KS Radhakrishnan (b. 1956, in Kottayam, Kerala) is

recognized as one of the significant figures of contemporary

Indian art. He is a sculptor, and bronze has remained his

prominent medium for a long time. Radhakrishnan went

to Shantiniketan in 1973-74 to pursue BFA in sculpture

from Kala Bhavana, Visva Bharati University. There he was

mentored and trained by two important figures of Indian

modernism – Ramkinkar Baij and Sarbari Roy Choudhury.

He has had numerous solo shows including at National

Gallery of Modern Art (Bengaluru), Centre des Bords de

Marne, LePerreux-Brysur-Marne (France), Lalit Kala Akademi

(New Delhi), Birla Academy of Art and Culture (Kolkata) and

Emami Art Gallery (Kolkata) among others. His works have

been shown at the National Exhibition at New Delhi (1980);

Triennalle India (1990); Salon International de la Sculpture

Contemporaine at Nouveav Forum des Halles, Paris (1995);

Hippodrome d’elongchamp, Paris (1996); Espace Michel Simon-

Noisy le grand, France (1996); Beijing Biennale (2012). He has

installed open air sculptures across the country and abroad.

Radhakrishnan curated Ramkinkar Baij - A Retrospective (2012)

at National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, Bangalore

and Mumbai, and wrote Ramkinkar’s Yaksha Yakshi. In 2019,

he curated the exhibition Pillars of an Artscape: 100 Years of

Kala Bhavana at Kala Bhavana, Santiniketan. He curated

Somnath Hore: A Centenary Exhibition (2022) at Arthshila,

Santiniketan and Emami Art Gallery, Kolkata, and produced

the companion volume Somnath Hore. He also curated Iti,

Satyajit Da (2022) an exhibition in honour of Satyajit Ray’s

centenary at KCC, Kolkata and curated the book Iti Satyajit

Da, Letters to a Friend by Satyajit Ray. Recently he has curated

the exhibition and accompanying book Vision and Visuals:

Jatindrakumar Sen’s Illustrations for Parashuram’s Stories (2023)

at Arthshila, Santiniketan.

The major themes of his works are the male and female

figures Maiya and Musui which represent the anima-animus,

the primary anthropomorphic archetypes. These works are

his meditations on migration, history, nostalgia and memory

which have a direct engagement with the public sphere.