S. Paramasivam (b. 1942)
Paramasivam became a life member of Cholamandal Artists’ Village in 1966. He then went on to graduate with a Diploma in Fine Arts from the Government School of Arts and Crafts, Chennai, in 1967, and immediately started exhibiting and practicing art. He won a prize at the All India Exhibition of Art, Kerala, in 1968. The artist and sculptor migrated and settled in Seattle, USA, in 1977. He sculpts and exhibits prodigiously there and has won prizes at Mercer Island and Ocean Shores for sculpture. Has been featured in the books ‘The Madras Metaphor and ‘An Algebra of Figuration’ by Oxford University Press. Participated in the bumpershoot show, WA, Seattle Urban League, WA, and ‘Sculptural Configuration—Prospective/Retrospective’, exhibition at Chola Sheraton, Chennai; in Osaka, Japan; show at Chola Gallery, Chennai and featured in the catalogue released by OUP at the event; Madras State Lalit Kala Academy Annual show; ‘Madras Metaphor’ exhibition organized by Ebrahim Alkazi at Art Heritage Gallery, New Delhi.