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Anand Gadapa Born in 1971 in Gadapa, a remote village in Telangana, Anand Gadapa is presently teaching Art History & Aesthetics at College of Fine Arts, Jawaharlal Nehru Architecture and Fine Arts University, Hyderabad. He studied Master of Visual Arts (Art History & Aesthetics) from M.S.University, Baroda in 2006 and Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting) from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad in 2002. His art historical writings include a study on epigraphs of medieval Indian Temples and Contemporary in the Telangana. He has presented academic papers on contemporary art and critical studies at several Seminars. He presented his thesis ‘Negotiating Identities’: Brahmanical Hegemony in Andhra ‘Folk’ Performances at The Department of Art History and Aesthetics, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. His current Doctoral research is “Mapping the Regional Modernisms: A Study of Artists, Ideologies and Institutes in Andhra and Telangana from 1920-1970s”. As an art critic, he had curated several important shows across the country between 2007 and 2015. Some of them are: Tryst with Telangana, at Sarjan Art Gallery, Baroda, 2007 and Deccani Parlance at Kaleidoscope Art Gallery, Baroda,2007 which were held in support of Telangana movement. He curated a show of 50 Cricket Bats painted by twenty Baroda artists, which were gifted to Sachin Tendulkar at Sarjan Art Gallery, Baroda, in 2010. He also curated an exhibition of paintings by K.G.Subramanian at Sarjan Art Gallery, Baroda in 2011. Conducted a painting workshop with jail inmates at Vadodara Central Jail and raised funds for the families of the inmates in 2011. He contributed with numerous publications, catalogue essays and talks on contemporary art in India and in United Sates of America. He published several articles on contemporary artists like K.G.Subramanian, Anju Dodiya, Ray Meeker, Nagji Patel, Mahendra Pandya, Thota Vaikuntam and lectured on contemporary art practices at various forums. Gadapa was instrumental in organizing an international seminar-Rethinking Public Space: A Seminar on Relevance of Urban Art in Public in Hyderabad, in collaboration with Bordeaux Metropolis, France and initiated first ever Street Art workshop at the College of Fine Arts, Hyderabad. Several eminent and upcoming artists participated in the workshop and painted compound walls of the College of Fine Arts. He organized a colloquium on Dr.Kondapalli Shesshgiri Rao in College of Fine Arts, Hyderabad and initiated a scholarship program “Kondapalli Student Excellence Award”, an annual cash prize of Rs. 10000 for best student in the college. Gadapa had collated information about established and emerging artists of Telangana, in various genres and disciplines. On invitation, he came back to Hyderabad and authored the book ‘Art @ Telangana’, with the initiation of the Art@Telangana trustees B.V.Papa Rao, eminent filmmaker B. NarsingRao, Telangana artist Laxman Aelay. The book was first launched by Kalvakuntla Chandra Shekher Rao, the Chief Minister of Telangana, in 2014 and later it was also released in Tokyo, Japan, and in Ruben Museum, United States of America. During this time, Gadapa visited important art museums in New York. The is first of its kind to identify and document over 150 visual artists from Telangana covering a period of hundred years. The book has reached various parts of the world in an effort to promote the much neglected art scene and has highlighted deserving artists of the region. Soon after its launch, first ever artist camp with 92 artists was held at Taramati Baradari, Hyderabad in 2014, for which Anand Gadapa was the chief coordinator. His recent publication “Culture@Telangana”, published by Government of Telangana was released during the World Telugu Conference 2017. He is presently working on a book on Deuskars of Hyderabad for Marg Publications. Apart from his writing stint, he is also a well established artist. Some of his significant shows include the show titled, ‘Tales of Love and Betrayal: A Modern Retelling of Ramayana”, along with M.F.Husain and Nirmala Biluka at Serindia Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand in 2011,where he exhibited his large-scale paintings. Another show ‘Baroda: Storytelling through Art’ was curated by American Curator, Siddhartha Shah, was held at Serindia Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand in 2012. He also showed his works at Seagull Foundation Kolkata in 2011 in a two man show titled ‘In Sync’. Along with these, he has participated in several other group exhibitions such as “Trending Tweets” (a collaborative show with his artist friend Shivaramachary) across India that were turning points in his career. He was featured as ‘Artist of the Month’ on Saffron art website for the month of April 2011. His artworks were sold in an Auction held in America in 2011.