JMS Mani born in 1949, Bangalore, India. He completed his art education at Ken School of Art, Bangalore.
He had several Solo shows and been part of prestigious group shows, both nationally and internationally at places such as New York, Hong Kong, London and Switzerland. He was extensively part of many Painting, Printmaking and Sculpture Art camps and workshops.
Some of his artworks are in the prominent collections of Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium, Bangalore; National Gallery of Modern Art Gallery, New Delhi; Hotel Oberoi; Karnataka Government Museum, Bangalore; Holiday Inn; Brooke Bond, Bangalore; Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore; Tata Steel, Jamshedpur and in private collections in India and abroad.
A student of R M Hadapad, Mani was principal of Ken School of Art, Bangalore for many years until his retirement in 2007. Mani lived and worked in Bangalore until his death in 2021.