Caricature Artist Swathi Jaikumar from Thiruvananthapuram

Name: SwathiJaikumar

Sex: Male

Age & Date of Birth               45 &  14/10/1975

Name of Father: Dr. K. Karunakaran

Nationality:Indian

Marital Status:Married

Address: Samanwayam, TC. 21/3093, BNRA160, Bhagavathi Nagar, NCC Road,Ambalamukku, PERURKADA (P.O),

Thiruvananthapuram – 695005

Mobile: 9995010445

E-mail ID:  swathijk07@gmail.com

Academic qualification

  1. MFA Painting, Govt. RLV College of Fine Arts, Trippunithura, MG University, Kottayam,
  2. BFA Painting, SreeSankaracharyaSanskrit University, Kalady, 2003.

Experience:

  1. Concept Artist, Pre-production teacher in Storyboard, Concept Art and Matte painting

2 .Arts Master, KeltronAnimations Centre, Thiruvananthapuram – 2007-2010.

  1. Cover designer and Cartoonist, India Forwardmagazine since 2008.
  2. Illustrator in popular magazines – Janayugom, Kaumudi, Prasadhakan
  3. Arts Master,Sainik School,Kazhakootom, Thiruvananthapuram –
  4. Jacket designer and illustrator, Jottings, a collection of poems (Partridge-Penguin, a Random House publication).
  5. Jacket designer and illustrator, Dhadakanem, a collection of Hindi poems.

Exhibitions :

Kerala State Exhibition (Kerala LalithakalaAcademi) 2002, 2004.

All India Fine Arts & Craft Society (Al FACS) 2003.

State level Exhibition, Kerala Lalithakala Academy.

Kaleidoscope (Solo) Exhibition of paintings 2004

Metamorphic Exhibition of painting (Solo) 2007

Cartoon Exhibition 2015, 2017.

Mirror Exhibition (Solo) 2018.

Camp:

2006-Restoration of oil paintings at Hill Palace, Thrippunithura (Delhi National Musuem),

State painting camp at Sanskrit University campus, Kalady. 2016-

Painter’s camp – Laithakala Academy at RajaravivarmaSmarakaNilayam, Kilimanoor. 2017

Painter’s camp – Laithakala Academy at RajaravivarmaSmarakaNilayam, Kilimanoor,

Padanakalari at Palakkad (Lalithakala Academy).

Present Position:

Art Teacher, Sainik School, Thiruvananthapuram from 2010 onwards (Temporary) Awards:

  1. First position, Short Film Festival based on Think Clean, organized jointly by Doordarsan and Kerala Suchitwa Mission 2016.
  2. First position, Children’s Short Film Festival organized by Department of

Education, Kerala State

  1. International Prize,Facebookweekly completion for Caricature

2020 – 2021

International Caricature Spirit Contest India -3rd prize 23 /9 /2020

4th prize 9/9/2020

First prize 16 /6 2020

first prize 2 /6//2020

special mention 27/2/2020

4th place 25/1/2020

3rd prize 5/1/2020

secondprize 20/3/19Caricaturemania World Carricature Show

Second prize 11 /9/2020 3rd prize 22/4/2020

Mr. Portrait Caricature

Firstprize 22/10/16

MR POTRICATURE CHALENGE

Firstprize 22/12/16

Second prize 25 /11/17

  1. Selection at Charlie Chaplin Lines International Exhibition in India 2015

Thiruvananthapuram

                                                                                                                                                               SwathiJaikumar

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