Siddarth Katragadda
Siddarth Katragadda believes that an artist's primary objective should be to capture a culture – and that a culture, or ethnicity, can be best understood through its women. He paints colorful and elaborately dressed, voluptuous, dark Indian women— paying equal attention to their omnipresent bindis and resplendent ornaments as he does to their vibrant draped saris and brilliant blouses.
Additional Works
Artist Statement
Sid Katragadda is an emerging artist, author, screenwriter, playwright and filmmaker. His novel, A Sky of Hollow Stars, won the runners-up Red Hen Fiction Award, 2021. He is also the winner of two San Diego Book Prizes for poetry, and his work has been published in CNN, Gray Sparrow Press, New Plains Review and various literary journals.
He is the creator of the Soulist and Feminist Art movements, samples of which can be found on his website. In the enclosed series of paintings, he juxtaposes the multiple dimensions of femininity—the external, with those reflecting a woman’s internal and often repressed/oppressed desires.
Exhibitions
Solo Shows:
Chitra Kala Parishath( 2008)
San Diego Art Walk (San Diego- 2009)
Delmar Taste & Stroll (San Diego, 2009)
Mixture Gallery (San Diego, 2010)
Indian Art Collectors, Featured Artist(2012, 2013)
Palm Meadows (Bangalore, 2008 & 2013)
Palm Retreat (Bangalore, 2013)
Mission Federal Art Walk (San Diego, CA, 2014)
Oceanside Art Walk (Oceanside, CA, 2014)
Kensington Art Gallery, San Diego (San Diego, CA, 2014)
Wine Vault, San Diego (San Diego, CA, 2015)
Group Shows:
Renaissance Gallerie (Bangalore, 2013)
Eclectic Explorations, Kalarasa (Bangalore, 2014)