Venugopal completed his BFA in Painting from Chamarajendra Academy of Visual Arts (CAVA), Mysore in 1998; MFA in Printmaking from Chitrakala Institute of Advanced Studies, Karnataka ChitrakalaParishath, Bangalore in 2000.
Solo shows: ‘NOW SHOWING’ Karnataka ChitrakalaParishath, Bangalore (2003) and ‘MONOLOGUES’, Gallery Blue Spade, Bangalore (2010).
He worked as a visiting art faculty at SBMJC, Centre for Visual Arts, Bangalore during July 2004-December 2005 and at ‘TAKSHAA- Academy for the Artist’, Bangalore during June 2006-January 2010. He was a guest faculty for Visual Art at PESSE, Bangalore; at present a practicing artist and also involved in teaching Visual Arts for the students of Architecture in Bangalore, India.