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George Oommen
www.goommen.com
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ARTIST STATEMENT
Born in Munnar, Kerala, India, and educated in India, Mexico, and the United States, George Oommen continues to derive artistic inspiration from the lush green landscapes of his homeland. Every winter, Oommen visits Mankotta, a small island in the inland waters of Kerala in southwestern India, ten miles from Oommen’s ancestral home. The weeks spent there fuel his painting year round. |
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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2014 "Centro Cultural La Vaguada" in Avenida Monforte de Lemos,.Madrid, Spain
2014 George Oommen Paintings Sunaparanta Goa Centre for thearts Pajim GOA
2013 Open Art code Paris 2013 Art en Capital with Salon des Artistes Independents The Grand Palais Paris
2013 Erasing Borders 2013 IAAC Exhibition of Cotemporary Indian ART New York
2012 “Sacred Places” Solo Exhibition Agora Gallery NYC New York
2010 ARK gallery of Art, Vladivostok, Russian Federation
2009 "George Oommen A retrospective", Whistler Museum of Art, Lowell, Mass
2008 "Paintings by George Oommen", Holyoke Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
2008 "Visions of Kerala", Shristi Art Gallery, Hyderabad, India
2008 "Visions of Kerala", Time and Space Art Gallery, Bangalore, India
2008 "Visions of Kerala", Lalithakala Academy Art Gallery, Thiruvanathapuram, India
2007 "Visions of Kerala", Academy of Fine Arts and Literature, New Delhi, India
2005 “Sacred Places” Holyoke Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
2005 “George Oommen: Visions of Kerala”, Locco Ritoro Gallery, 450 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA
2004 Mingo Gallery presents paintings by George Oommen Beverly, MA
2004 "Paintings by George Oommen" Harvard Neighbors, Loeb House, Cambridge, MA
2003 Harvard Real Estate Services presents “Fluidity of Light" - Paintings and Work by George Oommen, Nicholas Down and Segami
2003 “Paintings by George Oommen”, Brewster Academy, Brewster, NH
2003 Open Studios, South End, Boston, MA
2002 “Paintings by George Oommen” Holyoke Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
2001 Flora presents “George Oommen Mankotta, Kerala", Arlington, MA
2000 “Paintings by George Oommen”, Holyoke Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
2000 Open Studio, Woodstock, VT
1999 Mingo Gallery, Beverly, MA
1997-1998 Art Heritage, New Delhi, India. “George Oommen Paintings,” One Person Show curated by Ebrahim Alkazi
1997 Guest Artist, George Oommen, Survey of Works, Duxbury Art Association, The Ellison Center for the Arts, Duxbury, MA
1996 “Harvest,” One Person Show, Cambridge, MA
1995 "Sacred Places", Adelphi University Center Gallery, Garden City, New York
1995 “Harvest”, Cambridge, MA
1995 Rocco’s, 5 Charles Street South, Boston, MA
1994 One Person Show, Kresge Gallery, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
1994 On My Own Time, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
1994 “Whateva” Group Show/Dru Arstark, Broadway, New York, NY
1994 Members Show, Downtown Club House, Harvard Club of Boston, MA
1993-1994 Wellbridge Center/NutraSweet Company, One Person Show
PUBLICATIONS:
2009 Artscope”George Oommen A retrospective”
2008 The Hindu MetroPlus, “Standing in Paradise”
2008 Hyderabad Times, “Colors of Abstraction”
2008 Hyderabad Times, “An Arty Scene”
2007 Hindustan Times, “Kerala is the Reason I Paint”
2007 Hindustan Times, “Visions of Kerala”
2007 Time Out India, “Visions of Kerala”, December 26, 2007
2007 The Indian Express, “State of the Art’, December 25, 20007
2007 The Asian Age, “I’m Stuck in Paradise”, December 21, 2007
2007 Mail Today, “Visions of Kerala”, December 21, 2007
2007 The Times of India, Delhi Times, “Of Memories”
2007 MINT, Exclusive Partner, The Wall Street Journal, “Visions of Kerala”
2007 Hindustan Times, “Placing it Right”
2005 The Concierge, “India New England”
2006 The Hindu, “The Rain Painter"
2005 Arts Media, "Framing the Landscape"
1997 Indian Express, “An Unknown Well-Known Painter”
1997 The Asian Age, “Memories of Kerala”
1997 The Delhi Guide, Swagat, “George Oommen on George Oommen”
1998 India Today, “Paintings by George Oommen”
1998 Business Pioneer, “Imaging the Resonance of the Land”
RECOGNITION:
2003-2004 Who’s Who in the World
1985-1986 Who’s Who in the East
1986-1987 Who's Who In the World
1970 Award for the design of Jawaharlal Nehru University
1970 Rockefeller Grant
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Critic, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University
Faculty: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Babson College and Boston Architectural Center
EDUCATION:
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Instituto Allende at San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Master of Architecture in Urban Design
Delhi University, India, Bachelor of Architecture
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, Overseas School Certificate Examination |
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