Aishwaryan K
Aishwaryan K (b. 1986, Palakkad, Kerala) is a Bengaluru-based artist working primarily in painting and printmaking. He received his Diploma in Painting from the KEN School of Art, Bengaluru (2008), and a Post Diploma in Printmaking from Bangalore University (2010). He is the recipient of several awards and scholarships, including the 44th Karnataka Lalit Kala Akademi State Award (2016), Graphic Fellowship from Karnataka Lalit Kala Akademi (2018), Kala Sanchara Travel Grant (2017), Shenoy Art Foundation Emerging Artist Award (2016), Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation Grant (2015), Jury Award from Chandra Ilango Visual Art Foundation (2015), K. K. Hebbar Art Foundation Award (2015), Arnawaz Vasudev Charities Scholarship (2008–09), Anantica Jija Singh Foundation Scholarship (2008), and Nadoja Shri R. M. Hadapad Student Scholarship (2006). His solo project The Artist’s World, curated by Vaishnavi Ramanathan, was presented at Mumbai Art Room, Mumbai (2015). Aishwaryan has participated in several residencies including Paradise AIR, Matsudo, Japan (2020); SARA Art Centre, Dombekoppa (2019); Piramal Art Foundation, Thane (2016); Cholamandal Artists’ Village, Chennai (2015); and international camps in Bangladesh, Odisha, and Sri Lanka. His works have been exhibited widely in India and internationally at institutions and galleries such as Gallery Sumukha, Anant Art, InKo Centre, Goethe-Institut Bengaluru, Kerala History Museum, and Rochester Contemporary Art Center, New York. Aishwaryan lives and works in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
Works
Man with Sensu IIAishwaryan K
Gouache, archival & metallic ink on elephant dung paper
15.5 x 11.5
2025
Man with Sensu IAishwaryan K
Gouache, archival & metallic ink on elephant dung paper
15.5 x 11.5
2025
Mul Anduma IIAishwaryan K
Archival print on Hahnemuhle canvas
30 x 22
2012
Mul Anduma IAishwaryan K
Archival print on Hahnemuhle canvas
30 x 22
2012
In-betweenAishwaryan K
Acrylic on linen canvas
12 x 72
2023
Tryst, Aishwaryan K
Acrylic on Canvas
2025
Clack ClackAishwaryan K
Oil & Acrylic on Canvas
2025
Mul Anduma IIAishwaryan K
Archival print on hahnemuhle canvas
2012-25
Mul Anduma IAishwaryan K
Archival print on hahnemuhle canvas
2012-25
Nenjil too many jil jilsAishwaryan K
Brass bells and copper wire on cast fibre
2014
‘Danphe’Aishwaryan K
Acrylic gouache and archival ink on handmade paper
2023
Exhibition ViewAishwaryan K
'Mersalaayitten'Aishwaryan K
Acrylic & metallic ink on linen canvas
2023
‘Silver lining’Aishwaryan K
Acrylic beads on zinc wire
2023
‘Matrilineal’Aishwaryan K
Metallic ink on mundu & rope
2023
'Ammayum Njanum'Aishwaryan K
Acrylic on canvas
2023
'Everything yet nothing'Aishwaryan K
Earth, adhesive & hand-cut handmade paper
2023
'Embedded'Aishwaryan K
Acrylic, dust & metallic ink on canvas
2023
Random patternAishwaryan K
Gouache and archival ink elephant dung paper
2023
Organized chaosAishwaryan K
Gouache and archival ink elephant dung paper
2023
Cooking up a stormAishwaryan K
Acrylic on Elephant dung paper
2020
Every voice countsAishwaryan K
Woodcut
2019
Stretchy SituationAishwaryan K
Gouache, Acrylic & Archival ink on Elephant dung paper
2022
Frothy SituationAishwaryan K
Gouache & Archival ink on Elephant dung paper
2016
Sticky SituationAishwaryan K
Gouache & Archival ink on Elephant dung paper
2016
'Guess, he loved me not...'Aishwaryan K
Archival ink on elephant dung paper
2018
'Guess, he loved me...'Aishwaryan K
Gouache & metallic ink on elephant dung paper
2018
Fallen (Delonix Regia- Flame of the forest)Aishwaryan K
Acrylic, archival ink on rice paper
2020
Fallen (Spathodea Campanulata-African tulip)Aishwaryan K
Acrylic, watercolour & archival ink on rice paper
2020
Fallen (Bougainvillea- Paper flower)Aishwaryan K
Acrylic & archival ink on rice paper
2020
Fallen (Tabebuia Aurea- Yellow trumpet flower)Aishwaryan K
Acrylic, watercolour & archival ink on rice paper
2020
Stretched bodiesAishwaryan K
Acrylic on canvas
Nenjil too many jil jilsAishwaryan K
Brass bells & Copper wire on Cast fibre
2014
EntangledAishwaryan K
Acrylic ink & metallic ink on elephant paper
2016
Thoughts, in no particular orderAishwaryan K
Acrylic, gouache & archival ink on elephant dung paper
2016
PonderAishwaryan K
Gouache, acrylic, archival ink & glass marker on elephant dung paper
2016
Mother TongueAishwaryan K
Indian ink on Elephant dung paper
2011
Genes- AvesAishwaryan K
Drypoint, Intaglio and Hand Colouring on Fabriano paper
10" x 10"
Chillar dilAishwaryan K
Coins on Cast fibre
2014
Past, Present & FutureAishwaryan K
Resin cloth, zinc wire & acrylic on wooden blocks
2019
Cry me a riverAishwaryan K
Acrylic & archival ink on elephant dung paper
2018
FutureAishwaryan K
Acrylic on wooden blocks
2019
PresentAishwaryan K
zine wire
2019
PastAishwaryan K
Resin cloth
2019
Should Silence be Gold?Aishwaryan K
Tempera & Weaving on Elephant dung paper
13" x 13"
2014
Corpse flower: Amorophallus TaitanumAishwaryan K
Gouache indian ink on elephant dung paper
11.5 x 11.5
2013
MirageAishwaryan K
Gouache, acrylic, indian ink and metallic ink on
15.5" x 11.5"
2012
All thou glitter, ain’t geniusAishwaryan K
Acrylic on Elephant dung paper
23" x 31"
2016
Ignorance sure is a blissAishwaryan K
Acrylic, Archival ink and metallic ink on elephan
23" x 31"
2016
Should Speech be Silver?Aishwaryan K
Tempera & Weaving on Elephant dung paper
13" x 13"
2014
Nenjil too many jil jilsAishwaryan K
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18” x 18” x 6"
2014
Kesh dilAishwaryan K
Hair on Cast fibre
18” x 18” x 6"
2014
Baraati dilAishwaryan K
Wool & Colour paper on Cast fibre
18” x 18” x 6"
2014
Chillar dilAishwaryan K
Coins on Cast fibre
18” x 18” x 6"
2014
Jugaad dilAishwaryan K
Cloth strips knotted on Cast fibre
18” x 18” x 6"
2014
Mother tongueAishwaryan K
Indian ink on elephant dung paper
15.5" x 11.5"
2011
Corpse Flower: Rafflesia ArnoldiiAishwaryan K
Tempera & Indian Ink on Elephant dung paper
12" x 12"
2014
Exhibitions
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by SAACHI GUPTA | 26 June 2025
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