blue) and Mahalakshmi (in shades of red). The painting was based on the theme "Rajas tamas satva".^[4] Her first solo show exhibition of mural paintings was conducted in 2004 at Kerala Lalithakala Akademi Art gallery in Trichur.She has also been part of group exhibitions conducted in Bangalore and Mumbai.

Personal life[edit]

Kalamandalam Bindulekha is married to Malayalam film director Madhav Ramadasan.

List of major works[edit]

Manoyanam – The Voyage of Dream
Tradition and Beyond

References[edit]

↑ "Breaking into another male bastion". The Hindu. 9 October 2004. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
↑ "A Dancer's Tryst With Colours". The New Indian Express. 19 September 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
↑ "The mural of the story". Deccan Chronicle. 22 July 2013. Archived from the original on 4 December 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
↑ "Mural artist to display her paintings". The Hindu. 11 August 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2014.

[1] "Breaking into another male bastion". The Hindu. 9 October 2004. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.

[2] "A Dancer's Tryst With Colours". The New Indian Express. 19 September 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.

[3] "The mural of the story". Deccan Chronicle. 22 July 2013. Archived from the original on 4 December 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.

[4] "Mural artist to display her paintings". The Hindu. 11 August 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2014.

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