Venkat Bothsa
Venkat Bothsa, born in 1961, Andhra Pradesh. He has completed his art education in Painting from Andhra University and post-graduation in Sculpture from Benaras Hindu University, Varanasi.
He had solo exhibitions since 1995 in various cities of India. He has his solo exhibition Enigma in Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore, 2007 and another solo show at Gallery Sumukha, Chennai, 2008. He has been part of several group shows at Gallery Sumukha such as Take Two: The Chennai Chapter, Chennai, 2006; Terracotta Workshop, 2008; An Indian Contemporary Art, Visual Arts Centre, Hong Kong, 2009; Bronze, Bangalore, 2009; An exhibition of Paintings and Sculptures, Visual Arts Centre, Hong Kong, 2015; Silence Conversation, Bangalore, 2015.
He has participated in many group exhibitions, art camps and workshops in India and abroad. He has been associated with designing and putting together a tribal art and life museum called Museum of Habitat in the Araku Valley, Andhra Pradesh and a Tribal art and music museum known as Chenchu museum at Srisailam for Integrated Tribal Development Authority, Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
Bothsa has created a number of sculptures for both public and private commissions and also his works have been in many private collections.
He lives and works in Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.