K. M. Madhusudhanan

Madhusudhanan (born 1956) the coastal district of Alappuzha, Kerala, India, is an Indian film maker and artist, also known as K. M. Madhusudhanan.[1][2] His debut feature film, Bioscope has received many awards.[3] He is working with different media in art, including painting, sculpture, installation art, print making and film.

Madhusudhanan
കെ.എം. മധുസൂദനൻ
Madhusudhanan in 2023
Born
Alapuzha Kerala, India
Occupation(s)Film director, painter
ParentManickam & Thankammal
Awards
Websitewww.madhusudhananstudio.com

Education

He Studied Painting at Fine Arts College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, and Print Making at the Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Baroda, Gujarat.

Biography

K. M. Madhusudhanan was born in 1956 in Alappuzha, a coastal district in Kerala.[4] He studied Painting at Fine Arts College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, and Print Making at the Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Vadodara, Gujarat. He lives in his home state of Kerala.[4]

Important Works
  • 2014- The Marx Archive - The Logic of Disappearance [5][6]

Exhibitions

Museum and Institutional shows
  • 2017 Part Narratives, curated by Gayatri Sinha, Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Mumbai.
  • 2016 Pond Near the Field: Five Artists from Kerala, collateral event by Kiran Nadar Museum of Art with Kochi Muziris Biennale at Madhavan Nayar Foundation, curated by Roobina karode.
  • 2015 Pond Near the Field: Five Artists from Kerala, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), curated by Roobina karode
  • 2015 The Penal Colony, and The Marx Archive: The Logic of Disappearance, 56th Venice Biennale
  • 2014-15 The Marx Archive: The Logic of Disappearance, Kochi Muziris Biennale, curated by Jitish Kallat

Solo
  • 56th Venice Biennale, Italy: 'All the World's Futures', Curated by Okwui Enwezor: 9 May 2015 - 22 November 2015[7]
  • Kochi Muziris Biennale, Noida, India: 'Whorled Explorations', curated by Jitish Kallat: 12 December 2014 - 29 March 2015[8]
  • Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, Noida, India: Pond Near the Field: 25 November 2015 - 29 February 2016[9]
  • Delhi Art Fair, Vadehra Art Gallery: 28 January 2016 - 31 January 2016[10][11]
  • 2016 Penal Colony, Vadehra Art Gallery[12]
  • 2016 Meanwhile, What About Socialism? Solo booth at AV Festival, New Castle, UK[13]
  • 2017 Babel, The Guild Art Gallery, Alibaug
  • 2018 Granite lamp and mirror, vadehra gallery, New Delhi[14]
  • 2019 Gandhi between borders , 1+1 gallery, Dubai.
  • 2021 Mynaakam - in touch edition 5: Vadehra gallery, New Delhi

Group
  • 2021 ‘Lokame tharavadu’ curated by Bose Krishnamachaari, organised by Kochi Muziris biennale, Alappuzha, Kerala[15]
  • 2020 Abudhabi Art fair, 1+1 gallery, Dubai [16]
  • 2018 Collection of undoing, 1+1 Gallery, Dubai.
  • 2018 India Re-worlded: Seventy years of investigating a nation, Curated by Arshiya Lokhanwala, Gallery Odessey, Mumbai
  • 2018 India Re-worlded:seventy years of investigating a nation, Curated by Arshiya Lokhan wala, Gallery Odessey, Mumbai.
  • 2020 Abudhabi Art fair , 1+1 gallery, Dubai.
  • 2021 ‘Lokame tharavadu’ curated by Bose Krishnamachaari, organised by Kochi Muziris biennale, Alappuzha, Kerala

Select Group Shows
  • 2017 Horses in the Air, Vadehra Art Gallery
  • 2016 Art Basel, Hong Kong, Vadehra Art Gallery
  • 2016 Art Basel, Hong Kong. Vadehra Art Gallery
  • 2013 Fighting Against Electric Bulbs, India Art Fair, New Delhi
  • 2012 Aesthetic Bind, Citizen Artist: forms of address, Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai, curated by Geeta Kapur
  • 2011 You Don't Belong, Curated by Ashish Rajadhyaksha
  • 2011 VAF @ The Guild
  • 2009 New Indian Film and Animation at ICA, LASALLE Singapore, in collaboration with The Guild, Mumbai
  • 2009 Shrine Empire Gallery, New Delhi
  • 2009 Video Wednesday, Gallery Escape, New Delhi
  • 2009 Relative Visa, Bodhi Art Gallery, Mumbai
  • 2009 Fajr International Film Festival, Iran
  • 2009 NJISACF, New Jersy, USA
  • 2009 High Museum of Art, Atlanta, USA
  • 2008 Everything, Willem Baars Project, Amsterdam
  • 2008 Osian's Cinelan Asian & Arab Film, India
  • 2008 Thrissoor International Film Festival, India
  • 2008 Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil
  • 2008 South Asian International Film Festival, New York
  • 2008 South Asian International Film Festival, San Francisco
  • 2008 International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg, Germany
  • 2008 River to River Film Festival, Florence
  • 2007 Prospects Contemporary Art from India, Rome Film Festival, Rome
  • 2007 Berwick upon Tweed Film & Media Arts Festival, UK
  • 2007 Outstanding Short Films from International Festival, Museum of Modern Art (MoMa) New York
  • 2002 Uppsala International Short Film Festival
  • 2002 International Short Film Festival in Drama, Greece
  • 2002 Opening Film: Busan Asian Short Film Festival, Korea
  • 2002 Tampere International Film Festival, Finland
  • 2002 Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival
  • 2002 Intonational Short Film Festival, Granada, Spain
  • 2001 Chilean International Short Film Festival, Chile
  • 2001 Outstanding Short Films from International Festivals Museum of Modern Art (MoMa) New York

Filmography
  • Balamaniyamma, Documentary, English, Malayalam, 1997[17]
  • O.V. Vijayan, English, Malayalam, Documentary, 2000[18]
  • Self Portrait, Short Fiction, Hindi, 2001[19]
  • History is a Silent Film, Short Fiction, Silent, 2006[20]
  • Mayabazaar, Documentary, Telugu, English, 2006[21]
  • Razor, Blood and Other Tales, Short Fiction, Silent, 2007[22]
  • Bioscope, Feature Film, Malayalam, Tamil, 2008[23]

Awards and recognition
  • for Self Portrait, 2001[24]
  • Best Film, Thessaloniki Festival, Greece
  • Outstanding Film from International Festivals, MoMA, New York
  • for History is a Silent Film, 2006[24]
  • Outstanding Film from International Festivals, MoMA, New York
  • for Bioscope, 2008[24]

Osian Cinefan International Film Festival, NETPAC Jury Award for Best Asian Film[25] Special Mention Jury Award, Mannheim-Heidelberg International Festival, Germany[26] Best Cinematography Award, SAIFF, New York[27] 5 Kerala State Film Awards[28]

  • Special Jury Award for Direction
  • Best Cinematography
  • Best Editing
  • Best Background Score
  • Best Film Processing Lab

Special Jury Award, National Film Awards[29]

Books and articles
  • 2017 - The Registry of Things Past: Neither you are aware, nor the police', English, Nancy Adajania, The Guild Publication.
  • 2011 - On Bioscope: Rhythm of Light, Malayalam, Dr. V. Sanil
  • 2011 - The Gaze of Cinema, Malayalam, Dr. K. Gopinathan
  • 2011 - K.M. Madhusudhanan’s Bioscope, English, Shekhar Deshpande
  • 2011 - Scholars Watching Elephant, English, Leo Bankersen
  • 2011 - Bioscope Script, Malayalam, Published by Mathrubhoomi Books
  • A Turning Point, Interview, Screen India[30]

References
  1. https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/confessions-of-a-creative-mind-filmmaker-km-madhusudhanan-5132100/
  2. https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/giving-artistic-expression-to-malabar-rebellion/article6997796.ece
  3. https://www.outlookindia.com/business-spotlight/measures-of-lucidity-group-art-exhibition-by-gallerie-splash-news-257210
  4. "KM Madhusudhanan - Bio". Vadehra Art Gallery. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  5. https://www.hindustantimes.com/art-and-culture/see-madhusudhanan-s-interpretation-of-the-wagon-tragedy-of-1921/story-Nv0S1oApOUMp0D6bBp3FSL.html
  6. https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/confessions-of-a-creative-mind-filmmaker-km-madhusudhanan-5132100/
  7. "Biennale Arte 2019 - Homepage 2019". La Biennale di Venezia. 1 February 2018.
  8. "The Kochi-Muziris Biennale". 20 November 2012.
  9. "Jansatta (New Delhi edition) Today in Delhi - Kiran Nadar Museum of Art - Kiran Nadar Museum of Art". www.knma.in.
  10. "India Art Fair 2016 : Delhi abuzz with art – Part I". Times of India Blog. 28 January 2016.
  11. "Homepage". India Art Fair.
  12. https://www.architecturaldigest.in/content/touch-presents-fifth-edition-13-participating-galleries-india-dubai/
  13. https://lifestyle.livemint.com/how-to-lounge/art-culture/london-gets-a-taste-of-south-asian-art-111654662561090.html
  14. https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/km-madhusudhanan-vadehra-art-gallery-the-red-palette-4441128/
  15. https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/art/lokame-tharavadu-birthing-an-art-ecosystem-in-kerala/article36285373.ece
  16. http://islamicartsmagazine.com/magazine/view/1x1_at_abu_dhabi_virtual_art_fair_2020/
  17. "Balamaniyamma, Documentary, English, Malayalam, 1997". Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
  18. "O.V. Vijayan, English, Malayalam, Documentary, 2000". Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
  19. [Self Portrait, Short Fiction, Hindi, 2001]
  20. "Calendar - MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art.
  21. "Mayabazaar, Documentary, Telugu, English, 2006" (PDF).
  22. "Razor, Blood and Other Tales, Short Fiction, Silent, 2007" (PDF).
  23. "NFDC: Cinemas of india". www.nfdcindia.com.
  24. "CINEMA". madhusudhanan.
  25. Osian Cinefan International Film Festival, NETPAC Jury Award for Best Asian Film Archived 21 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  26. Special Mention Jury Award, Mannheim-Heidelberg International Festival, Germany
  27. "SAIFF 2018".
  28. 5 Kerala State Film Awards Archived 2 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  29. Special Jury Award, National Film Awards
  30. [http://syndication.screenindia.com/news/a-turning-point/486182/ A Turning Point, Interview, Screen India]
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