Gopakumar R. P.

Gopakumar R (born in Oachira, 1972)^[1] is an Indian contemporary artist and contemporary art (Sedition art) collector. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Biography

Gopakumar R was born in 1972 in Oachira, Kerala, India.

In 2014 his motion photography GIFs were shortlisted by the Saatchi Gallery and Google+ for their inaugural Motion Photography Prize.^[5][6]

He has exhibited internationally.

Notable exhibitions

• 2015 Sofia Underground – International Performance Art Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria.^[7]
• 2014 Critical Juncture, Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Kochi, India (exhibition and residency).^[8]
• 2014 The Power of Art, Tune Bibliotek, Sarpsborg, Norway.
• 2014 Tate Britain, UK - Source Spotlight Display – Texture & Collage Exhibition^[9]
• 2014 The Saatchi Gallery, Saatchi Art and Google+ The Motion Photography Prize Exhibition, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK.^[10]
• 2013 Art Meets Poetry, sponsored by the City of Turin, Arte Città Amica, Turin, Italy.
• 2013 Colours - Peace & Solidarity, Årjängs Bibliotek, Galleri Passagen, Sweden.
• 2012 Art Meets Lawrence Ferlinghetti's Poetry Exhibition - Arte Città Amica, Turin, Italy.
• 2012 Immagine & Poesia Beausoleil: Gianpiero Actis and friends of the Movement - Municipal Cyberspace Beausoleil, France.
• 2011 Exhibition on the 150th Anniversary of Italian Unification - Homage to Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Arte Città Amica, Turin, Italy.^[11][12]
• 2011 Galleria d'Arte Contemporanea Grafica Manzoni, Turin, Italy.
• 2010 Absence of freedom Digital print to Yoko Ono's Wish Tree at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York.
• 2010 "Nature & Nurture”, Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction Art Gallery, USA, as part of the fall exhibition. ^[13]
• 2010 2nd Anniversary Exhibit and Contest, MOCA: Museum of Computer Art, Brooklyn New York, USA.
• 2009 Art Exhibition, ISE Cultural Foundation New York, USA.
• 2000 Bahrain National Museum, Manama, Bahrain.
• 1996 Kerala Lalithakala Akademi, Kerala, India.
• 1991 - 1995 Raja Ravi Varma College of Fine Arts, Kerala, India.

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  Linguistics River, Internet art

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  Title: The Lungi - 1, Year: 2013, Medium: Indian Ink on Indian Lungi

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  Title: The Lungi - 2, Exhibited Critical Juncture - Collateral Projects - Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Kochi, India 2014.

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  Title: The Lungi - 4, Year: 2013, Medium: Indian Ink on Indian Lungi

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  Title: The Lungi - 5, Year: 2013, Medium: Indian Ink on Indian Lungi

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  Title: The Lungi - 3 - Exhibited Critical Juncture - Collateral Projects - Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Kochi, India 2014.

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  Title: 2014 On your own - Motion photography exhibited Saatchi Gallery, London, UK.

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  Title: 2014 Must not be beautiful - Motion photography exhibited Tate Britain, UK - Source Spotlight Display – Texture & Collage Exhibition.

Publications

• Artist Exposed - R.Gopakumar
• MOCA: Museum of Computer Art
• International Contemporary Artists
• NeoPopRealism Starz: 21st Century ART' Vol 2
• NeoPopRealism Starz: 21st Century ART' Vol 1
• The ABC of ARTnership, Vol 2
• Immagine and Poesia, The Movement in Progress
• Pachakuthira Journal and House Magazine - September 2014, Page 66 (a D. C. Books Publication)
• Welcome Kerala Magazine - Jan. - Feb. 2015 The Indo-Polish Art Projects, Pages 07, 08, 09.

References

External links

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• http://www.24chasa.bg/Article.asp?ArticleId=4733697
• http://sofiaunderground.com/en/program-2015/
• http://www.criticaljuncture.info/Critical_Juncture/About_Critical_Juncture.html
• http://kochimuzirisbiennale.org/collateral-projects
• http://culture.pl/en/event/critical-juncture-a-polish-indian-exhibition-of-contemporary-art-in-india
• http://www.bangaloremirror.com/columns/others/What-you-see-when-you-see-A-significant-exposition-of-visual-arts/articleshow/45828908.cms
• Saatchi Gallery Exhibits
• Mesmerizing GIFs From Saatchi Gallery
• Saatchi Gallery, UK, Motion-Photography Prize