P. GNANA

Bio

P. Gnana paints, sculpts and creates conceptual installations, as one of Singapore’s leading artists. Indeed, he has obtained a highly-captivated audience in the lion city and internationally, for the aesthetic and conceptual niche that he has created for himself within the ever-competitive dynamics and economics of urban art-making. This, he continues to achieve, by constantly counter-challenging or taming the forces that urge him to dispel his obsessive fascination towards the cow, a recurring symbol in his art since the last 9 years of his 25-year career as an artist. It is a fact that exemplary paintings by Gnana are also in the collections of the former president of the republic of Singapore, of the Singapore art museum of the national heritage board and of the current ambassador of India to the United Arab Emirates.

P. Gnana is a recipient of the Lasalle scholarship of the Lasalle College of the Arts (Singapore), from where he received his formal training in the art of painting. He was granted the honor of being selected (in 2005) to undertake a project commissioned by Singapore’s ASCENDAS to create fourteen large-scaled paintings within an abstract expressionistic motivation for the international tech park in Chennai (India). in 2013, one of Gnana’s monumental larger-than-life sculptures under the incarnation series (made from recycled/found materials) was acquired by the national parks board (Singapore) to display at the fort canning park Singapore. Gnana is also an active member of the Sculpture Society (Singapore) and the Singapore Art Society. in addition, his paintings have been successfully auctioned by the masterpiece auction house. Gnana made his debut in New York in 2011 and he continues to present his works via prestigious exhibitions in Singapore like Art Stage and Dubai at the world art Dubai, and Malaysia at the Art Expo Malaysia including selected cities of the world.