ELEMENTS-Installation in Bamboo by Lenin CP

Lenin C.P. Self-taught designer.Born at Chembukadavu in Kerala. Studied up to 10th Standard in schools at Chembukadavu and Kottiyoor. Works as designer with 'Uravu', NGO based in Wayanad, Kerala.The show was opened by well known environmentalist Suresh Heblikar and architect Jaisim.

Partner a Master

India Foundation for the Arts (IFA) in partnership with the Mumbai-based Art1st Foundation  brings to Bangalore an artist mentorship programme that enables secondary school students to engage with established artists in the city.

The Art1st Partner a Master: Artist Mentor Program, offers young artists an opportunity to interact and learn from the arts practice of established artists in their city. In Bangalore, young artists get a chance to work with Suresh Jayaram, Ravikumar Kashi, Surekha, C F John, Biju Joze, George Mathen and Suresh Kumar G.

As part of this programme students get the chance to directly engage with these contemporary artists in their studios through a series of workshops. We hope these workshops will offer the students a source of inspiration, and give them insight into the working processes of the artists they admire and possibly aspire to become. The idea of this initiative is to open up their thinking, nurture their imagination and encourage the expression of their creativity. This Program is ideal for any student who is a thinker as it gives students an opportunity to grow beyond their inhibitions and take an idea to the center-stage.

Collabration with Biennale Jogja X1 with 1Shanthroad

Dimas says,' I am 25,and a graduate from the ISI –Institute of Fine arts Indonesia,Yogyakarta.I am basically form the painting department but workis experimental and I have been exploring the idea of using paper and moulding as a creative process that has deeper conceptual meanings.It is more interactive and the process creates conversation across people and cultures.

My project is to embrace the diversity,I wish to create a relationship beyond differences.I want art to accept everyone,also have fun and sharing.I t makes me happy to connect with the others.The situation created is very different,which is like getting a facial or some other body treatment in a spa.It is very meditative for both.The process involes,small pieces of wet paper being laid out first and later with glued paper.

I use very simple material like paper and glue.I start by knowing the person who allows me to use their body to be moulded.It creates an opertunity for conversation.It take about 10 minutes to create a mask.Some times I also cast hands and legs for a composition'

I am also here in 1.Shanthiroad studio as an artis tin residence,as part of the Interviewing the Equator-the

Biennale Jogja XI, which takes place in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, will work its way around the equator, a zone designated as the area between the Tropic of Cancer (latitude 23°27′ north) and the Tropic of Capricorn (latitude 23°27′ south).  Biennale Jogja will look further towards the future, open up new perspectives and develop confrontations that engage convention and the establishment by examining similar situations all over the world. The discourse of contemporary art has become very dynamic, but we still notice that the dichotomy of center and periphery remains very strong. There is the need to identify new opportunities and seek out more valuable meaning in a biennale event..The discourse of contemporary art has become very dynamic, but we still notice that the dichotomy of center and periphery remains very strong. There is the need to identify new opportunities and seek out more valuable meaning in a biennale event.