About Naveen

Naveen - Mural ArtistQualification:
First-class National Diploma in Mural Painting, from the Institute of Mural Painting, Guruvayur Devaswom, Guruvayur.

Awards:
Scholarship from the Department of Culture, Govt. of India [2002-05]
Mammiyur Krishnankutty Nair Smaraka endowment award from the MKNS Trust

Exhibitions:
State Exhibition at Guruvayur – July, 1999
Lalitha Kala Akademi State Exhibition at the Ernakulam Art Gallery – 2000
Private exhibition at the S K Pottakad Art Gallery, Puthiyara, Kozhikode.
State Exhibition, the Ramakrishna Ashram, Thrissur – 2002
Guruvayur Ekadashi State Exhibition – 2001, 2002, 2003
Mammiyur Anusmaranam State Exhibition – 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003
India International Coffee Festival, Hotel Ashok, Bangalore – 2007

Seminars:
Keraleeyam State Camp, Kerala Kalamandalam – 1998
Mural Artists State Camp, at the Guruvayur Devaswom – 1999, 2000.
Painters Camp conducted by the Kerala Lalitha Kala Akademi & the Calicut University Union, at Thavanur, Dec-2002.
Mural Painting State Camp, conducted by the NHCS, Padagiri (Nelliampathy, Palakkad) – 2002
Kerala Lalitha Kala Akademi, Malappuram District Camp, Thirur – 2002
State Seminar & Camp, Muzhippilangad (Kannur) – 2002
Mural Painters Camp & Demonstration, conducted by the Navodaya Vidyalaya, Malappuram – 2002

Notable Projects
Arayamparambil Bhagavathi Temple, Valappad, Kerala – 2005
International Panchakarma Center,  The Art Of Living Campus, Bangalore – 2006-2009
Conservation of Khatamband decorative ceilings, Pinjore Garden, Chandigarh – 2007 [Restoration project]
Swaminarayan Temple, Vadthal, Gujarat – 2007 [Restoration project]
Kunnathurmedu Krishnan Kovil, Palakkad – 2008