Arun VC, a Kerela-based watercolour artist, was born on April 2, 1974. He completed his secondary education in Kerala and went on to study Classical Music (Bamboo Flute) at Kalakshetra College of Fine Arts in Chennai. He worked for many years as a graphic designer and artist. He also worked in Hyderabad as an industrial photographer for an advertising agency. Now, Arun works as a full-time Artist, Freelance Photographer.
He has displayed his work at the following exhibitions - -Solo Exhibition of photographs at Kerala Lalithakala Akademi Gallery, Thalassery- 2016 -Solo Exhibition of photographs at Kerala Lalithakala Akademi Gallery, Kozhikkode- 2015 -Solo Exhibition of photographs at Kerala Lalithakala Akademi Gallery, Mananthavady- 2014 -Solo Exhibition of photographs at Durbar Hall Art Gallery, Ernakulam- 2014 -South zone Regional Exhibition Lalithakala Akademi Regional center, Chennai- 2014 -Nirapporul (group) at Durbar Hall Art Gallery Ernakulam -Semi-permanent India Exhibition (group) at the TropenMuseum Amsterdam -South zone Regional exhibition of Lalit Kala Akademi- 2000 -Annual exhibition of Oviyanunkalai kudzu, Tamilnadu-1997 -South zone Regional exhibition of Lalit Kala Akademi -1997 Contributed images (Paintings, Illustrations, and Photographs) to many renowned institutions Including - -Oxford University Press, New Delhi, -The Tropenmuseum, The Netherlands -Berne University of Arts, Switzerland -Universitat Luneberg, Germany -Ekagrata Publications, The Netherlands -Indo European Arts and Crafts Exchange, The Netherlands and -Kerala Lalithakala Akademi Workshops On Photography -Workshops On Photography at School of art Thalassery- October 2016 -Workshop on macro photography Organised by Sporting Youth’s Library, Thalassery- October 2016 -Workshop on Medium Format photography Organised by Add Magics studio floor, Ernakulam- December 2015, September 2015 Camps - -State Photographers Camp, Kerala Lalithakala Akademi, 2017 -Painters Camp, Wayanad Art Cloud, Thrikkaippata, 2019 Publications - -Published several articles on the technical aspects of Photography, Art, and other subjects in literary periodicals in Malayalam. Designs - -Illustration for the book covers for Neermathalam Books, in Malayalam- (2017) -The Moving Art Gallery of Kerala Lalithakala Akademi- 2016 -Catalog and Publicity Materials for the National painters camp, Kerala Lalithakala Akademi, 2015 -Publicity materials for Kazhcha Mega Art exhibition, Kerala Lalithakala Akademi, 2015 And many other brochures, catalogs, and Publicity materials for Kerala Lalithakala Akademi and other institutions -Mural paintings at District Govt. Homeo hospital, Kanhangad- 2016
Arun VC, a Kerela-based watercolour artist, was born on April 2, 1974. He completed his secondary education in Kerala and went on to study Classical Music (Bamboo Flute) at Kalakshetra College of Fine Arts in Chennai. He worked for many years as a graphic designer and artist. He also worked in Hyderabad as an industrial photographer for an advertising agency. Now, Arun works as a full-time Artist, Freelance Photographer.
