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Ameresh babu Viswanthan

Biography: V. AMERESH BABU 220 West,33rd street, 3rd floor apartment Chicago-60616 Ph:312-712-0836 Email:amereshbabu@yahoo.com,ameresh@ID.iit.edu EDUCATION Master in Design Planning at Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago,IL, US BFA, first rank, from Government College of Arts and Crafts, Madras, India Received best out going Student Award. Advance training from Athens school of fine arts, Athens, under Greek government scholarship. Formal training in fashion accessories, jewelry designing and metal works from Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, under United Nations development program's fellowship. WORK EXPERIENCES 1992 to 2002 January, worked as an Associate Professor at National Institute of fashion Technology, in Accessory Design Department, New Delhi, India. Taught several subjects related to Design. The subjects are as follows: Visualization and representation techniques, elements of color, leather goods design, construction and range development, craft based product development, costume jewelry design collection, precious jewelry design collection and production techniques, interpretation of trend and fashion forecast. 1988-1989 Worked as Instructor in College of Arts and Crafts, Madras, India. Designed republic Day Tableaux for Ministry of Textiles, India, for four years from 1998 to 2002. Conceptulized, designed and supervised the execution of theme pavilion for indian textiles in the year 1998 at Hem-Textiles Fair, Frankfurt. Worked with the team to develop trend and forecast design resource book for World Gold Council targeted for the Indian market. Designed stages and ramps for several fashion shows held in India and travel shows at Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangkok, New York, London & Paris. Designed trophy/ memento & graduation certificates for the National Institute of Fashion Technology, India. SCHOLARSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP 2002 Spring. Institute of Design Fellowship Award, IIT,Chicago 2002 Fall. Christopher K.Edward's Fellowship Award, IIT,Chicago 2003 Spring. Ann and Walter Nathan's Fellowship Award,IIT,Chicago 1993 United Nations Development Programs fellowship to study accessory design at Fashion Institute of Technology, New York. 1989 to 1990 Received Greek government scholarship to do advance training in painting and printmaking at Athens School of Fine Arts, Greece. 1987 to 1989 Worked as research scholar in fine arts, under ministry of hum... to see complete biography, click on artists name Country: USA Birthyear: 1965 Galleries: Bombay:Cymroza Art Gallery Athens:Jill Yakas Gallery Madras:The Galley,Grindlays Bank Gallery, Sarala Art gallery, International Air Port Pondicherry Arodhna Art gallery Banglore: Chitra kala parishad Delhi:Nanational Lalit kala akademi gallery Awards: Tamilnadu state lalit kala akadmi award karnataka national award Kerala state award Assam state award Bharat kala parishad award Media: mixed media Style: abstract Subjects: animals and wildlife