ARTISTS

Umesh P K is a Baroda based Indian artist. He often draws inspiration from the natural world around us and shares his concerns regarding the lost pathways between humans and nature. His interest in mythology, history of representation and spirituality feed his artistic pursuit. The lush landscapes in his paintings got instilled in him during his childhood in Kerala, the southernmost part of Indian subcontinent, a land stretches between the Western Ghat, a biodiversity hotspot in the world and a vast coastline of the Arabian sea. He explains his practice as contemplative, an attempt to understand painting in terms of its fundamentals such as the Interactions of colours, the play of lines and forms and bringing a sense of spaciousness into a two dimensional surface by referring back to various movements in the history of painting and different pictorial traditions.
He has participated in various shows and art festivals, which include Lokame Tharavadu(The World is One Family), curated by Bose Krishnamachari, conducted by Kochi Biennale Foundation in Alappuzha, Kerala(2021).