T. VENKANNA
Born 1980 in Gajwel, India.
Lives and works in Baroda, India.
T. Venkanna’s powerful and virulent imagery, together with his prodigious output, has gained him the reputation of being his generation’s most exciting, versatile, and unconventional artists. In his erotically charged works, Venkanna utilizes an array of mediums including oils, inks, and hand embroidery to present human sexuality in its rawest and most primal forms. Incorporating elements of nature and traditional landscape paintings, he turns conventionally private moments into unabashed public spectacles, enticing the viewer to directly face their own sexual desires and activities.
T. Venkanna holds a Masters in Fine Arts (M.F.A.) in Printmaking from the Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University of Baroda and Bachelors in Fine Arts (B.F.A.) in Painting from J.N.T.U, Hyderabad where he was awarded a Gold medal.
T. Venkanna, Sea of Desire, 2019, Oil on canvas, 60 x 72 in (152.4 x 184 cm)
T. Venkanna, Untitled (Fountain), 2019, Oil on canvas, 72 x 84 in (184 x 213 cm)
T. Venkanna, Black Moon, 2019, Pencil and hand embroidery on linen, 51.5 x 45.5 in (131 x 115.5 cm)
T. Venkanna, Black Moon (detail)
T. Venkanna, Swimming Pool, 2019, Pencil and hand embroidery on linen, 43.75 x 51.5 in (111 x 131 cm)
T. Venkanna, Swimming Pool (detail)
T. Venkanna, Pleasure, 2019, Pencil and hand embroidery on linen, 46.5 x 54.75 in (118 x 139 cm)
T. Venkanna, Evergreen, 2019, Pencil and hand embroidery on linen, 43 x 58 in (109 x 147 cm)
T. Venkanna, Burning Desire, 2019, Pencil and hand embroidery on linen, 58 x 76 in (147 x 193 cm)
T. Venkanna, Untitled (Burning Desire), 2018, Ink on rice paper affixed on canvas, 22 x 30 in (56 x 76 cm)
T. Venkanna, Circle of Love II, 2019, Pencil and hand embroidery on linen, 84 x 77 in (213 x 196 cm)
T. Venkanna, Circle of Love II (detail)
T. Venkanna, Untitled (Circle of Love II), 2018, Ink on rice paper affixed on canvas, 22 x 30 in (56 x 76 cm)
T. Venkanna, Untitled (Angel of Death), 2018, Ink on rice paper affixed on canvas, 22 x 30 in (56 x 76 cm)
