Rajasekharan Parameswaran

Rajasekharan (Rajasekharan Parameswaran, born on 2nd June 1963) is a self-taught artist from India. He holds the Guinness World Record for the largest easel painting in the world, a 56.5 ft tall and 31 ft wide easel that holds a 50 ft by 25 ft portrait of former Chief Minister E.M.S. Namboodiripad.^[1][2][3] His paintings have been exhibited in many international art exhibitions,^[4] and his realistic style of painting has received recognition in the art industry. His Fidal Castro painting won the ArtSlant online competition 6th showcase-2010.^[5] His Gandhiji Painting got National Award in 2010(Bhiku Ram Jain Art Award, Delhi), and it is now kept in the Gandhi Museum, Vikas Bhavan, Thiruvananthapuram. He made the largest face portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, and exhibited many Exhibitions in London. He also works as an art director in Indian films, and won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Art Direction in 2007 for the film Naalu Pennungal. He got the Satyan Memorial (Special) Film Award-2008, from Kerala Cultural Forum, Trivandrum. Rajasekharan came first in the opinion poll conducted by Ananda Vikadan, famous Tamil publication, on the paintings made by seventy-five selected artists at their 75th year celebrations. His 20 paintings compiled by "My art Magazine"^[6] and Fine Art blogger's "Realistic Portrait Paintings" are highly appreciated by the art lovers. Live Internet also published his selected paintings

Early life

Rajasekharan was born in Meenachal, Vilavancode Taluk, Kanyakumari Dist, Tamil Nadu. He finished his B.Sc. (Mathematics) in Nesamony Memorial Christian College, Marthandam. Starting with pencil sketches, Rajasekharan started doing painting at the age of twenty. His mathematics background helped him in handling large size pictures easily as he can lay the grids and fix dimensions easily. Portrait making has been an area that Rajasekharan has worked a lot. He has worked as a hotel receptionist, medical representative, stenographer and teacher, before taking up painting as a full-time vocation.

Filmography

• Naalu Pennungal (Malayalam) 2007
• Oru Pennum Randaanum (Malayalam) 2008
• Magizhchi (Tamil) 2010
• Kanyaka Talkies (Malayalam) 2014
• Kalamandalam Ramankutty Nair - A Maestro's Memoir (documentary) 2005^[7]
• Mohiniyattam (the dance of the enchantress) (documentary) 2006^[8]

World Records

Guinness World Records

• The Largest Easel^[1]

Exhibitions

• 'Memoirs Journey'-Everlasting Portrayal in Oil painting,^[9] an art exhibition at jewellery boutique Elegance Club^[10] 120, Jalan Maarof, Bangsar Baru, Kuala Lumbur.
• Art Now, The Artists Fair-London
• Oxford International Art Fair 2015
• Laksagi art gallery 2015, M Mall, Time Square, Pinang, Malaysia
• International Lifelong Art Festival 2010 Daegu International art exhibition, South Korea 2010, Dong-gu District, Daegu Metropolitan City, Republic of Korea
• Laksagi Art Expo 2014, Malaysia
• Thoorikai-Nagercoil
• Bhavageetham Art Exhibition, Trivandrum
• Bhikhu Ram Jain Art Award and Exhibition 2010, New Delhi
• Alshine art Forum, group show of renowned artists and sculptures, New Rajindar Nagar, New Delhi-110 060, from 2009 December 18 to 23.
• "International Mask Exhibition"2012( including more than 300 artists from all parts of the country using same surface and under one roof.), at Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhawan, Mandi House, New Delhi-110001, from 1st to 5th January 2012, conducted by Nav Siddhartha art group

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