T.V. Santhosh, born in 1968, Kerala. He obtained his graduate degree in Painting from Kalabhavan, Santiniketan and Post-graduation in Sculpture from M. S. University of Baroda.
Santhosh has widely exhibited his works in India and abroad with his participation in several Solo and Group exhibitions, Art Fairs, Museums and Biennales.
Some of his important solo exhibitions include *Common Wall*, at Grosvenor Vadehra in collaboration with The Guild, London, 2014; Solo Project, India Art Fair, The Guild, Mumbai, 2013; *The Land*, Nature Morte, Berlin with The Guild, 2011; *Burning Flags*, Aicon Gallery, London, 2010; *Blood and Spit*, Jackshainman Gallery, New York, 2009; *Living with a wound*, Grosvenor Vadehra, 2009; *A Room to Pray*, Avanthay Contemporary, Zurich, 2008; *Countdown*, Nature Morte, New Delhi, 2008; *Scars of an Ancient Error*, Singapore Art Fair by The Guild, 2006; *False Promise*, Grosvenor Gallery, London, 2005; *Unresolved Stories*, Nature Morte, New Delhi, 2004; *One Hand Clapping/Siren*, at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai by The Guild; Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S.University of Baroda, 1997
His selected participation in groups exhibitions held across galleries, museums, art fairs and biennale includes *Forming in the Pupil of an Eye*, Kochi-Muziris Biennale, curated by Sudarshan Shetty, 2016; *The Great Game*,56th Venice Biennale, National Pavilion of Iran, 2015; *Making History*, Colombo Art Biennale, 2014; *Heritage Transport Museum*, curated by Priya Pall, New Delhi, 2013; *War Zone – Indian Contemporary Art*, Artemons Contemporary, Das Kunstmuseum, Austria, 2012; *India: Lado a Lado /Arte Contemporanea Indiana*, part of exhibition India, by Brazalian Ministry of Culture and Banco do Brasil at Centro Cultural Bano do Brasil, 2011-12; *To Let the world in: Narrative and Beyond Critical Mass: Contemporary Art from India*, curated by Tami Katz-Freiman and Rotem Ruff, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel, 2012; *Crossroads: India Escalate*, Indian Pavilion at Prague Biennale, 2011; *Collectors’ Stage: Asian Contemporary Art from Private Collections*’, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore, 2011; *The Empire Strikes Back: Indian Art Today*, The Saatchi Gallery, London, 2010; *Dark Materials*, GSK Contemporary Show, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2009; *Passage to India, Part I & II: New Indian Art* from the Frank Cohen Collection, UK, 2009-2008; *Where in the world*, Devi Art Foundation, New Delhi, 2008; *After Shock*, curated by Yasmin Canvin with Sainsbury Centre Museum, Norwich, 2007; SH Contemporary, Shanghai, 2007; *Crossing Generations: di Verge*, curated by Geeta Kapur & Chaitanya Sambrani, by Chemould Gallery at NGMA, Mumbai, 2003.
Santhosh lives and works in Mumbai, India.