Venkat Bothsa

Born in 1961, Venkat Bothsa did his BFA from Andhra University (1977-83) and MFA from Benaras Hindu University (1983-85). He has executed hundreds of sculptures in Andhra Pradesh for public commissions.

Elaborating on his artistic tools and resources, art critic Martha Jakimowicz has noted: "The artist paints his heads and figures with a spectacular, if at first glance perplexing, enmeshment of lush blossoms and foliage, ripe fruits, birds and scenic motifs that juxtapose, overlap and permeate with the shapes of cars and motorcycles, sports gear, fragments of technological gadgets, advertisements, cinema billboards, skyscrapers and scenes from abroad, besides fast-flowing expanses of color and acute linear slashes that look abstract but have been sourced also from magazine photographs."