is an Indian painter Bose Krishnamachari is an Indian painter and artist-curator based in Mumbai, India. He was born in 1963 at Mangattukara village near Angamaly, Kerala. He had done his early schooling at Government Higher Secondary School, Puliyanam. He took his BFA from Sir J. J. School of Art, Mumbai in 1991, and then completed his MFA from Goldsmiths’ College, University of London in 2000.
Bose was a recipient of the award of the Kerala Lalithakala Akademi (1985), British Council Travel Award (1993), Mid-America Arts Alliance Award (1996), Charles Wallace India Trust Award (1999–2000), Life Time Fellowship Award- Kerala Lalithakala Akademi and was first runner up for the Bose Pacia Prize for Modern Art, New York, 2001. His work comprises vivid abstract paintings, figurative drawings, sculpture, photography, multimedia installations and architecture. Since 1985, he lives and works in Mumbai. Bose is the founder member and President of Kochi Biennale Foundation and Biennale Director of international exhibition of contemporary art, Kochi-Muziris Biennale. artist-curator based in Mumbai, India. He was born in 1963 at Mangattukara village near Angamaly, Kerala. He had done his early schooling at Government Higher Secondary School, Puliyanam. He took his BFA from Sir J. J. School of Art, Mumbai in 1991, and then completed his MFA from Goldsmiths’ College, University of London in 2000.
Bose was a recipient of the award of the Kerala Lalithakala Akademi (1985), British Council Travel Award (1993), Mid-America Arts Alliance Award (1996), Charles Wallace India Trust Award (1999–2000), Life Time Fellowship Award- Kerala Lalithakala Akademi and was first runner up for the Bose Pacia Prize for Modern Art, New York, 2001. His work comprises vivid abstract paintings, figurative drawings, sculpture, photography, multimedia installations and architecture. Since 1985, he lives and works in Mumbai. Bose is the founder member and President of Kochi Biennale Foundation and Biennale Director of international exhibition of contemporary art, Kochi-Muziris Biennale.
