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'kavitha balakrishnan ' born on 1st Jun 1976 at Nadavarambu, Thrissur district. she is an art painter,art curater, critic,researchr,writer as well as a poet. Now working as Lecturer in Art History&Aesthetics, Govt.College of Fine Arts, Thrissur.

Academic career
She did her MA (Fine) Art History &Aesthetics – 1998,from Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. After a well resaerch in illustrations in Malayalam periodicals' she got  Ph.D'' from Mahatma Gandhi University ,kottayam.

Awards
at the age of 13 she recieved the Soviet Land Nehru Award for Painting. She had spent a summer at the Crimean coast of the Black Sea, Ukrain (former Soviet Union)at Artek (camp) Inter National Young Pioneer Camp.

Her book keralathile chitrakalayude varthamanam won the state award for the best book on art in malayalam in the year 2007 from Lalitha kala academy in 2007.

A Ayyappan puraskaram for poetry, 2007

SBT sahitya puraskaram, 2005

She published 2 collections of poems.
1.Angavaalulla Pakshi (Rainbow Book Publishers Chengannur, 2004)

2.Njan Hajarundu (DC Books Kottayam,2007).

And about Art she published some books,
1.Keralathile Chitrakalayude Varthamanam, Rainbow Book Publishers, Chengannur 2007.

2.Adhunika Keralathile Chitrakala, Bhasha Institute, Thiruvananthapuram, 2007.

3.ARTEK anubhavangal, Vishwadarshan Publishers, 2003.

Articles on Contemporary Art published in English
'up close n personal'

A series of essays locating the trajectories of significant people in Contemporary art.

The column appears in a site related to indian Contemporary art.

Group shows
1.Soviet Information Hall, New Delhi, 1989.

2.Govt. Museum Art Gallery, Chandigarh 1995.

3.Women Artists in kerala, curated show of women painters, Contemporary Art Gallery, Kochi.

4.‘South by Southwest’, Travencore House, New Delhi, 2007.

5.‘Ophelia’ a show of water colour works, Gallery OED, Kochi, 2007.

6.‘Hide and Seek’ Gallery OED, Kochi, 2008.

7.'L'Mechine' Gallery OED, Kochi, 2009.

Solo shows
1.Contemporary Art gallery, show sponsored by Kerala Lalith kala Academy.1997.